Quiet Book

Here is the long awaited and much loved quiet book post. I've also decided I WILL make Mady an activity quilt since the other one I made was such a hit and it has less pieces to get lost. My sister and her husband told me I should make and sell those quilts, that was a pleasant surprise. I'm thinking about it. Now that I know what I'm doing and it will look better...

I'm big on everything teaching colors so that is the order I went in.

The cover isn't pretty, but it's functional. (This was before I added the belt.)

The red page with shapes and a zipper. 

Learn shapes, how to zip and how to velcro. 

The orange page to learn how to braid (Hair isn't the best, but I had limited orange supplies) Yellow, learn to tell time. The clock hands move independently. 

Green learn to count. This was taken before I added the written numbers down the left side. She loves this page of course. 

Blue, learn to lace and tie. Also learn about day and...

Night. 

Indigo, learn to button. The envelope on the bottom holds pieces for the Violet page too. 

Indigo and Violet.

Learn ABC's, more velcro and how to snap. Only the letters of her name have snaps as well as velcro. Otherwise that would have been way too many snaps to deal with. 

The vowels are one type of fabric and the consonants are another. I freehanded all the letters directly onto the fabric. 

Y is a fabric all it's own as it can be either a vowel or consonant. 

Brown is a felt/velcro Mr./Mrs. Potato Head. I freehanded all the pieces directly onto the fabric before cutting them out. 

Black has a pocket for Potato Head pieces and three different kinds of buckles. 

White is a doll with an outfit made from a baby sock. She was going to be another posable doll, but when I was trying to stuff her, her skeleton got on my nerves so I pulled it out. 

She goes into a White bed. 

Took me forever to think of an activity for this page. I originally thought of a ruler and a few things to measure...but I just wanted to finish it!

Added a belt handle/closer.

There you have it. Not pretty since it was 100% freehand and I'm basically just teaching myself to sew and do things as I go, but I like it, and she likes it. That's all that matters.