Quiet Book Repair - Kyle's Family

I have made eighteen quiet books. EIGHTEEN!! Good thing I like to make them because that's well over 700 hours of sewing. And I still have two to make during 2019 - Lukas' book in March and Kate's in August! Guess what project I am starting after the holidays are over?

I make them as sturdy as possible, but when they are used by little ones there is going to be something that tears or gets lost. Recently I did some repairs for Kyle's family (including his own book!)

 I brought some earrings for the Zeus puppy.

 Made a couple of more monkeys to replace those that had been lost.

 Made a new flower (orange again, of course!)

 Replaced the two missing flowers.

 I forgot to buy a new car for Braden's garage and still need to do that.

Kyle needs a new car for his own quiet book, too!

I am still trying to figure out how to replace the lamb's nose and mouth.

 I made a new yellow flower for the vase.

 And I need to replace one of the eyes on the turtle.

Another from Kyle's own book - I have an orange ring to sew on it.

 As I went through the kids' books, I saw my mother's initials on some of the pages.

She had protested when I asked her to put her initials on any page that she helped me make.

I explained that it would hold great meaning for her grandchildren and great grandchildren to see that she had worked on their books.

 I was right - it makes those books all the more special to us all.

 She even drew some of the pages, like this palm tree.

I used to bring her over to my house, and we would come upstairs and sew all day, chatting, figuring out the best colors for each page, and so on. Many, many happy memories for me.

I still have some things to do for Kyle's family's books, but I will get that done my next visit.

Mila's Quiet Book

Mila's quiet book is done! I am very pleased with how it turned out.

 I got some new yellow terry cloth for the lamb.

I had the cutest ghost appliqué for this, but I dropped it and lost it. I looked for twenty minutes and could not find it. Craig came in and looked - no luck. I am a bit disappointed in how plain the page looks now.

 No, "Step" is not misspelled. Lisa called me after I sent her this photo thinking it had been, but it is a hump in the fabric that hides the "t".

 An old favorite. Makes me think of my dad.

 I may spiff up the background the next time I do this page.

But I LOVE the giraffe I found in the dollhouse section of Hobby Lobby. I need to go back and get some more!

 I can now squeeze five dresses onto this page, haha!

 The Purdue and Illinois appliqués reflect Curt and Vanessa's college preferences.

The fluffy fur on Millie is to die for!! And the clip on earrings are stinkin' cute. I love how this page turned out. (My mother drew the dog a few years ago.)

I was excited to find the hotdog and the popcorn appliqués for this page and have ordered some more for future quiet books.

 I am trying to think of a way to make the crown removable so it can be played with but just haven't figured it out yet.

 My mom drew the palm tree for this one a while ago.

Inside is a tiny purse that's on a hook and can be clipped to things. Inside the purse is an orange M&M.

First time page! I saw a pattern book on Etsy that had a counting rainbow in it and just adapted it for my own use. I am pleased with how it turned out.

 Vanessa chose the fabric for the cover. It has pink unicorns on it and is beautiful.

Per usual, I made a matching pillow for Mila out of the leftover cover fabric.

(What an odd coincidence. I finished Titan's book on the anniversary of Craig's mom's passing, and Mila's on the anniversary of my dad's death.)