avengers, assemble!

I mentioned a few months ago that Emily and Christopher had chosen "Avengers" as the nursery theme for their little boy Archer, who will be arriving in February. Emily requested another crib mobile like the Harry Potter mobile I made for Oliver (by far my most popular project to date, and one of the top Google image results for "Harry Potter crib mobile"). I was so excited that I started immediately: designing the characters, ordering felt, and cutting all the colorful shapes.

I got Emily's input on which characters to include, and she selected Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, and Captain America. I gathered inspiration from the internet and spent a lot of time looking at stuffed animals, mobiles, and the original comics. Each character was super fun to work on. Cap's little shield is just too cute, and I giggled myself silly while adding a little belly button to Hulk.

Also, I was super proud of my idea to make Spider-Man hanging upside down! I attached everything to an empty mobile arm purchased on Amazon.

I gifted the mobile to Emily for Christmas. It was a bit of a cop-out Christmas gift since I was planning to make it anyways! She had also requested a car seat blanket similar to Mae's, since Archer will need all the snuggly warmth possible as a February baby! I stitched up a dino-print fleece blanket during my crazy week prepping the house to go on the market since I knew I'd be packing away my sewing machine for a little while. No photos of that project, I'll have to get one once the little guy arrives!

I love how this mobile turned out, and I hope Emily, Christopher, Oliver, and Archer do too!