Monday, November 26, 2018

Cyber Monday

Happy Cyber Monday!  I made a list of 5 things I use personally and can definitely recommend

1. Remote Control for Plug Ins - I LOVE these for my Christmas lights, but the rest of the year, I use them for lamps!



2. Small Glass Pyrex Dishes - I love glass storage so much more than plastic. I use this size for leftovers - especially leftover pico de gallo or guacamole.  And I use them in the fridge when I have 2 TBSP of butter left from a stick.



3. Roku - I have a roku tv, but I've bought my parents a stand-alone roku - it opens up a great world of watching Netflix on your tv!



4. Katie Daisy Calendar - I love this artist's style and have her 2018 calendar and have loved flipping the page every month to see a new quote and blend of colors.



5. Aveda Style Prep - this is the stuff you put in your hair before blow drying and it makes such a difference.  I have thick, coarse, wavy hair naturally, and most days I plan to straighten my hair and this is the best start to making my hair smooth and shiny.



Comment below - if you could recommend five products, what would they be?

Monday, November 12, 2018

Noah's Ark and Rainbow Quiet Book Pages



The Noah's Ark page was one of the easiest to make - I used Microsoft Word to make a simple pattern for myself.  (I set the page size to 9x9) and then created this pattern with shapes.

For This Project You'll Need:
blue or gray felt - sky
blue felt - water
dark brown felt - middle piece
black felt - for the inside
light brown felt for the boat/roof pieces/ramp pieces - I found this textured felt at JoAnn Fabric
scissors
sewing machine
animals - see below

Sewing steps:
FIRST - sew on the ocean piece (to the sky/background piece) - I sewed around the edge first and then sewed a few wavy lines in the middle and I love that it adds dimension and looks like waves

SECOND - Sew the dark brown middle piece
THIRD - sew the black piece (this will be what shows when the ramp is open)
FOURTH - add the boat and roof pieces - on the boat top, I sewed about an inch down and two inches on each side. to make a pocket where the animals could stand and left the middle open)
FIFTH - sew the ramp, just across the bottom (you cold add felt or a snap, but I just left it plain, felt sticks to each other fairly well)




I had planned to create little, intricate plush or finger puppet animals, but I was feeling the need to simplify where I could, so when I found these felt animal stickers at Michaels, I thought they were perfect.

I wanted to create a rainbow page opposite the Noah's Ark page, since it's part of the story - I decided to make it multi purpose - a zipper to practice and a pouch to store the animals.  I cut strips of felt to make the rainbow and sewed each to an 8x8 background, then sewed that to a 9x9 page background.





Planning to make your own Quiet Book - get started with a felt assortment:

Monday, November 5, 2018

Pie Weaving Quiet Book Page


This one came together really easily.

For this Project you'll need:
a background page of felt (mine is 9 x 9 and white)
2 sheets of tan felt
1 sheet of red felt (or whatever filling color you choose)
pinking shears
scissors
sewing machine
hot glue gun




Step 1:  Cut out a circle with your filling color of felt.  Mine was 6.46 x 6.46 (I created a circle template in Word.

Step 2:  Cut a freehand crust, that will fit around the outer edge of your filling circle.

Step 3:  USING PINKING SHEARS, cut out six strips  - two long and 4 short (the long will be the diameter of the filling circle, then measure on your filling circle for the short pieces).

Step 4:  (Optional) I cut out little red circles - making it a cherry pie!  I think it adds a lot of dimension.

Step 5:  Sew everything together.  The filling to the background page.  Then pin your six strips under the crust and sew around the edge of the crust, using a zigzag stitch REMEMBER TO SEW ONLY ONE END OF THE STRIPS.

Step 6:  Hot glue embellishments to your filling.


This page introduces weaving to your child and is good practice of fine motor skills and logic.



Planning to make a Quiet Book - get started with a pack of felt: