Samelia's Mum: Mobile Phone (iPhone) Case - Tutorial. My iPhone is too big to sit in the little phone holder slot in my handbag, so I thought I'd make it's own special little case. I thought I'd share a quick tutorial on how I make a mobile phone case. Here's what you need: 2 coordinating fabrics which work well together - 13" x 4.25" 1 piece of fusible pellon - 13" x 4.25" 2.5" piece of thin elastic 1 pretty button Fuse your pellon to the back of one of your pieces of fabric.
Face the right sides together. Stitch all around the edges leaving a small opening to turn out the case. Trim your corners being careful not to cut over your stitches Turn out your case and make sure your corners are nice and neat and well turned out. Next step is to fold it over and measure where your button will go. Pin it together and stitch both sides and the top of your case - approximately 1/8" from the edge. And there you have a completed mobile phone case. Using this tutorial, you can make it a few inches larger and make it a camera case. Ten Currant Buns - Felt Board Story - Rainbow Educational Resources.
The Quiet Book Blog: Lyndsay's Quiet Books. Interview Tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Lyndsay - I'm a stay at home mama to my four wonderful blessings and I love to craft! Who did you make these quiet books for? How old are they? I made the three quiet books for my kiddos. Owen 5 1/2 - Jack 4 - Ella 2 1/2 What's your level of sewing experience? I just started sewing about two years ago and am mostly self taught. How long did it take you? The first quiet book I did was for my daughter and I couldn't stop sewing I was having so much fun. Did you use any templates? I did use some templates that I found on Pinterest. Here is the one for Ella's Fridge and Plate Page and her Closet and Dressing Page: Sew Can Do Here is the one for Ella's Flowers and Vase Page: Sew Can Do I can't find the site where I got the idea to do Owen's Pirate Page, but mine wasn't exactly like it anyway.
How did you bind your quiet book? What material are the pages made out of? What other materials did you use? How much did all the supplies cost you? Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows: Mr. Potato Head - Quiet book pages 10 & 11. Thanks for hanging in there with the quiet book pages! We're getting close to the end, I promise. As I mentioned, I love having this quiet book for church. Today I have for you the Potato Head page. On the left is a simple potato head body which can be dressed with all the different accessories stored in the pocket on the right.
Some of the quiet book potato heads I've seen have velcro on the body and on each accessory, but I decided to go a simpler route. Since the page is felt and all the accessories are made of felt, they stick together. Unless you pick the page up and shake it around. Here's some of the ways Mr. And here's all the different accessories: There's three sets of eyes (black, green, and blue), two sets of ears (one with earrings, one without), three hats (black bowler cap, yellow baseball cap, and a bonnet), two sets of shoes (blue and pink), two mustaches, two mouths (smiling teeth and big red lips), two noses (a big orange one and a smaller pink one), and a purse.
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows: The Ladybug and the Flowers - Quiet Book pages 8 & 9. (I quite like today's post title. It sounds kind of epic. Like you're about to hear a cool story.) Today is, as the title epically states, about the ladybug page and the flower page! Both of these are classic quiet book pages. We had them in my mom's quiet book when we were kids, and I definitely wanted them in the quiet book for our kids. The ladybug unzips down the middle, and its spots snap on and off. Ta-da! On the flower page, all the flowers are double layered and attached with buttons. The flower pot also doubles as a pocket, in case you wanted to store the flower petals inside. And that's the story of the ladybug and the flowers! To download the free Ladybug Page quiet book template, click here or on one of the pictures: To download the free Flower Page quiet book template, click here or on the picture: To download the entire Quiet Book template, click here or on the picture:
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows: The Apple Tree and the Dinosaur - Quiet Book Pages 4 & 5. Hi guys! Thanks for tuning in for day three of the quiet book pages. Today I'm excited to show you the apple tree and (more especially!) The dinosaur. The apple tree is a quiet book classic. We had it in our quiet book that my mom made us when we were little. The apples are on little snaps, and you can snap them off the tree and put them in the bucket.
The dinosaur, I'm excited to say, is entirely my own creation. He's so happy! Most everything in the book I did with a sewing machine, but I hand-sewed the dinosaur on for a couple reasons. I really love the dinosaur. So, yeah! To download the free Apple Tree Page quiet book template, click here or on one of the pictures: To download the free Dinosaur Page quiet book template, click here or on the picture: To download the entire Quiet Book template, click here or on the picture: The How-To Gal: Finished Quiet Book! After months and months of attempting and procrastinating, I'm finally finished with little E's quiet book. 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. The Cover The book is held together with grommets and book binder rings.
With the grommet design I can always add more pages later! Total Cost= $11 (ish) Three Peas in a Pod The peas each come out and reattach via velcro. Flower Garden Each flower's center is a magnet that the little lady bug (and soon to be bumblebee) can land on. Zip-a-dee-do-da I found all of these zippers at Savers for $0.25, score! Trace the Letters I went to local scrapbook store that lets you die cut fabric and cut the letters out in a six color rotating pattern. Hanging Laundry Letters I cut the numbers out with a die cut machine. I finished off the book with a pocket page that can hold the magnet ladybug, notepaper and a pen for more quiet fun! Quiet Book Templates. Looking for more quiet book ideas? Check out my new book Quiet Book Patterns: 25 easy-to-make activities for your children now on sale at amazon.com.
Full of original ideas and includes a CD to print off templates! Thank you for all the kind comments about the quiet books. I was happy to hear that several of you plan on making one. First lets talk about supplies. For all the pictures on my pages I decided to use felt. Each of my books has eleven pages plus the cover page. For velcro I used the clear sticky dots. This book requires a lot of fusible webbing and ironing.
Each template should print out on a full horizontal 8 1/2 x 11" paper. And the moment you've all been waiting for . . . The templates! You can view the supply list HERE. (To print templates: Click on picture and then copy and save to your computer. Circus monkey can be found HERE. I've received comments from people surprised that I was giving away all this information for free. If you make a quiet book I'd love to see it. Build a Felt Cupcake. Feb03 by Rachel Meeks Kids can build and decorate their own felt cupcakes. Make several and when you’re done, you have all the ingredients for more quiet playtime. It’s so small and portable, I’m going to take these cupcakes with us to keep my four-year-old daughter busy on an international flight this weekend.
The only supplies required are felt and scissors. For decorations you can make: white squares for marshmallowssmall pieces for sprinklesred hearts for cherriesbrown triangles for chocolate chips Oh, the cuteness! Lucky Ladybug by MissKellysFelt. Crafty Chic: A Girls Quiet Book. Since I wont be posting pictures of my quilt for awhile, I decided to post pictures of an old project that I did for my kids. I wanted to make a quiet book for my kids, but couldn't find a pattern that I liked, so I decided to make my own patterns. I think most of them turned out okay, but as with everything else, I've learned in the process things I'll do differently if I ever make another one.
Tic-Tac-Toe page: has a pouch with pieces to play the game. Flower page: has removable flowers that are interchangeable. Gumball page: has gumballs that come off so they can match the colors. Purse page: has bracelets, play lipstick, etc. inside. Flower vase page: the flowers are removable. Shoe page: laces for the kids to practice tying their shoes. Puzzle pages: the three pockets have the pieces to three different puzzles, and the other page is for them to put the puzzles together. Star puzzle. Flower puzzle. Heart puzzle. Shape page: the shapes are velcroed on so they can match the shapes.
Preschool SHAPES Button Snake by feltyfun. Along the Way: Button Practice. This past week the weather has been much cooler so I pulled out Aiden’s fall clothes, many of which have buttons. Since Aiden is always asking me to help him button his shirts I decided he could use some button practice! When I saw the button snake that Counting Coconuts made I decided to make one ~ with a fall twist! I guess ours is a fall leaf snake. I attached buttons to a piece of ribbon and cut leaves out of felt, adding a slit for the button. Aiden has been busy practicing his buttoning skills. He was so proud of himself after he buttoned on all of the leaves! ~Cindy.
Snips & Spice: Cupcake Quiet Book Page {Guest Post by Ashley at Me and My Boys} Ashley from Me and My Boys has been working on a really fun quiet book for her son. When I saw all her cute pages, I knew I wanted her to post a cupcake page for Cupcake Month. Check out the totally cute page she created! Quiet books are so fun and easy to make. This fun page is a yummy cupcake project! The kids can dress the cupcake up with a few different options.
Green Yellow Red Pink Dark Blue Light Blue Or all different colors!! Thanks Ashley! Quiet book: snail marble maze page | happy stuff. Let’s start this sew-along off with an original design and free pattern, shall we? I first saw the idea for a marble maze here and thought it was brilliant. i couldn’t wait to try it out and as soon as i had a few moments to myself in the sewing room, i put together three felt mazes, experimenting with different maze patterns and shapes. excitedly, i showed them to the happy toddler when he woke up and he … didn’t get it. (“take-a out, mama! Take-a out!”) You will need: the pattern 9×9 blue felt 9×12 background felt (will also be the color of the snail’s shell) scraps of green and brown felt (for snail and “grass”) 8x8ish sheer fabric (you might want to trace the circle and stitchlines from the pattern onto the sheer fabric before you begin, but then you’ll have to more carefully match up the circle on the sheer fabric and the circle on the blue felt .) a marble how to make this page: 1. draw the circle on your blue fabric with a washable pen (oops!
3. sew on your brown snail pieces. Decorate the Tree . . . again and again. Here's a tree your kids can help decorate all they want. You don't have to worry about glass ornaments breaking or those sharp ornament hooks. I cut everything out of felt so that the trees can be decorated over and over again. My daughter has had so much fun with these. I even went all out and bought glittery felt for the ornaments--although you can't tell in the picture. Here's the pattern: Have fun! 24 Piece Ice Cream Numbers and Counting Magnetic by feltresources. Rainbow Counting Ice Cream Cones by feltyfun. Fabric Marble Maze Girls on Handmade Australia. Millie Molly Dolly Bag | Peppermint Patcher. Well… today I do have a completed post to show you, although after the introduction Imogen gave to this pattern, I’m afraid it will be a let down. Here is the Millie Molly Dolly Bag. Peek inside to see her little outfits.
Here they are laid out for show. I love the fabric range, called Bliss, that has been used to make them. It was the perfect choice. It’s girly without being too pink. You can’t begin to imagine how much I have enjoyed making these. You can see more photos on the Peppermint Patch Quilts facebook page or on my flickr photostream. You can even buy a pattern on etsy, then make your own and call it Imogen… Like this: Like Loading...
Hope and honey: gifts from the heart, mollie from wild olive. Hello and welcome to week two of our gifts from the heart series! Hope you had a wonderful weekend and maybe even tried your hand at one of the wonderful tutorials from last week. i just created a new (and dare i call it, wonderful?) Gifts from the heart flickr group, a place to share your gift-y creations of the heartfelt and handmade variety. if you were inspired by one of the projects here or if you have your own ideas to share, please add your photos to the group. i would love to see what you come up with! Today, we have the extra special pleasure of hearing from mollie of wild olive. i mega-heart this girl and her love of things embroidered. oh and don't forget the cute faces. i am not even sure now how mollie and i connected on-line. just that i thought her work was adorable. but i distinctly remember her comment last summer on our homeschooling decision; she was homeschooled through high school and now helps with her younger siblings. isn't that so cool?
Here's what you'll need: Birthday Week: The Quiet Book | Empty Bobbin Sewing Studio.