Old Testament Quiet Book - PDF Pattern Set Giveaway!!!

Hi everyone! I am so excited about today's post, because today marks the start of another Quiet Book Blog giveaway!

Today I get to share with you the fabulous Old Testament Bible quiet book created by Kate of the "Candidly Kate" Etsy shop. This book is seriously adorable, and would be so perfect for church. Your kids would be keeping quiet and learning about some bible stories! I seriously I wish I had one for my two little girls to play with. It would just be so perfect!

So, look at all of Kate's fantastic pages below, and then scroll down to enter the giveaway to win the complete PDF pattern set!

First, the cover:

An "I am a child of God" mirror page:

 Noah's ark, with port holes and finger puppets:

Jonah (who's a finger puppet) and the zipper-mouthed whale :

David and Goliath (who has lace-up sandals):

 Daniel in the lions den (the lion's mouth opens and closes!):

 Moses in the basket (whose strips you can weave):

 Moses parting the Red Sea (this one's my favorite!):

 Counting the days in which God made the earth:

Making Joseph's coat of many colors:

 Abraham and Isaac:

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (with a ton of adorable animals):

Joshua and the walls of Jericho that tumble down:

Braiding Sampson's hair:

 And a pocket for all of the extras!:

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 

Kate. I am a blogger, and public health professional work-at-home mom and I love to create. 

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they? 

I made this quiet book for my little man who is turning two. 

What's your level of sewing experience? 

I have been sewing for many years, but each pattern includes about 25 pages of instructions with lots of pictures so that people with very limited sewing experience can complete the pages. The pages can also be constructed using fusible webbing with minimal sewing. 

How long did it take you?

Each pages takes about 5 hours to complete. 

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 

Pattern and instructions for sale here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/candidlykate 

How did you bind your quiet book? 

I use a unique idea that allows you to keep the pages all together without permanently binding them using overall clips that come from the back page around to the front. That way you can grab only a few pages if you wish OR pass different pages out to different children. 

What material are the pages made out of? 

Felt.

What other materials did you use? 

Snaps, magnets, buttons, mirror, ribbon, and a variety of other materials. 

How much did all the supplies cost you? 

Many of the supplies can be found in your stash but the total cost for all supplies is probably around $40 to make the whole book with no coupons used. 

What's your favorite page? Why? 

Adam and Eve. I think the fox is adorable!

To visit Kate's Etsy shop and see more pictures of each of the pages, click here: Candidly Kate on Etsy.

And now for the giveaway! There are three prizes for Kate's Bible Quiet Book giveway. One reader will win the entire PDF pattern set to "The Complete Old Testament Bible Story Quiet Book." That's sixteen pages of patterns! And two other readers will each win the PDF patterns to their two favorite pages from the set. The giveway will run from this Monday, August 4 to next Monday, August 11. So make sure to enter! You could win one of three awesome prizes.

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**Remember - if you enter by leaving a comment, make sure to say which is your favorite Bible quiet book page!**

Tiffany's Animal Quiet Book

Good morning! The quiet book I get to share with you today is so cool. Made by mom Tiffany for her son, each page features a different animal. These pages are all really original and cute; I haven't seen any like them before. And they're so detailed and well made! They would be so fun to look at and touch with a little one - I know both my baby and toddler would love this book. They're all awesome, but if I had to pick one, I'd say my favorite page is the tiger. He's just so cute!

Enjoy!

 Interview

What's your name? Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they? 
My name is Tiffany; I made this quiet book for my 1 year old son.

What's your level of sewing experience?
I don't have a lot of machine sewing experience. I've just played around until I like the results. I do a lot of hand sewing.  

How long did it take you?
The book took approximately 3 months/90 hours from start to finish only working on it an hour or so a day.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I looked on Google images for pictures of different animals and then free hand sketched the animal. After free handing the animal picture I sketched out backgrounds.

How did you bind your quiet book? 
For binding the book, I machine sewed the pages onto a strip of fabric and then sewed it to the cover.

What material are the pages made out of? 
The pages are made from felt and embroidery thread.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
The supplies cost approximately $10.

What's your favorite page? Why?
My favorite page is probably the horse. I made a mistake with his eyes but managed to make it look like it was done on purpose by adding a bumblebee.


Tiffany, thank you so much for sharing your adorable quiet book with us!

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Max's Quiet Book

The first quiet book that I get to share with you this week is actually one that I made myself. My brother and his family were in town earlier this year, and my nephew had his first birthday while he was here. I knew that I wanted to make him a quiet book, but I also didn't have much time to make one (since we were doing things every day with my whole family).

So, to speed up the process of making a quiet book, I altered my usual quiet book techniques in a few ways. First, and this was the biggest time saver, I only made four pages. Less pages naturally equals less time. Secondly, I used velcro (and not snaps) to attach the detachable pieces. Snaps (since they're hand sewn) take longer to attach than velcro (which can be machine sewn or hot glued). Third, I hot glued all of the velcro pieces, on to the quiet book pages themselves and on to the detachable pieces. Hot gluing the velcro, instead of sewing it, saved a lot of time. I made sure that it was very sturdy and well attached. Fourth, I hot glued all the details. I sewed the main pieces on to each page - the tree and basket, boat, jellyfish, and dinosaur body - but hot glued the jellyfish's face and spots and the dinosaur's face on.

One thing I did with this quiet book that actually took more time, but was totally worth it, was sewing a cover. With my previous quiet books I've simply sewn button holes in the sides of the pages and then attached all the pages with binder rings. Not this time. This time, I cut a piece of fabric from a big, old t-shirt, laid the pages down on it, pinned it everywhere, and sewed. I sewed the front and end pages directly onto the cover, and the middle page I sewed to the middle of the cover by leaving some extra felt on the side of the page, and sewing that side of the page to the cover. (I'll show this with pictures at the end.) And I love it! The book is all one piece, all attached, and since the cover is made of t-shirt fabric it is super soft and nice to touch.

So, without further ado, here is my nephew Max's quiet book!

The apple tree page:

Noah's ark, with finger puppets (um, I only had time to make one finger puppet by his birthday...I'm going to make him more, I promise!)

The main body of the ark is a big pocket for finger puppets. I sewed around the top of the pocket (using a little thread design my sewing machine offered) to reinforce the edge. That way the felt won't get too stretched out when children used the pocket. I did the same thing with the basket on the apple tree page. (I also sewed some detail on the ark's roof, using another thread design setting on my sewing machine.)

The jellyfish page:

And dinosaur page:

Now here's a bunch of shots of the cover and the binding:

How the middle page is attached to the center:

I really like how it turned out, and I hope Max and my brother and sister-in-law like it too!

Interview 
(is it really an interview if I'm asking myself the questions?)

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
I'm Jocelyn! I'm a homemaker and I like making stuff.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they? 
My nephew, who just turned one year old.

What's your level of sewing experience? 
Intermediate.

How long did it take you? 
Ooh, tough question. I was totally going to mark down exactly how long it took me so I could tell you guys, but...I forgot. So, I'll just have to give you my best estimate. I worked on it at nighttime for a couple weeks. All told, I would guess about 14 hours?

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 
I actually used my own templates for the apple tree page and the dinosaur page (you can get them by clicking on those links). I didn't use a template for Noah's ark, just kind of winged it after looking at a lot of pages for inspiration. My jellyfish page was based on this jellyfish page.

How did you bind your quiet book? 
I cut a big piece of fabric out of an old t-shirt to use as a cover. I sewed the first and last page directly on to the fabric (I turned in and sewed the fabric edges under the felt so that the edges are nice and clean). I sewed the second and third pages back to back, leaving room on the side of the page. I used that extra room to sew those pages directly to the cover as well, in between the two end pages.

What material are the pages made out of? 
Felt.

What other materials did you use? 
Velcro, thread, and ribbons.

How much did all the supplies cost you? 
I already had most of the supplies, and the extra supplies I needed (I think just velcro, and a page or two of felt) only cost me a couple dollars.

What's your favorite page? Why? 
I think the jellyfish, because it's so colorful and happy.

And that's my newest quiet book! I hope you enjoyed it. :)

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I'm back!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been MIA during July. My family just moved across country at the beginning of the month, and we've been getting everything unpacked and settling in for the last couple weeks. But the dust is settling, and soon there'll be new quiet books up on the blog! We even have a giveaway coming up!

In the meantime, here's a sneak peek at one of the new quiet books coming your way:



So stay tuned in, we'll have some fun new posts soon!