Ola! Today's quiet book comes to us from Brazil, made by Ana Maria. She made this adorable book for her friend's two-year-old, with letters on each page spelling out his name through the book. Each letter has an animal whose name (in Portuguese) matches the letter. "H" for hipopotamo, "E" for elefante, "I" for iguana, "T" for tatu, "O" for ovelha, and "R" for rato. She also wrote a personal message on the back cover for him, and included helpful pictures that show how she bound her pages together once she had made them.
Please enjoy!
Interview
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name`s Ana Maria. I have three teenager sons and I love new experiences about craft.
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
To Heitor, son of my job friend. He is two years old.
What's your level of sewing experience?
Very low. I used just felt and hand sewing.
How long did it take you?
Four days, ten hours.
Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I created my own templates.
How did you bind your quiet book?
I sewed and I used glue.
What material are the pages made out of?
Felt.
What other materials did you use?
I want to use other materials in the next projects, such as wood, buttons, magnet, fabrics, plastic, photos and illustrations.
How much did all the supplies cost you?
I don't know, because I already had the materials.
Ana Maria, thank you so much for sharing your quiet book with us!
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Today's post is special because we've never had a quiet book presented like this before. Clara from the blog Claras Nahkiste, instead of taking pictures of her quiet book, has made this video where she walks through the book and shows all of the interactive things that it does.
Clara's quiet book is huge and awesome. She has so many pages, and all of them look so fun to play with. Her video shows a clever cover and binding rings, a dress up page full of little clothes, a name page with moveable letters, a laundry page with socks that can go in a washing machine, an "I Spy" page with a removable bag full of things to find, a fruit-picking tree page (with multiple kinds of fruits and baskets, a weather and flower page, a farm page (with adorable finger puppets - sooo cute), an igloo page with ice building blocks and snow characters, a car page with a big map of the town, an elephant with a tail you can braid, a camping page with a zipper tent, a clock page with moveable hands, and a mailbox with letters inside. Each page has more detail than I've summed up here, that's shown in the video.
This book would be such a treasure to have as a child!
Interview
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Clara, I'm 23 and I'm a crazy, sewing, Berlin teacher-to-be.
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made this book for my niece and godchild Sophie for her third birthday.
What's your level of sewing experience?
I sew for more than three years now and I think I'm advanced.
How long did it take you?
I sew it over three weeks, in my semester break, all in all it took 66 hours.
Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I used some templates from this blog and many inspirations from Pinterest.
What material are the pages made out of?
They all are made of cotton fabric in different colors, many details are made out of felt.
What other materials did you use?
Felt, as mentioned and something that's called Vliesofix in Germany. It's used to make appliqués.
How much did all the supplies cost you?
Because I bought nearly no fabric, the costs were small. I think about 30€. What's your favorite page? Why?
My favourite page is definitely the car-page. I love, that the lights of the car can flash and that my niece can visit her grandmothers or grandfathers house. It's also the page, she likes most :)
Today I get to share with you two quiet books made by Ruth of the blog Simply Ruthie for her friends' twin toddlers. These quiet books are twins themselves - similar at first glance, but each is unique. Each cover has the name of the twin whose book it is; once you open it up, you find tic tac toe pages (one with clouds and suns, one with flowers and butterflies), fruit trees (one with apples, one with oranges), barns (each full of finger puppets), shape matching and bead counting, ladybug clocks, and "under the sea" pages. The back covers have pockets for little dolls.
I like so much about these quiet books, starting with the fact that they mirror each other, but each has its own unique details. I think my favorite page is the orange tree page - it's such a fun twist on the traditional apple tree page and I like how bright the oranges are. I also really like the blue and white background on that page that makes it look like there's a sky. Each of the pages in these books looks so fun to play with, and I am sure that the twins are going to enjoy them a lot.
Thank you so much for sharing your cute quiet books with us, Ruthie!
Today's quiet book is absolutely adorable. It was made by Melissa of the blog I have found the paradox, and it is seriously just so cute. Hand sewn and made of felt, this book spells out the name of Melissa's daughter, with each letter getting its own page and activity. There's an "A is for Apple" page with an apple that opens to show you its seeds, a "G is for Garden" page with vegetables to pick and flowers to water, an "N is for Nest" page with a blue bird and nest, a "E is for Elephant" page with a cute grey elephant, and a "S is for Sheep" page with button flowers and peekaboo bushes hiding adorable little sheep.
I love the details she added on each page - the layered flowers on the cover, the little bee in the garden and the detailed petals on the flowers, the texture on the branches of the nest, the knotted sheep's wool. I also love how bright and cheerful this book is, and the colors that Melissa chose to have on each page. It's very fun and visually interesting. Anyway, I'll stop rambling so that you can enjoy Melissa's book!
Interview
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
Melissa. I am a crafty, coffee drinking, Catholic wife and mommy to two scamps.
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
My daughter Agnes. She is ten months now, but since this is a Christmas gift she will be 1 when I give it to her.
What's your level of sewing experience?
I am definitely a beginner. I only sew for crafty projects like this one, and learned from tutorials online.
How long did it take you?
About 3 weeks, on and off from start to finish. I would say I averaged about an hour a day, most days of the week.
Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
No, but many of the concepts were inspired by other people's books, and this blog!
How did you bind your quiet book?
The pages are sewn together with a blanket stitch and I stitched a felt binding around all of the pages once they were done.
What material are the pages made out of?
Felt.
What other materials did you use?
Embroidery thread, buttons, and yarn.
How much did all the supplies cost you?
About $10. A lot of it was scraps and things I already had.
What's your favorite page? Why?
Probably the page with the sheep. It is one of the only ones I came up with on my own, and it was the most time consuming, since the sheep are covered in french knots. I love how they feel, and I was really happy with the way that paged turned out as a whole.
To see Melissa's quiet book on her own blog (with more description), click here: I have found the paradox: Agnes's Quiet Book. Melissa, thank you so much for sharing your adorable quiet book with us!
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Today I get to share with you a really fantastic quiet book, one that I've admired for a long time. Made by Jean of Bubbles and Bobbins, this quiet book has a really fantastic garden and barn page, along with an adorable deer/apple tree page, an awesome puzzle page, and a really cute baking/cupcake page. I love it! Take a look; I'm sure you'll love it as much as I do.
Hi everyone! Sorry the last month was so slow on the blog; I'm getting ready to have our second baby and have been trying to get everything in order before she gets here!
The quiet book I have to show you today is made by Moira, the same skilled retired textiles teacher that made this Colors Quiet Book. Her new quiet book has a different theme: counting! Each page has a prominent number, a matching number of objects (embroidery or buttons), the number written out in English and French, and that same number of ribbon tabs on the side of the page. It's awesome! I think a book like this would be perfect for my almost-two-year-old; she loves practicing counting, and a book like this would help a lot. Take a look at Moira's awesome counting quiet book!
Interview
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Moira Elliott. I am a recently retired Textiles Teacher in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England.
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I have made this quiet book for my Grandson Daniel who is 15 months and lives in Quebec, Canada. He loves my first quiet book which was about colours and so this book is about the numbers one to ten.
What's your level of sewing experience?
Having been a textiles teacher for many years I am fairly skilled in all aspects of creative textiles work.
How long did it take you?
The numbers book took several days to make including the CADCAM embroidery of each number in both English and French.
Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I did not use any templates.
How did you bind your quiet book?
The book is stitched together down the central pages.
What material are the pages made out of?
The fabrics are mostly cotton, the embroidery threads used are viscose. The ribbons are mostly synthetic.
What other materials did you use? How much did all the supplies cost you?
The main cost was for the buttons and the ribbons. These totaled around £15.00. The fabrics used were taken from my large stock!
What's your favorite page? Why?
I do not have a favourite page but may do so after spending thus coming Christmas in Quebec and being able to see Daniel playing with the book.
Thank you so much for sharing your awesome, second quiet book with us Moira!
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