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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Neli's Quiet Book

Today's book comes to us from Bulgaria, made by mother Neli for her daughter. It is an adorable book and I hope it can inspire you!

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence. 
My name is Neli and I am from Bulgaria.  

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made the book for my daughter's second birthday. Her name is Maria so we call her Mimi :)  

What's your level of sewing experience?
I don't have any sewing experience.
 
How long did it take you? 
It took me about 6 weeks, 2-3 hours a day.

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

What material are the pages made out of?
The book is made by felt.
 
What's your favorite page? Why?
My favorite page are the front and the back cover because they are all my idea.

Neli, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful book with us!

 

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Nadia's Quiet Book

Good morning everyone! The very cute quiet book I have to share with you today is all the way from Australia. Made by mom Nadia for her son, it has lots of fun activities to keep him entertained. I think my very favorite pages are the shapes page and the bead-counting page. They're both so colorful, and I know my daughter would love them. I love that the shapes are made out of such cute fabric - I just love the bright patterns. Anyway, I'll stop rambling so that you can take a look!

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Nadia. I am a mum of one from Melbourne, Australia, currently taking a break from social work.

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made this quiet book for my son, Caleb who is 10 months old. It will be a Christmas present. I have been wanting to prepare for when he is a toddler and on the go with some activities that will keep him occupied during church. I know that when he is on the go, I wont have as much time to create things like quiet books.

What's your level of sewing experience?
I am probably a beginner, self taught. I have made a few simple baby quilts in the past, but nothing like a quiet book. I feel I have definitely increased my knowledge of sewing through taking on this task, learning lots on the way from others and through lots of mistakes.

How long did it take you?
Its hard to answer that. I have probably spent the last 4-5 months on the book working in big spurts, then having big breaks. It probably took 15-20 hours all together.

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I used no templates, rather got inspiration of friends quiet books, from the quiet book blog, pinterest and other websites. When I had decided what pages I wanted, I used various household objects to make the shapes, such as bowls, measuring cups, and a rubix cube.

How did you bind your quiet book?
I bound my book by sewing double pages down the center onto a cover.

What material are the pages made out of?
The pages are made out of calico, some lined with interfacing.

What other materials did you use?
I used cotton from my scrap box to make the pictures. It took quiet a bit of work as I bagged out shapes to stop the fraying. I also used valcro, a zip, buckle, a cut up baby overall, a toothbrush, leather, shoe lace, buttons, and beads.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
This is hard to answer as I collected supplies over a long time. Most of my fabric was from my scrap box and most of the other supplies were sourced from op shops or relatives with button collections. I probably spent $25 AUS or so on calico, fabric for the front cover, beads and my op shop bargains.

What's your favorite page? Why? 
I like my brush my teeth page. The mouth turned out better then I was expecting and I think a young child would have fun brushing teeth! I also liked how the tent and my shoe turned out.

Thank you for sharing your super cute quiet book with us, Nadia!

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Joanna's Quiet Book

Today's quiet book is all the way from Poland! It was made by Joanna of Hobbiko, and I love how bright and colorful it is. She explains in her blog that Quiet Books are not common in Poland, and I am so impressed at how it all came together! I think one of my favorites is the tooth-brushing page - I haven't seen one like that before and think that it would make a great (and encouraging) activity page.

Interview

What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Joanna, I'm from Poland. I like creating, sewing, reading, playing instruments and...I only wish to have more time for all this! :)

Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
It's for my first daughter, I'd like to give it as a present for her second birthday (or sooner, we'll see :)

What's your level of sewing experience?
Definitely it's not high. I love sewing simple but practical things - for example a bag for "car accessories" for my husband. :)

How long did it take you?
It was about 3 months...I used to sew in the evenings, in my spare time when the baby finally went to sleep. :)

Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I used some ideas found on Internet and changed them. I'd say that there were no templates, just inspirations. For example, there are many quiet book pages of post boxes, but in Poland they look totally different than in USA so I needed to adjust this idea to our reality. :)

How did you bind your quiet book?
I simply sewed all pages together.

What material are the pages made out of?
The pages are made of two layers of cotton with special sponge in between.

What other materials did you use?
Velcro, buttons, ribbons, other accessories.

How much did all the supplies cost you?
About $15.

What's your favorite page? Why?
Hmm..I somehow like the page with girl's head - you can comb her hair ..:) She definitely isn;t a beauty but I like her anyway :) And I think that the cover of the book looks really nice.

Do I plan to sew another quiet book?
Yes! This time it will be "Number book" :)


To see Joanna's quiet book on her blog (where she has more instructions on how she made it), click here.  Thank you so much, Joanna, for sharing your quiet book with us! It's wonderful. :)

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