DIY Heart Mobile

I found this idea here over at beingbrook.com these are her pictures (I give all credit to her) but I seriously want to do this before I go back to college and I'd like to share. My last roommate Brittany hung colored lanterns above her bed and I thought it was such a cute idea, even if this is supposed to be a Valentines DIY project, I can keep it up all year can't I?

Supplies you will need:

Old Lamp shade or something circular like an embroidery hoop.
She purchased her shade at Goodwill for 3$.
Heart Punch
Old Book
Fabric or Ribbon

Punch out a bunch of hearts, then start sewing them together. But before sewing each section of hearts together pull the thread from your machine out about 10 inches so you have a string at the top to tie to the lamp shade.

Take two hearts and put them together and sew down the middle of them. Then she backstitched on the very first heart and on the very last heart for stability.

Sew:
6: 16 hearts long (put these in the very middle)
6: 13 hearts long
6:11 hearts long
6: 9 hearts long

Take the paper off your shade and you will end up with one large metal hoop and one small metal hoop. Cut your fabric into a 1/2 inch strip or use some ribbon. She spray painted the top hoop white so that parts not covered with fabric would still be white.

Hot glue and wrap the fabric around the hoops.

Tie all your hearts on with the 10 inches of thread you left on to top when sewing.  She put the 15 heart sections in the middle and then alternated around the edges 9 heart, 11 heart, 13 heart.  Tie the middle hoop to outside hoop with a few pieces of ribbon or string.  You could even use strong fishing line if you didn’t want to see it.  Attach a string in the middle for hanging.  Once the mobile was hung up she folded all the hearts open to give them the 3D effect.

 and Voila! You have just made yourself a 3D Book Page Heart Mobile!