Katie's Quiet Book

Happy Friday everyone! I have a completely adorable and extremely well-made quiet book to show you today! Made by Katie for her son, this book is so cute I don't know what to do with myself. Her pages are just to die for - look at that cute purple bird on its nest! And the fishing page! And the butterfly that comes out of the cocoon! Her shapes & color matching page is really clever - one of the best ways I've seen of doing it. And I love the details she added - the wrap around cover with a buckle is so smart and looks so good, and each page have a border looks awesome.

Take your time looking at all her pages, and enjoy!

Lift the Velcro flap to find a mirror

The clouds are pockets that hold little sky pieces for page 3

Open the curtains and find Velcro sky pieces (sun, clouds, rain, snow)

Three little eggs can be taken out of the nest

Weave the pie crust

"Catch" the football and practice tying the laces

Colorful "worms" are ribbon pulls, and three finger puppets (dog, cat, and bunny) can be taken out of the bushes

Match by color and shape, snap into place

Button the flowers

Fish can be moved up and down

Latch the dog collar and leash

Open the mailbox to find mail; move the flag up and down

Unzip the cocoon to find a butterfly

Tuck the kiddo into bed (magnets hold the blanket down)

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
My name is Katie and I am a working mom in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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

What's your level of sewing experience? 
Beginner.

How long did it take you? 
I worked on this very slowly over the course of ten months.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 
I did not use any templates, but I based many pages off of ideas that I found online.

How did you bind your quiet book? 
Large eyelets and binder rings.

What material are the pages made out of? 
Felt.

What other materials did you use? 
Various fasteners and other pieces (ribbon, fabric, beads).

How much did all the supplies cost you? 
I didn’t keep track, but I had to buy everything new, including the eyelet kit.

What's your favorite page? Why? 
My personal favorite is the fishing page, but I also like how the bird page turned out.

Thank you so much for sharing your awesome book with us, Katie! What a treasure for your son!

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

Kristy's Quiet Book

Before I show you today's AWESOME quiet book, I just want to remind you again to enter this week's giveaway! You could win Amy's Pincock's book "Quiet Book Patterns: 25 Easy-to-Make Activities for Your Children." The giveaway closes Monday at midnight (PST), so be sure to enter now before you forget!

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With that said, let's get to today's quiet book! This book was made by Kristy of the blog "The Art of Everyday Life," and it is so well made. I really really love her hot air balloon and boat pages - I've never seen pages like that before, and they're so cheerful and cute! I also really like how there's a doll on a ribbon that can play on every page. It's such a fun idea and works especially well with pages made for the doll, but you could add one even to a quiet book you've already made.

Kristy made templates of her quiet book pages, and they're for sale in her Etsy shop. You can find them here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/artineverydaylife.

Enjoy!

 

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
Kristy. I’m a creative, curious, unconventional, oh so grateful work-from-home mom to two precious girls and wife to one awesome husband.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
 My now 5 year old daughter, Ada. I gave it to her when she was 3. I’m now working on one for my 3 year old, Cora.

What's your level of sewing experience? 
I have been sewing by hand for years. I’m mostly self-taught. I’m good with my hands, but I think just about anyone could make a quiet book like this if they wanted. Especially with all the great training videos on-line these days.

How long did it take you?
It’s a little hard to say. I work on these types of projects a little bit at a time between diapers and feeding and cleaning and all that other homemaking, working, living stuff. I also usually have several creative projects going at one time. It’s just the way my mind works. It took me about a year(!) probably to get this finished. I would guess it was close to 60-80 hours total. But I designed every page myself, so a lot of that was design time.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 
I design my own templates! They can be found here: www.etsy.com/shop/artineverydaylife.

How did you bind your quiet book? 
Grommets and binder rings. (Cutting a hole in and adding grommets to pages that took you hours and hours to create is a terrifying experience, by the way.)

What material are the pages made out of? 
Wool felt. I'm so glad I went with wool felt, it has held up beautifully!

What other materials did you use? 
Bits of fabric and embroidery floss and a few buttons here and there.

How much did all the supplies cost you? 
Another tough answer because so much of the material I had on hand, or I only used part of in this project so I have scraps for other projects. I would guess around $20 - $30.

What's your favorite page? Why? 
I don’t necessarily have a favorite page, but I do have a favorite element – the bees. Bees are sort of my symbol. I love that they are this sweet little hidden surprise on most every page. It was a fun challenge to design the pages around a place to hide a bee.

To get all of Kristy's adorable patterns, visit her etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/artineverydaylife. She's working on a new quiet book right now (which you can get a sneak peek at on her blog, here!).

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful quiet book with us, Kristy!

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

Sami's "Things That Go" Quiet Book

Today is the second quiet book from Sami of Diary of an Overworked Mum's Kid Spot! This book is as cute and creative as her first. The theme Sami chose for this quiet book was "Things That Go," and she made pages of a hot air balloon, a boat, a crane, a car and traffic light, a rocketship, an airplane, a tractor, and a train. What a fun book!

Interview
(The answers in this interview also refer to Sami's other two quiet books, one of which posted on Monday and one of which will post on Friday.)

What is your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
My name is Sami. I am currently a stay at home in Brisbane, Australia.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they? 
I made them for my three children who are 6, 4 and 2.

What is your level of sewing experience? 
Beginner. My "On The Farm" quiet book was my first ever sewing project.

How long did it take you? 
I honestly could not say exactly, maybe about a week or two for each book with about 2-6 hours a day. With them being my first sewing projects and having no one to teach me anything it was made up of a lot of trial and error.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 
I used no templates; however, I did use some ideas that I found online.

How did you bind your quiet books? 
I just kind of poked a hole in the pages and stuck binder rings through them.

What material are the pages made out of? 
Felt.

What other materials did you use? 
Just felt and ribbon.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
I don't know exactly but it was definitely in the hundreds.

What's your favorite page? Why? 
I think the ladybug is my favorite. Probably because it was my first zipper and press studs and I felt like they turned up really well.

To view Sami's "Things That Go" quiet book on her own blog, with more detail about each page, click here: Things That Go Quietbook. To see her "On the Farm" quiet book, click here: On the Farm Quietbook. Thank you for sharing this with us Sami!

Check back on Friday for Sami's third quiet book!

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