We can give credit to serving pink lemonade for inspiration for our quiet books and covers. Use for machine embroidery, lighterweight fabrics or machine lacework. Print out all the patterns and simply trace them through the pellon using a black permanent marker. From beginner to advanced and quilts to handbags to apparel, we have something for everyone.
Download our free project pdfs, complete with patterns to get started today. I was looking for very stiff pellon interfacing to use as quiet book pages. Thanks for tuning in for the second day of quiet book pages. Top stitch simply means that you sew so you can see the stitching on top. Ive used it for a quiet book before and sandwiched an extra sheet in between because it was so thin. Pellon 70 peltex sewin ultra firm stabilizer fabric by the yard, multicolor. Today is a momentous day, the quiet book sewalong is finished. The quiet book i get to share with you today is one of the classics, one of the ones that started it all. Im new to the world of quiet books and love your ideas. Color all the pictures with crayons, then place the pages between absorbent paper newsprint or brown paper and iron on low heat. Now with right sides together, and the stiff pellon on top, sew. I like the stiff pages because they are easier for my young children to turn, they hold up. What youll need to make an othello quiet book game. If you have children who will put small things in their mouths, adapt it so it has no small things.
Make the size of the finished quiet book appropriate for the age of your child e. I made my book out of pellon, as recommended by serving pink lemonade. Despite a lack of sewing knowledge and skill, i decided just over a year ago to buy a sewing machine because i wanted to create quiet books for my daughter. Simple 8x8 pages i wanted to use up the pellon that i had cut up into 8x8 squares so i decided to make a smaller book. You can use a combination of grommets, binder rings, ribbon, button holes the sky is the limit. And just a few months ago, she published her very own book on how to make a quiet book. Pellon fusible thermolam plus white fabric by the yard. Frozen quiet book i use heavy pellon typing paper size for the pages, felt and other odds and ends to make the pictures. But a few of those are to use pellon for pages instead of felt and to sew things on more securely and.
Sews like stiff felt but lighterthinner to easily sew multiple layers on top of it. Take the piece you want for the inside of the book and sew 2 button holes side by side wherever your quiet book pages are going to be attached. Simple quiet book series memory match game u create. If you like the look of my cover i made for the quiet book you can find the. But d rings are inexpensive, easy to sew with, and dont require any special equipment or superhuman strength. Ive seen lots of quiet book tutorials that use binder rings, but they all use eyelets or grommets, which i have found to be problematic and unreliable in application. Learn to sew or make nosew quiet books, in an earlier post, covering all the detail here. For the 8x8 quiet book pages, i had to use simple designspages since i didnt have much room. All the of quiet book patterns that you see on this blog or my web site are my own drawings. I decided to string 10 separate lines across the page with an ascending count of beads from one to ten.
Application description 30 pellon lightweight 40 pellon midweight 50 pellon heavyweight 65 pellon extra heavyweight 70 peltexsewin ultrafirm. The pre ordered felt letters were too flimsy to use by themselves, so i decided to back them with stiffened felt. I prefer a more kidproof method, though, inspired by this post, where you sew the pages onto a binding which is then attached to the cover. While planning out the quiet book pages i really wanted to add a counting page to adas quiet book. Lend extra support to fabric with the pellon 70 peltex sewin ultra firm stabilizer. Learn how to make quiet books find a book layout that suits your creative skill. Im attempting my first for my brand new grandson to be born in september. This is the thick nonfusible pellon, and i found it behind the cutting counter at joanns. Initially i strung ribbon through the holes to bind the pages and then later replaced the ribbon with 1. Click to see other ideas for pages you might like to create following her link to her quiet book. This ultrafirm, smooth, heavyweight, sewin stabilizer is great for accessories, crafts, home decorating, and quilting. I am so glad that to share this book and i am excited to know that there are so many of you that want to make one too.
The pages are held in the book using d rings i purchased from my local sewing store. Now use your rectangle template and a permanent marker to trace nine squares onto each quiet book page. I basically just wrapped the fabric around a piece of pellon and sewed it. Initially i strung ribbon through the holes to bind the pages and then later replaced the ribbon with 1 binder rings. The pattern book that you are talking about has been out of print for many years. I cant wait to see what you come up with and would love to hear from you in the comments below. Decide on the fabricfeltflannel pellon you want to use. Quiet book exchangea friend and i organized a quiet book exchange and we looked through lots of quiet book page ideas and templates. We ended up using ribbon on the final, completed books because the binder rings caused the pages to stick out of the cover too far. The pages in my book are made from pellon peltex interfacing, which is a very stiff, felt like material almost as stiff as cardboard. I quilt and am in the process of making him an interactive floor quilt with a variety of felt objects. I only finished six total pages, but i decided six pages were better than having an uncompleted project staring at me every time i approached my craft table. Anyway, to make a long story short this last semester i decided to prove myself wrong and complete a quiet book. Quite books are awesome to keep little minds busy, but one look at the intricate pages and im thinkingaint got time for all that stitching.
Quiet book page buckled peekaboo upcycled butterfly. Quiet book preparing the pellon my friends sons birthday is coming up in a month and i have been trying to find something really good to make for him. Luckily, a few digitizers realize that busy moms and grams need alternatives and im forever grateful for ith quiet book designs. Get a pattern or dimensions and templates and start creating the awesomeness. I dont have a picture but i sewed a piece to the inside of the the book binding area and used button holes to place my rings. I thought it would be fun to create a title page and i printed the wording on then ironed a blank second page on the back. Started pages for the book using fabric and some stabilizer and your method of sewing them together. The pellon i used was 809 decor bond and to do the book the way it was designed it took 5 yards of pellon. To bind it, i used 1 rings and cut 6 holes in the pellon, 2 for each ring.
Peltex is strong and wont fray or tear so you dont have to worry about reinforcing the holes. Its easy to sew, even when sandwiched in between other fabrics. I saw this music page and thought it would be fairly easy to make. Pellon 70 peltex sewin ultra firm stabilizer fabric by. I saw many pages online that had beads strung on a line like an abacus and decided i wanted to create something like that. I will always treasure the quiet books i have made for my kids and hope they. May 4, 2017 i use heavy pellon typing paper size for the pages, felt and other odds and ends to make the pictures.
See more ideas about busy book, felt books and felt quiet books. After months and months of attempting and procrastinating, im finally finished with little es quiet book. So using this as a rough draft and after playing with it lots, i got a better idea for how to to make a more improved version. Pin another rectangle piece to the back of each game card and sew around the edges at 18 the two layers makes it so you cant see the shapes through the back of the cards. Here is a tutorial i created to finish our quiet books with a cover. So for the quiet book you would sew around the edge of the picture, usually about 18 of an inch away from the edge. Have purchased many yards for use in childrens quiet books and wall hangings made of wool or felt. Quiet book cover to make the cover i took this tutorial and tweaked it a little. Pellon projects offers free downloadable projects from top designers.
I didnt use pellon in between my pages in this book, although i did use them as the pages instead of felt in another book. The stabilizer will not flatten or distort with steam pressing, has no. How to create quiet books with awesome inthehoop designs. Amy of the popular blog serving pink lemonade made and posted her awesome quiet book almost three years ago, in january 2011. I liked the idea that one side was flat, and the pages didnt stick out quite so far. I always use pellon peltex for my quiet book pagesits sturdy and you dont have to worry about fraying edges. Pellon 70 peltex ultra firm sewin stabilizer joann. This book is the 6th quiet book ive created so i was able to.
We had 18 pages to fit in this book and we though we overestimated making the cover 3. To bind my quiet books i punched holes through the pellon peltex pages with a single paper hole punch. This is where you can get the complete instructions from start to end on how to make the actual blank quiet book. I traced the footprint of the colored felt letters onto cardstock, and then enlarged the area by 18 inch all the way around, thus creating a black outline.
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