Remember my first quiet book? (Well, two?) I made them for a friend's little nugget, and have updates that she loves them! The apple tree and Frozen pages seem to be a hit.
I've played around with the idea of adding quiet books to my etsy shop, and finally went through with it. I made a Counting Quiet Book, 1-10, using half sheets of felt (much smaller!). This one is all stitched together, no metal rings, no exchanging - but the cohesive theme works for it. Feel free to utilize my design choices for your personal use, but please do not copy and sell your own! Enjoy.
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For these pages, I used craft felt, yarn, snowflake stickers, D-rings, beads, and embroidery thread. Braid Anna's Hair - Quiet Book Page The background is dark blue 9" x 12" felt, with grey felt cut into mountains, brown felt into background landscape, and white layered on top. I used scraps of white and green felt to make trees and stitched them down. The sky swirls are strips of light blue felt, twisted and stitched down. The snowflake stickers are from the Dollar Tree and I hot-glued them down. The trickiest part was Anna herself! I found a clipart piece online that I liked, and I sketched it out on my freezer paper. I cut the pieces out after ironing it to the felt, piece by piece. Same thing for the dress, cape, lips, and eyes! Then I hand stitched the nose, freckles, and lip details. For the braids, I used a square of brown felt for each one, and hot glued the ends of the yarn, folding it over. Then I glued that section to the background, under the skin colored felt, before stitching everything down. No matter how hard the little one tugs, those braids will not come out! And of course, don't forget about Anna's white streak in her hair. Help Elsa Get Back to the Castle - Quiet Book Page
I used a random piece of 9 x 12" felt and covered it in light blue flannel (only because I was out of light blue felt). I found clipart of the castle on the mountain, and of Elsa, traced it on to freezer paper and cut the pieces out. They're pretty small so it was a little tricky. I layered Elsa over two pieces of blue felt because her dress was a very similar color to the background, I added beads to her bodice (triple stitched - still a choking hazard, always supervise your child!) and some snowflake stickers. To make the "maze" I used scraps of white felt, and stitched them around the D-ring, and then to the background. I cut a shoelace in half and stitched it under Elsa. More snowflake stickers were glued to buttons on the background (for more depth). I hope you and your little one enjoy your quiet book! Leave a comment with any questions you have about the pattern or materials! Bailey Quiet books seem to be getting more and more popular on Pinterest and Etsy. Some want to do it themselves, some just like looking at them, and some are in the market to buy a crafty quiet book for their little one. If you've looked at enough online, you'll notice a few major blogs that have shared hundreds of ideas, as well as tutorials on how they chose to bind their book. I did a decent amount of research to decide what I would do for my quiet book pages. Size of quiet book pages First, I had already decided (and created) my quiet book pages on full 9" x 12" felt sheets. I did try to leave an inch or two on one side of the design knowing it would need to be bound. Others have done their designs on 9" x 9" or 8" x 8" squares, and then mount them to 9" x 12" felt. Using this square pattern allows you to use scraps of non-felt fabric for the background. You can see in the photo below the 9" x 12" landscape oriented pages, with grommets and reinforced binding strip on one side. You'll also see that my cover has plenty of room for this! Prepping the pages For my quiet book binding on the pages, I stitched around the edge of the pages together using a zig-zag stitch. Then I stitched about 1.5" in from the edge. I approximated the first one, and then used it as a guide for the rest. I chose this amount because it worked with the blank margins I allowed for while sewing the pages together. I installed grommets (1/4") with traditional anvil and punch, 2 per page. I used a piece of cardstock, hole punched where I wanted them (about 2 inches from each side) and marked through the cardstock template so they were the same on every page. Using binder rings I planned on using binder rings from the start, but hadn't decided how to attach them to the book. Some people install button holes or grommets in the center of their cover, and the binder rings show through to the other side. Other people do a strip of binding inside, like I did, with buttonholes that the rings slip through. And finally, you can see how I did mine (below), I folded a scrap piece of fabric lengthwise multiple times and stitched, then zig-zag stitched it down allowing for room to slip the binder rings under. This way was very simple, looks fine, and meant no more grommets! Above you can see the second cover I did, in blue flannel. I Used a matching light blue cotton fabric with clouds on it. With the lighter color fabric (versus the black and pink version) you can see the reinforcement lines I used to secure the handles. You could also do these on the binding. I used sheets of fusible interfacing (double-sized) to secure the squares on the front and back cover, as well as the outside and inner binding. I ironed a hem and stitched around to secure.
I hope you enjoyed my quiet book covers! Please comment with any questions you have about my pattern, inspiration, measurements, or materials,. Bailey I've long been fascinated with the felt quiet books I see on Pinterest - I love how they combine creativity, imagination, and education for little hands. I decided to take the dive and try my hand. I purchased cheap acrylic felt on Amazon (9 x 12" soft, 4 x 4" stiff), grommets and installer from a local hardware store, and various bits and bobbles from the Dollar Tree. I plan on sharing some details about these pages in future posts. But here they are in a gallery! Please comment with any questions you have about my materials, how-to, patterns, etc. or if you'd like to see something else! Skip the work and buy your quiet books from my Etsy shop. Can't wait to see your final results!
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