The Quiet Book!

“Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.”

—  Thomas Arnold Bennett

This quote pretty much sums up all my sentiments regarding this quiet book project.

For being just 10 pieces of muslin and a million pieces of felt it sure did take a lot out of me.  You can read more about my journey to finish this book here, here, here, here, and here.

All of the following pictures were taken before I put grommets on each page and used rings to connect them all.  I wanted to photograph them in their original-non-whole-punched form.

Here is the line-up of all the pages:

     

     

       

     

      

And now for a close up look. I named each page after a song just to spice things up a bit.

The cover of the book is this cotton print with muslin on the underside.  I sewed a strap on the back that wraps around and attaches to the front with a piece of Velcro.

Strap attached to the back of the cover

The underside of the strap coming from the back of the cover

Strap wrapping around to the front cover

Velcro on the front cover where it attaches to the strap

Page 1: “Old MacDonald Had A Farm”

Source of templates: Homemade by Jill

 

Page 2: “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”

Inspired by: Quiet Book Blog

 

Page 3: “…for giving me the things I need: the sun and the rain and an apple seed”

Inspired by: Quiet Book Blog

 

Page 4: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”

Templates from: Homemade by Jill, my original ideas

 

Page 5: “Fly Me to the Moon”

Templates by: Homemade by Jill and my own ideas

Page 6: “Sweet Home Chicago”

My own original ideas and templates

Page 7: “Dirty Laundry”

Inspired by: Imagine Our Life, templates and design by me

 

Page 8: “1-2-3-4 get your woman diaper on the floor”

Inspired by: Quiet Book Blog

Page 9: “ABC is easy as 1-2-3”

Inspired by: Quiet Book Blog

Page 10: “Hit ‘em hard, hit ‘em low. Go Northwestern, Go!”

Inspiration: original ideas and templates by me

To make this wildcat image I literally just held my piece of felt up to my laptop screen and traced the image I found on Google.  I thought it was kind of genius.

Well, that’s it.  Hours and hours of tracing, cutting, pinning, sewing, hand stitching, and countless cups of coffee later I’m finished.  Now I understand why people charge up to $80 for these on Etsy!