Quiet books

Quiet books have been all over Pinterest lately. My sister Megan is heading to Michigan soon for a family trip and friends wedding. Two kids and a long flight.... Some sort of entertainment is needed. Her and I thought making some quiet books would be a great idea. Well, the books were a great idea if someone else made them or it wasn't 102 degrees without an air conditioned house.

But, all that aside, we almost completed two in two days. We used patterns from Imagine Our Life. This women is absolutely insane and makes the cutest books ever. I seriously don't know how she does it. A few times my sister and I were cursing at her because she made us jealous. But, all our hate towards her aside, she is amazing. Her patterns are easy to follow and her blog gives amazingly detailed pictures of all her pages. I wish I could be as cool as her.

The first page we did was the sandcastle. It turned out great and had minimal hand sewing. The cutting was also really quick. This one was really simple to customize with colors and beads.

Next was the cupcake page. Now, cutting out the pattern should have been our first clue. This one was tedious. A LOT of hand stitching went into this one. But, the adorable oven that opens up to reveal cupcakes and all the other small details make this one a winner.

The road one is something that we just whipped up on our own. The only pattern I used was from her camping page for the brown bear. Megan is supposed to be sewing a little parking lot with pockets for the cars to go in and I am thinking about another car or two.

In honor of Lexie's first airplane trip we made her the airport page. It has a truck to move the bags from the airport to the plane. A helicopter that can be moved around. A small plane that flies on a string. The airplane had one area that opens up to put the bags in. We ended up adding another opening on the plane so that Megan could sew in a vinyl pocket and put a family picture in there for Lexie.

We kept telling her she was going to go on an airplane soon and her response was "I too big". It was really cute. Hopefully, she will enjoy her first flight! She will have two really cool books to keep her entertained on the trip.

This page was by far Lexie's favorite. She has an obsession with green monsters, especially Mike Wazowski. Since the book is for her, we decided to do something special. We made a Mike and girl Mr Potato Head- ish page. This was one of our creations and we had so much fun making it. We cut out some circles, blew up a picture of Mike to make the arms and legs, then sewed on the eyes... Well one eye for each. For the girl, we added some yarn hair. Her favorite outfit for mike was the pink polka dot tie. We made ties, skirts, lips, and mustaches. I think we are going to have to make more clothes for this page because she loves it so much.

We still have plenty left to do but the rest of the pages should be much more simple to make... But I'll let you know after we actually make them. Stay tuned for more quiet book pages through the next week or so.

 

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