how to make a quite book

Aloha! I'm Meg. I love skating, surfing, sewing, art-making, Corbin and my baby's dimples. I'm excited to have been invited to be apart of this sun-shining blog! I hope I can inspire some of you because I know you inspire me.

Sometimes I am inspired to make things because I am too cheap to actually buy it. That was the case when I made this quiet book.

You can make one too!

1. Cut (6) 10"x8", and (2) 11.5"x8" pieces of heavy weight fabric. I used white canvas. The slightly larger pieces are for the cover and first and last pages. 

2. Gather the notions you have lying around your house; buttons, zippers, snaps, velcro, ribbons, shoe laces, etc...

3. Make words to match your notions. I actually printed onto muslin. I cut the muslin to the size of a piece of paper, then fused iron on material (found at fabric stores, used for applique) to the back of it, but I did not pull off the papery backing. Then fed it through my printer. It worked surprisingly well. I also printed a photo of my daughter to personalize the book.

4. Sew the notions/words onto the pages. Figuring out the order is a little tricky, I used folded pieces of paper to help me visualize it. (The word does not always match the notion it shares a page with, but when you place them all folded together like a book they will match up.) Kind of confusing I know.

5. Gather your pages and place right sides together and sew, leaving a hole for turning. Turn and top stitch near the edge of each page. You should end up with three double sided pages and a cover.

6. Take the cover and sew the pages onto it.

7. Enjoy hours of quiet entertainment!