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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Today's awesome book was made by Gabriela for her niece; and has such cute pages (including a creative and adorable Russian stacking dolls page). Enjoy!
Interview
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
Gabriela, mother of two very energetic boys, who works full time and still finds a way to create magic for the kids!
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made this quiet book for my one year old niece.
What's your level of sewing experience?
Very beginner….
How long did it take you?
It took around a month of just planning, researching materials and patterns and a month to put it all together (worked at nights, for around 2 hours a day, when I found the time!)
How did you bind your quiet book?
This is something I’m still not happy with. I cut a piece of felt a little bigger than the pages (the size of two pages) and sewed in the middle. Then I glued each finished page (with hot glue) in this blank new book. But hot glue did not seem to keep it in place, I hope it does…
What material are the pages made out of?
Felt mostly, and I used some other fabric for the matrioshka (Russian doll) page.
What other materials did you use?
Craft linen, paillettes, felt.
How much did all the supplies cost you?
Not sure, I had a lot of things already, and shopped for things as I came up with the pages…
What's your favorite page? Why?
I have two favorites – the Matrioshka (Russian doll) page, because I’m very proud of the way it turned out, I really didn’t think I could do it… and the pink doll page (with braidable hair), because my niece loved it since she loves ribbons and I think it turned out really cute!
Thank you so much for submitting your awesome book, Gabriela!
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Hi everyone, happy Friday! I hope you've all had a good week. The quiet book I get to share with you today comes all the way from São Paulo, Brazil. Made by Amanda for her friend's son, this book is seriously awesome and just bursting with fun activities.
Amanda's has so many fun pages. It starts right off with an interactive cover, where the child's name is spelled out in letters that can velcro on and off of the page, and be stored in a pocket on the front. After the cover is unclasped and opened, you see a clown holding several colorful balloons. These can are also attached with velcro, and they can be switched around to the different color strings, or stored in the clown's sleeve. Opposite the clown is Mike Wazowski from Pixar's "Monster's Inc." Mike's mouth can be unzipped to reveal shapes that match the shapes on his page.
The next page has a car scene, with roads to drive on, a traffic light whose lights can be changed, and lots of different vehicles including a fire truck, ambulance, and cement mixing truck. The next page has a train with many different colored cars, each with a number to help practice counting.
The next page spread is an outer space scene, with a rocket, astronaut, comets, planets, aliens, and spaceships.When you turn the page again, you find a boy at a table. His mouth can be unzipped and you can pull a lot of different kinds of food out (a carrot, egg, watermelon, cookie chicken, etc.) that can be put on the plate in front of him and then "eaten." Next is a dog with a collar to buckle, a bone, and a dog house.
After the dog, the next page spread is a forest scene with all sorts of animals to play with and fun things to do. There's finger puppets of a rabbit, bear, squirrel, hedgehog, garden gnome, and fox, plus trees, a sun and raincloud that can move, a rainbow, a mushroom house, and more. I think this is my favorite page!
Next come an apple trees that also has a bee you can string through loops to get back to his beehive, and a frog that catches flies with his tongue. Then there's a sports page with a soccer ball to weave and a shoe to lace up, and finally, there's a dress up page with a little boy and a wardrobe full of clothes for him to wear.
Watch for yourself to see all the cool pages!
Interview
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
Hello! My name is Amanda, from São Paulo, Brazil. I love to work with my hands; I'm a dentist and a seamstress aspirant.
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
My friend asked me to make this quiet book for his son, Bernardo, who is 2 years old.
What's your level of sewing experience?
I'm a beginner. I learn something every day!!
How long did it take you?
I did this book on my vacation. I spent 15 days about 8 hours per day.
Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
The templates were designed by me and my husband, Samuel (he is art director and he helped me a lot!), always inspired by many google images.
How did you bind your quiet book?
The pages are sewn to each other by a piece of fabric on sewing machine.
What material are the pages made out of?
The cover was made in fabric and the inside pages of felt. For the "stuffing," acrylic blanket.
What other materials did you use?
I also used thread, ribbon, rings, buttons, velcro, pearls and zipper.
How much did all the supplies cost you?
I probably spent about R$ 150 (US$ 50).
What's your favorite page? Why?
My favorite page is the Enchanted Forest and its finger puppets.
Amanda, your book is amazing. Thank you for sharing it with us!
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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.
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!
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Hello everyone! Today I get to share with you a beautiful book made by Jenny of the blog The Bushcrafter. Jenny is a craft teacher from Sweden, and her book is an absolutely beautiful creation. Her fabric choices and colors make this book a visual treat. I just want to stare at the colorful ferris wheel and hot air balloon pages for hours. Please, enjoy!
Interview
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
I’m Jenny; I am a big-hearted creative dreamer.
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
This piece was made as a side project and I found that I loved this free, intuitive process of finishing one page before starting the next one. I had no specific person in mind when I started, I just wanted to explore different techniques.
What's your level of sewing experience?
I am a craft teacher.
How long did it take you?
Making these books take about a week, I only create on my spare time!
Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
I have no templates, instead I work with shapes that come to me in the moment, while I’m creating.
How did you bind your quiet book?
All pages are stitched together by hand.
How much did all the supplies cost you?
Not much, the fabric I use is recycled, thrifted or handmade by me (often woven or hand painted). While making these books I feel like the queen of scraps, I just know that there is place for even the smallest scrap of fabric in them.
What material are the pages made out of?
Scrap fabric of cotton, leather, felt, fleece and many other materials.
What's your favorite page? Why?
My favorite page is absolutely the page with the clock. I like how the crochet doily pops out!
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!
