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.