Hannah's Church Quiet Book

Do you guys remember Hannah's cute baby quiet book from a couple months ago? Well, she made another quiet book after that one, and I get to share it with you today! (Both can be found on her blog, Sunburnt Strawberry.) She made this one for and about her church, and it is so cool! On the front cover she stitched her parish church; the activities inside the book include a "help the vicar get ready for service" dress-up page, a bell-ringing page, a prayer page, a congregation of finger puppets, a communion puzzle, and more. I love the idea of a church-themed quiet book for church; what a great way to both keep children quiet and help them focus on where they are. Here's Hannah's church quiet book!

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Hannah, a science teacher and regular at my parish church since I was a small child.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
This book is a little odd in that it was not made with a particular child in mind. We attend the family service at our local church and often we have kids visiting for christenings or church parades. Lots of parents worry about their kids squirming or making a noise (although we really don’t mind!) and a service can be a long time for some kids. So when I originally came across the quiet book idea on the Internet I thought it was genius and decided to make one for our service. The church is always trying to make people welcome and a “welcome to the church” quiet book seemed like a great idea (read took ages!) so off I went to make a quiet book tailor made to our church. I'm really glad I could do something to make visitors to our church a little more welcome!

What's your level of sewing experience?
Low-ish; I would say my confidence was boosted by making my previous small baby book so that I was brave enough to even start this project! On the other hand making this book taught me new skills (like using interfacing and bondaweb) so my skills are improving all the time!

How long did it take you? 
I can't even count! A couple of hours a weekend over 3 months, maybe 30 hours?

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I didn't use any templates, just sketched the designs out first and the cut the pieces out from their. I did make the cover using a photo of our church which I traced to give me a template which is a really good way to personalize your book.

How did you bind your quiet book?
I sewed the pages right sides together and then turned them out.The pages were then stitched together using a large zig zag stitch and the spine covered in denim. I chose denim to be hard wearing. I wrote a more detailed post (with pictures!) about the construction on my blog: Church Quiet Book Construction.

What material are the pages made out of?
Unbleached medium weight calico.

What other materials did you use?
Mainly felt for the pictures but also; Iron-on interfacing, Bondaweb (like wonder under), recycled jeans for denim, embroidery thread, poppers (snaps in America!), vinyl cut from a pencil case,  scraps of fake leather, ribbon, lace, velcro, buttons and beads from my stash.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
Around £20, mainly on the calico, interfacing and Bondaweb. I bought a couple of bits and bobs but I already had things too.

What's your favorite page? Why?
I love the dress up vicar and the tiny finger puppets, but the winner has to be the cover because it is so cool to have the church on the front! I also wrote a dedication on the back cover later to a very special lady in our congregation who passed away recently so that important to me.


To see Hannah's church quiet book on her own blog (with more details, pictures, and instructions), check out her blog posts: Church Quiet Book Construction, Church Quiet Book: The Final Product. Thank you for sharing your awesome church quiet book with us, Hannah!

Have you made a quiet book that you'd like to share? Click here for instructions on how to submit your own quiet book!

Moira's Colors Quiet Book

Last Friday I got to show you a color-themed quiet book from Poland, and today I get to show you one from England! Made by Moira, a retired textiles teacher, this colors book has lots of fun ribbons, buttons, and zippers for young children to grab and play with. In addition, the name of each color is embroidered in both French and English. I really like all the different shades of each color Moira used and all the different patterns, and think that this would be a great book for teaching colors!

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Moira. I am a recently retired textiles teacher in East Yorkshire, England.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I have made my quiet book for my Grandson Daniel who lives in Quebec, Canada. This is why the words are in French and English.

What's your level of sewing experience?
I am a very confident and creative person preferring to work in fabric most of the time. I have been stitching for perhaps 30 years.

How long did it take you?
My quiet book took many hours of work, both the designing and making of the book. I estimate possibly 15 hours of making including putting the pages together.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I did not use any templates.

How did you bind your quiet book?
The pages are sewn together down the centre fold using machine stitching.

What material are the pages made out of?
The pages are made mostly of cotto fabrics with polyester ribbons and some synthetic felt.

What other materials did you use? How much did all the supplies cost you?
The actual cost of the fabric is low as I have a huge stock of fabrics. The specialist buttons had to be purchased probably costing around £10

What's your favorite page? Why?
My favourite page is the red and blue one as it is also Daniel's favourite. I took his book out to Canada last month and loved watching him play with all the different features. He is too young at 12 months to be able to learn his colours etc but he is obviously enjoying "playing" with the book even at this young age. I have already partly finished a number book for him.


Thank you so much, Moira, for sharing your delightful colors quiet book with us!

Have you made a quiet book that you'd like to share? Click here for instructions on how to submit your own quiet book!

Joanna's Second Quiet Book

Okay, do you guys remember the really cool, bright quiet book that Joanna from Poland made earlier this year? Well, she made another one! This one is all about colors; each page has a variety of solid and patterned fabric with different color themes. She (again) also has handles and a button on the cover (both features that are such a great idea), to carry the quiet book and to keep it closed. Take a look! :)

To visit Joanna's blog, visit Hobbiko.blogspot.com. Thank you for sharing your quiet book with us, Joanna!

Have you made a quiet book that you'd like to share? Click here for instructions on how to submit your own quiet book!

Kersten's Little Sister Quiet Book

Hi everyone! You've now seen Kersten's Dinosaur Quiet Book and her Build-a-Monster quiet book page; I am happy to now present to you her "Little Sister Quiet Book!" She made this for her younger sister, and it has so many cute and fun-looking pages. She has a dress-up bow page where you can change the hair bows Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck are wearing; she has a cake and cupcake page with removable details using snaps, buttons, and velcro; she has a temple page, an underwater page, a build-a-castle page, and even a Princess and the Pea page! Everything is so bright and cute. Enjoy!

Interview

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made it for my little sister, who just turned two.

What's your level of sewing experience?
Um...I'm not an expert but I've had a pretty good amount of experience. I really enjoy sewing :)

How long did it take you?
It took me about a thousand hours over the course of a couple of months. I did a page here and there until I decided I had more than enough pages!

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
All links to patterns/templates/sources of inspiration can be found on my blog, Little Miss Stitcher.  :)

How did you bind your quiet book?
I put two button holes on the side of each page and then use binder rings to hold it all together.

What material are the pages made out of?
I used felt.

What other materials did you use?
Ric rac, ribbon, buttons, fabric, DMC floss, beads, sequins...and probably a few other things!

How much did all the supplies cost you?
Between scraps and raiding my Mom's supplies it can't have cost more than ten or so bucks.

What's your favorite page? Why?
That's such a hard question. Probably either the Build a Cake or Cupcakes page!

To see more pictures of Kersten's quiet book, to learn more details about how she made it, and to use her templates, visit her blog posts on her "Little Sister Quiet Book" at Little Miss Stitcher.

Thank you again, Kersten, for sharing another one of your delightful quiet books with us! :D

Have you made a quiet book that you'd like to share? Click here for instructions on how to submit your own quiet book!

Kersten's Build a Monster Quiet Book

Good morning everyone, and happy Monday! I hope it's a bright, clear fall morning for you. (I am so excited that it's now officially fall. Fall is my favorite season!) I have a really awesome quiet book page to share with you today.  It was made by Kersten of Little Miss Stitcher, the very same Kersten who made this awesome Dinosaur Quiet Book that I shared with you a while back.

With this quiet book page, kids are able to mix-and-match monster body parts to create their very own, unique monster. One page is dedicated to the pocket where the monster parts are stored, and the other page is where kids can build their new monsters. I really love this idea and Kersten made the pages and the monsters so cute that it's hard to resist! Take a look at this awesome build-a-monster quiet book page. :)

Interview

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made it for a the kids of a lady my sister babysits for. I'm not exactly sure how old they are!

What's your level of sewing experience?
Um...I'm not an expert but I've had a pretty good amount of experience. I really enjoy sewing :)

How long did it take you?
I think it was only like two naptimes.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
All links to patterns/templates/sources of inspiration can be found on my blog, Little Miss Stitcher. :)

How did you bind your quiet book?
These pages are a part of a bigger book than I bound by putting two button holes in the side of each page and then using binder rings to hold all the pages together.

What material are the pages made out of?
I used felt.

What other materials did you use?
A zip lock baggie, small beads, buttons and ric rac.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
Nothing. I just used things I already had.

What's your favorite page? Why?
Well it's just two pages...but I'm going to say that the page where you build the monster is my favorite :)

To see Kersten's Build a Monster page on her own blog, with more details and links to her templates, click here: Build a Monster Quiet Book Page! Thank you so much for sharing your monster page with us, Kersten!

Have you made a quiet book that you'd like to share? Click here for instructions on how to submit your own quiet book!

Carrie's Quiet Book

Hey everyone! I love the quiet book I get to share with you today. It was made by Carrie of November Morning for her four-year-old son, and it has so much texture and detail that everything just pops off the page. The hand-stitching is so cute and I love that she uses textured felt - it's such a great way to add visual detail to a quiet book without more work. I would be very hard-pressed to choose a favorite page in this book, but if I had to choose one here I'd pick the seasons/tree page with changeable foliage and the laundry-line page next to it. Both pages are so cute and work so well together. Anyway, scroll down, look, and enjoy!

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
Carrie.  I'm a crafting, knitting, photographing, sewing, and baking mama and wife.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made this for my son a couple of months before he turned four.

What's your level of sewing experience?
I'm not an expert sewist by any means.

How long did it take you?
I'm not sure how long it took total but I'm sure it was many many hours.  I did a lot of hand-sewing and spread the work out over a couple of months.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I mostly cut and drew free-hand.  There is also a ton of inspiration on Pinterest.

How did you bind your quiet book?
I bound it using embroidery thread and this tutorial.

What material are the pages made out of?
Felt, felt, and more felt!

What other materials did you use?
Embroidery thread and snagless velcro.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
Maybe $50?

What's your favorite page? Why? 
It's too hard for me to pick favorite, but I am a tiny bit partial to the seasons pages.  O's current favorite is the mailbox pages.  Most of the adults that see it seem to like the robot page best.


A big post on the book (with more photos and lots of tips) can be found on Carrie's blog here: November Morning: O's Felt Book. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing quiet book with us, Carrie!

Have you made a quiet book that you'd like to share? Click here for instructions on how to submit your own quiet book!

Nadia's Quiet Book

Good morning everyone! The very cute quiet book I have to share with you today is all the way from Australia. Made by mom Nadia for her son, it has lots of fun activities to keep him entertained. I think my very favorite pages are the shapes page and the bead-counting page. They're both so colorful, and I know my daughter would love them. I love that the shapes are made out of such cute fabric - I just love the bright patterns. Anyway, I'll stop rambling so that you can take a look!

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Nadia. I am a mum of one from Melbourne, Australia, currently taking a break from social work.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made this quiet book for my son, Caleb who is 10 months old. It will be a Christmas present. I have been wanting to prepare for when he is a toddler and on the go with some activities that will keep him occupied during church. I know that when he is on the go, I wont have as much time to create things like quiet books.

What's your level of sewing experience?
I am probably a beginner, self taught. I have made a few simple baby quilts in the past, but nothing like a quiet book. I feel I have definitely increased my knowledge of sewing through taking on this task, learning lots on the way from others and through lots of mistakes.

How long did it take you?
Its hard to answer that. I have probably spent the last 4-5 months on the book working in big spurts, then having big breaks. It probably took 15-20 hours all together.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I used no templates, rather got inspiration of friends quiet books, from the quiet book blog, pinterest and other websites. When I had decided what pages I wanted, I used various household objects to make the shapes, such as bowls, measuring cups, and a rubix cube.

How did you bind your quiet book?
I bound my book by sewing double pages down the center onto a cover.

What material are the pages made out of?
The pages are made out of calico, some lined with interfacing.

What other materials did you use?
I used cotton from my scrap box to make the pictures. It took quiet a bit of work as I bagged out shapes to stop the fraying. I also used valcro, a zip, buckle, a cut up baby overall, a toothbrush, leather, shoe lace, buttons, and beads.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
This is hard to answer as I collected supplies over a long time. Most of my fabric was from my scrap box and most of the other supplies were sourced from op shops or relatives with button collections. I probably spent $25 AUS or so on calico, fabric for the front cover, beads and my op shop bargains.

What's your favorite page? Why? 
I like my brush my teeth page. The mouth turned out better then I was expecting and I think a young child would have fun brushing teeth! I also liked how the tent and my shoe turned out.

Thank you for sharing your super cute quiet book with us, Nadia!

Have you made a quiet book that you'd like to share? Click here for instructions on how to submit your own quiet book!