I wanted something that would keep her happy and quiet for an hour of church. This is close.
The first page is a mailbox with removable envelopes.
In the envelopes I put flat things, like buttons and fabric flowers and stickers. She loves taking stuff out and putting it all back together.Next page is colors and numbers. The color balloons are velcro and the numbers are flaps with fruits and vegetables behind them.
This next page is my favorite, but also the most frustrating. I never worked with metal eyelets before, but I now know they are no good on felt. They need to be used on stronger material (like canvas) or they will just fall off.This page is also frustrating for Grace, cause she can't quite get anything on her own yet. The button is hard, the zipper has to be held at the top with one hand while you unzip with the other, the snaps are too hard, and of course she can't tie shoes yet.
But the prize for opening each element is a fun texture. In the shoe is a fleece mouse which you can't see in this photo.The next page has a lot of potential and I plan to build on that. At this point the Babe doesn't spend too much time on this page, but when I get more clothes done, I hope she will.
The last page is a shape tree. All the shapes come off and can be put in the little blue pocket. Or piled in the corner of the closet in the office, which is where I found all the shapes last week. That is one disadvantage to having removable parts - they're bound to get lost. Luckily, these are all pretty easy to make again if it comes to that.
That's it! I made two of these books at the same time, which consumed TONS of my time right before Christmas. I didn't get any pictures of the second book, but it's basically the same. In the future, if I ever make one of these again, I need to remember to reinforce the fabric for the pages. The thin fabric needs a thick interfacing or I need to use a thicker, stronger fabric. This just feels too flimsy to stand up to some of the velcro dots, unfortunately. I hope it will last, anyway.
9 comments:
Ella loves her quiet book! She asks for "the book that Britta made me" every Sunday. And she LOVES the dress up doll - especially the pink skirt and shirt:) I meant to send you a thank you for that - and I forgot. So, THANK YOU! We love it.
I love it! You are so creative. Did you have a pattern that you used or was this all from your amazing brain?
I made it up. It helped that I discovered iron-transfer printer paper at walmart. The dress-up girl, the numbers and food and the balloon page were all made with graphics I made and then printed on an iron-on transfer. If you're interested in the graphics, I can email them to you.
what if you're just interested in the book? i'll pay good money for a hand-made one with love from aunt britta.
super cute!
I'm so impressed! This is amazing, and I'm in awe of your patience and creativity.
Brittany, I love your book! I am going to try to make one in two days for my grandaughter to play with as she travels to Texas (16 hours by car). I would love to get your graphics if you would want to pass them along.
Robyn, I'd love to share my file, but unfortunately I saved it as an Illustrator CS3 file. I no longer have Illustrator CS3, so I can't open the file. I would be happy to share the file, but I don't even remember what's in it! And I can't see! Do you have CS3?
Whoops! That above comment was me, not Scott.
If you still have the graphics, could I get them? I’d be glad to pay you. I’ve looked everywhere for a quiet book pattern. My email is
Joycebecerra@hotmail.com
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