Custodians of Beauty

Over Thanksgiving and Christmas, I created a few more felt pages for my ABC quiet book . I've sewn a blanket stitch around the edges to join the opposite facing pages. Each page seems to get more and more involved with intricate cuts and hand sewing, but I'm excited to see it all come together.  A sampling of the edged pages I've made it through ...T, U, V. Now for the last four letters of the alphabet. Here are some preview pages of my favorites.  K for Koala O for Owl R for Rooster T for turtle My grommet kit  came in the mail last week, whoo who! I've never tried grommets before, but from the reviews I've read online they seem fairly easy to assemble. Just a bit of hammering will do the trick. The kit I purchased comes with brass grommets, a cutter and the grommet tool. Wish me luck!

After pinning ideas for what seemed like months, I'm finally ready to start my first felt quiet book.  Honestly, the whole quiet book thing was intimidating. The books can get quite elaborate. The problem for me was narrowing down a theme. I've seen activity quiet books with intricate garden patterns, sorta like plant your own felt vegetables and pick felt apples. I've seen one with a chore theme. Hang your felt clothes on the line and bake an apple pie in a felt oven. Way too much assembly for my first go at this. I considered using hot glue to speed up the book building, but decided against it. Hot glued books can get lumpy and don't look as nice. I opted for sewing. It will take longer, but the end result will look fab.  The felt book that seemed the easiest was this fun  Animal ABC's book  from the blog Do Small Things with Love . I like the look of the simple animal shapes on bright colored felt. The way the book was held together looked pretty bas...