I finished the quiet book for my nephew Truett's birthday. It was a few weeks late but it was better that way, I got to add my finishing touches. I mixed fabric, felt, applique, and hot glue. It worked out really well and some of the pages only took an hour or two.
The first page was a pocket for the loose pieces with a "T" applique. This was done with felt on fabric backing. You can see I rushed a little because I never let my stitches be seen if they are crooked.
Page two was a tennis racket that has loose "strings" so he can practice weaving.
Third page was the baseball page and this one was my favorite. I used baseball fabric, made felt bases and appliqued them on. The ball is felt and stuffed to give it some reality I hand stitched the stitches. The bat is also felt that is stuffed, I stitched some curved lines to make it more "wood like" and added a 1/8" black ribbon around the handle as the tape. The glove I stitched lines for the fingers, appliqued it to the fabric and used yarn for the large stitching. There is yarn on the ball that goes through a hole in the glove connected to a button. You pull the yarn and the ball falls into the glove, and the bat is removable.
The Noah's ark page was another favorite but not entirely my own idea. I got the template for the animals here Noah's Ark Quiet Book template. I had to re-draw the hippo's and giraffe's because the originals were too large for my ark. I drew and stitched the ark myself. All of the animals are stuffed felt hand stitched around the edges, there was also a little hot glue used in some parts. I used French knots for the eyes ( i'm not very good at those) and yes these little guys are all double sided (Lot's of work)
There are 2 of each animal of course except for the dove. The animals include hippo's, giraffe's, lion and the female version and turtles. The women have hearts hot glued to them. That idea was from the blog but too cute to pass up.
Baby and Savannah updates:
Savannah had a good check up yesterday, she is gaining weight and growing tall. She is trying to run and loves going outside with me every day to water our baby plants. She started liking new foods like, cottage cheese and tomatoes, but also disliking old foods like, pizza, applesauce, and yogurt.
I have been feeling 100 times better with the pregnancy. I started cooking again, mostly grilling which helps with the smell. Although, I have not resumed cleaning or crafting. My house is a total mess and my poor craft room has been abandoned, unfortunately so is my husband because I go to bed a 9pm and wake up at 6am and I still need a nap during the day. All of the appointments between Savannah and I have not helped these problems.
