To say that I'm excited about this project would be a huge understatement. I put a lot of thought and energy into designing a new quiet book, and I knew I wanted to it to be bright, fun and educational. I wrote down ideas for seven different pages and figured out what skills and activities I wanted to incorporate. All of the activities are sewn onto colorful sheets of felt, and I paired each felt sheet with matching colorful fabric on the back! This was my first time using all wool felt and all machine sewing and I'm so happy with the results! Wool felt makes such a big difference!
This book makes a wonderful Christmas or birthday gift and provides hours of entertainment! You can remove pages for individual play or to swap them out with new pages. The activities are perfect for quiet play time at home, or take a few pages on the go with you to keep your little ones busy in waiting rooms, restaurants, church, car rides and plane rides!
The red page has 26 circles that velcro to the page to help practice the alphabet!
The orange page is a clock with hands that you can move.
The yellow page has three skills to practice: buckling, buttoning and zippering.
The green page has six shapes that can be grouped with their matching buttons.
The blue page helps with learning to lace and tie shoes!
The turquoise page has squares that make up three generations of a family tree. The squares velcro onto the page to help learn about your family. Each square is a pocket made of felt and clear vinyl so you can insert your own family pictures into them! The last generation line can fit up to four children.
The purple page is an I Spy page with four colorful animals mixed in with beads.
Can you tell me the dimensions of your book?
ReplyDeleteHi Heather! each page is about 8.5x8.5 inches square, and the whole book together is about 2 inches tall.
DeleteCan you tell me the dimensions of your book?
ReplyDeleteCute book! Would you mind telling me where you found the plastic to make the family picture frames?
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole - I used a medium weight clear vinyl from Joann Fabric. You can find it on bolts in the home decor section!
DeleteWhere did you purchase your letters?
ReplyDeleteHi there! I cut them out with my Sizzix die cutter :)
DeleteThis is a really well thought out (and cool) book. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteGreat book. Simple and functional. Can you tell me how you did the reinforcements around the holes in the edges for binding? I need to make something like this for an older child with special needs.
ReplyDeleteHi there! I cut small holes in the fabric and installed grommets, so the pages could be held together with binder rings. Lately, I've been sewing button holes instead of using grommets though :) I hope that helps!
DeleteHi How much do you sell this book for?
ReplyDeleteI love the book i think there great
ReplyDeleteI love the book i think there great
ReplyDeleteThis is AMAZING! How much do you charge for a book like this?
ReplyDeleteLove the book! Do you sell them!?
ReplyDeleteI am interested in a finished product as well. Do you sell the Rainbow Quiet Book?
ReplyDeleteHi can u share a tutorial for binding ur pages please. I love the ring binders but dunno how to use them
ReplyDeleteHi can u share a tutorial for binding ur pages please. I love the ring binders but dunno how to use them
ReplyDeleteHi, did you put anything between the fabrocs for strength or just sew them together for the pages?
ReplyDeleteHi, your Quiet Book is one of the best and neatest I have seen. I would like to make a similar one for my granddaughter. How do you make up the individual pages? Do you use only fabric for the front and back with batting in between, or do you add iron on interfacing to the fabric pages as well?
ReplyDeleteHola...quisiera saber si pones cartón u otro material entre las telas de cada hoja para que queden más duras o son solo de tela o paño.
Deletedoes you sizzix cut felt good?
ReplyDeleteHow much that book
ReplyDeleteHow did you assemble your clock hands so that they would move? Great book btw!!
ReplyDeleteHow did you sew those felt pockets so neatly for the family tree page? The vinyl is making mine all skewed.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this book and your Rainbow 2 book as well. You are very talented. You should sell these!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find the wool felt?
ReplyDeleteNicely done!
ReplyDeleteWere your eyelets scratchy on the back side? If not, please tell me where to buy some.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteDo you have instructions for this books,,?
Thank you