Thursday, March 14, 2013

Quiet Book Project: Shape Matching Page



This is another very simple concept that was made without a pattern and ended-up being more time consuming than I originally planned. In hindsight, this page would have been a great candidate for the sewing machine. 


Match the Shapes Page



The page contains six 3-ply shapes that were a total pain to cut out without a pattern. You’d think that free-handing simple geometric shapes with some semblance of symmetry would be easy but NO. Then, once I had shapes that were somewhat tolerable, there was the task of neatly hand sewing them together, which was just a big old cuss. Note to self: from here on out, assume that the easiest pages are going to be the most frustrating. I used a Sharpie to write the page title directly onto the felt background and then embroidered over top of the ink. As you can see from the warping of the felt, my embroidery skills leave a lot to be desired. Hopefully I can fix some of the wrinkling when I sew it to another page and edge the borders. 


 



Difficulty: Easy (easier if you use a pattern for the shapes and save yourself some time by using a sewing machine)

Total Time: 5 hours

Supplies:

  • Seven 9x11 rectangles of craft felt in the colors of your choosing
  • Velcro dots (or sew-on Velcro cut into small squares. I used adhesive dots but I ended up needing to sew them to the page anyway to ensure the durability.)
  • Embroidery thread
  • Embroidery needle

Inspiration: This is a basic Quiet Book page that was made without the use of a pattern.  

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