One of the items on my FAL list for Q3 is the quiet book for my nephew. I had a feeling this was going to take a LONG time, so instead of cracking on with it, I put it off for ages. Turns out I shouldn't have (you could have told me that).
I'd previously cut out a load of the pieces. The first thing they needed was the velcro sewing to the backs of them.
When that was done, I just had to pair up the front and back pieces and sew. In some cases this wasn't as simple as you'd think, the felt stretches and distorts and my sewing machine doesn't like sewing away from little points.
Now we've been friends for a while, you can tell me the truth. I'm a big girl, I can take it. Does this look even slightly like a T-rex? Would a 3-year old think it was a T-rex?
One of the pages is this face which he can velcro hats and features on and off. I'm thinking the velcro for the glasses looks a bit odd when the glasses aren't on.
This is supposed to be a viking helmet. It might have been marginally more successful had I sewed the horn-type-things on the right way up! I would have unpicked but I used a small stitch on my machine and picking stitches out of felt is not fun.
The glasses distorted badly when I sewed them and the sewing is a mess! Never mind, I'm sure they'll be the first item that goes missing!
This will be a jigsaw, well a jigsaw with square pieces. I just have to figure out how to divide 7" by 3 (stupid me) and whether this should be velcro-backed too.
Not a bad start, and that is only a couple of hours' work. I need to sew them to pages of course and make little pockets to keep the bits in. I might just cut out some more pages soon ready for another sewing session. We're going down to see my nephew at the end of October and I'd like to present it to him then.
I have started a new project. And not just any project. Oh no, this is a time-consuming one. I've been pinning quiet book pages for ages and always wanted to make one for Jacob. He'll be three in March so I think I need to do it sooner rather than later.
For those that haven't heard of quiet books, they're felt books with activities on each page to keep kids quiet. It seems that a lot of LDS mums make them for their kids in church, but mine will be secular of course! Above is the felt pieces for 3 pages. I haven't got any further as I either need to find my velcro, or buy some more before I can continue.
I've pinned loads of pages for inspiration, but I've drawn my own templates. This is a face with interchangeable features and accessories. Hopefully Jacob will enjoy sticking a ginger beard on a rather odd looking man! Well, who wouldn't?
