Maria's Princess Quiet Book

Today's quiet book is absolutely fantastic. Made by Maria, a kindergarten teacher, it is princess-themed, and just so detailed and adorable. The front cover looks like a castle, and opens up to another castle scene complete with horse-drawn carriage. As the pages go on children are able to change the weather through a window, practice numbers on a clock, play dress up, hang up laundry on a laundry line, put food together for a picnic, do puzzles, build a cake and decorate it with candles, play with a telephone, and put on a finger puppet show. It is a really remarkable book.

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
My name is Maria. I'm 22 years old and I am a kindergarten teacher.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they? 
This book is intended for all children. When I discovered Quiet Books I was excited and I began to make one.

What's your level of sewing experience? 
My level of sewing experience is medium.

How long did it take you?
I have been creating this book since August. I didn't work steady at this but I really don't know how many hours it took to complete!!

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 
I didn't use any templates. I looked on Google, YouTube and Pinterest, for inspiration and after that I drew it by myself.

How did you bind your quiet book? 
I sewed the pages between them.

What material are the pages made out of? 
The pages were created by felt mostly, but I used some other fabrics.

How much did all the supplies cost you? 
The total materials cost was about 35 euros.

What's your favorite page? Why?
It's difficult to choose, I love each page!!!

Maria's craft Facebook page can be found here: My Quiet Book. 

Thank you, Maria, for sharing your amazing quiet book with us!

 

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Melina's Quiet Books

Today's awesome quiet books come to us all the way from Chile, made by mom Milena! They've got puzzles, memory games, counting games, and more.

Milena's first quiet book:

Milena's second quiet book:

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
I'm half time rheumathologist and half time wife and mother of three.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they? 
I made the first one for my oldest, who was 3 and a half when I did it, and the next one for my second of 2 years old.

What's your level of sewing experience? 
Basic.

How long did it take you? 
It took me too many hours, in about 2-3 months. But in that time I did 3 quiet books, one for my nephew too.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 
No, But I copied several ideas from pinterest.

How did you bind your quiet book? 
I sewed the pages together and to the cover. I used lots of glue for the figures.

What material are the pages made out of? What other materials did you use? 
Only felt.

How much did all the supplies cost you? 
I don't know, but not too much.

What's your favorite page? Why? 
Of the first quiet book, the memory game. My son loves it. And of the second book, the spy page.

 

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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

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