Sewing a Book...

The other day I was in Quilts Etc. and I saw this cute Mother Goose fabric panel.
They had a sample there using the panel to make a book. My little grandaughter Sophie LOVES books but of course is at that stage where she also wants to rip out the pages...so I thought this would be a great little project to make for her.


I just cut out the pages from the panel and numbered which order they would be in...

Then I put a piece of Warm and Natural batting inbetween each page....stitched with right sides together...and turned. I stitched the opening closed at the same time that I top-stitched each page.

Then I layed them all out and did a zig-zag stitch down the center to make the binding.

This is the cover....

...and this is the back cover. It was a fun and very quick project....about an hour from start to finish.

The fabric is by Amy Barickman for Red Rooster Fabrics. You can check it out here.

Saturday night Sophie Belle came to our house for a nice long visit and lots of spoiling from Grandma and Grandpa along with Aunt Kassidy and Uncle Sterling.

She loved the book! She patted all of the cute little people on each page while saying "HI!" over and over again. Hi is Sophie's favorite word. She says Hi to whoever walks in the room and to all of her toys and to herself in the mirror.

Look Grandma...no ripped pages!

Sophie is going to be ONE in a few weeks. Can you believe it? She is walking and says several cute words. I just love to hear her talk and giggle. Grandpa is really good at making her laugh.

Her hair is getting long enough to put a barrette in it...after she fell asleep, we painted her fingernails and toenails pink.

It's so fun being a Grandma!