Kelsey's "Mouse in the House" Quiet Book

Kelsey, author of the blog Inspirational Living and a missionary wife and mother living in Cameroon, Africa, has been featured on the Quiet Book Blog before with her awesome quiet book that she made for her nephew. Today I get to share with you her "Mouse in the House" quiet book, one of the cutest quiet books I have ever seen.

This quiet book's main character is a little mouse, and in addition to the things a child can play with on each page, the book has a mystery complete with clues and secret passages. (To see what the clues are leading to, read about the quiet book on Kelsey's own blog - Inspirational Living: Mouse in the House Busy Book.)

The front cover looks just like a house, and in fact has a door that opens up to the inside page. The pages that it opens up to are the front entrance and living room of the home, with little vinyl windows, curtains, an armchair, framed pictures, tables, flowers, rugs - the details are all so cute and awesome. The next page, though, is my favorite - the kitchen. It rocks. It makes me want to start sewing something like it right now. (Again, you should check out Kelsey's blog post of this quiet book - it has even more pictures of the kitchen!) The last three pages are as cute and fun as the rest of the book, and have cheese, cats, and more secret passageways.

Please, enjoy!

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
My name is Kelsey Weber. I am a missionary wife and mother serving in Cameroon, Africa.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made this quiet book for my 1-year-old daughter, Keturah.

What's your level of sewing experience? 
I have an "intermediate" level of sewing experience.

How long did it take you? 
It took about 16 hours total to make this book. I worked on it for about 1-2 hours a day for 2 weeks.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found? 
I did not have any templates for this project, but I did browse through Pinterest for some ideas and inspirations.

How did you bind your quiet book? 
Since there aren't many pages to this book I just did a simple whip-stich along the edges of the pages and sewed them together that way.

What material are the pages made out of?
All the pages are made out of felt.

What other materials did you use? 
Other materials incude cotton fabric for the window curtains, buttons for the doornob, thin sheets of clear plastic for the windows, and embroidery thread for all the sewing.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
I made this book with craft supplies I already had on hand, so I'm not sure exactly how much the materials cost, but I would guess about $10.


To view Kelsey's "Mouse in the House" quiet book on her own blog with more pictures and explanations, click here: Inspirational Living - Mouse in the House Quiet Book. Kelsey, thank you so much for sharing your seriously adorable quiet book with us!

If you liked Kelsey's "Mouse in the House" quiet book, you'd probably also like Claudia's Teddy Bear House quiet book and Agata's Fox 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!

Claudia's Teddy Bear Quiet Book

Today's quiet book is awesome. I mean really, really awesome. Made by Claudia of the blog Teeny Tiny Mom, this quiet book has a little teddy bear who children can play with in different scenes around his home. There's a nature scene with bees, little animals, and fish, a garden scene with a gate that opens, vegetables to pick, and a cloud they can make "rain," a bedroom where they can turn the bear's light on and off and put him to sleep, and a cozy house scene where they can give the teddy bear a bath or help him read in front of the fireplace.

The detail that is on every single page is really quite amazing; it is really quite beautiful and looks like a dream. It would be very fun to play with as a child. Please, enjoy!

Playing outdoors with Teddy:

 Bees that can be pulled into their beehive:

And a little frog in the lilypads: 

A deer behind the bush: 

 A beaded river where fish and a turtle can be pulled along and caught in a net:

Then there's the garden and the front door to Teddy's home:

Teddy's bedroom has lots of fun little details, including a light that really turns on, a little mouse hiding under the bed, and more:

Finally, Teddy relax in his house by taking a bath and sitting in his armchair in front of the fireplace, reading his newspaper:

All of it fits into this teddy bear bag:

 And here's a close-up of the teddy bear himself:

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Claudia. I am a wife and mother of two children and can never hold my hands still.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
Maybe for my grandchildren, who do not exist yet. It is mainly for the fun of it.

What's your level of sewing experience?
I have been sewing for many years.

How long did it take you?
It took me about three months. I worked on it for some hours every day.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
No, I drew everything by myself.
The Teddy template is on my website: Teeny Tiny Mom - Teddy Bear.
And the bed: Teeny Tiny Mom - Teddy Bear Bed.

How did you bind your quiet book?
I always sewed together two pages with bias tape and then sewed those pages together with a wide fabric tape.

What material are the pages made out of?
They are made of felt and fabric.

What other materials did you use?
Buttons, tape, foil, pearls, mirror foil, bells, wobbly eyes.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
They cost about EUR 60,00.

What's your favorite page? Why?
I love the page with the tiny bed. That could be me, because I love reading in bed.

Be sure to check out the quiet book on Claudia's blog, because there are a lot more pictures of details in the quiet book and more explanations of the whole book: Teeny Tiny Mom: Teddyhaus Unterwegs. Claudia, thank you so much for sharing your absolutely fabulous 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!