Tutorial : Quiet Busy Book - Part 3

Kitty collar page

This page is intended to work on different buckling techniques.
Materials
Felt for page or interfaced fabric. Approx 13x14 inch.
Fabric for cats. I used fleece.
Collars. One per cat. preferably different ones.
Eyes. Find sew on ones!
Embroidery floss.
Ear fabric.

1) Find a suitable template. I used this cat as my inspiration. Feel free to find a dog or rabbit or anything else!
2) Cut out your critters! Stitch on faces and ears. I just free handed it...
3) Stitch your critters down. Make sure to leave spaces to put the collars through!
4) Put your collars on!

Photo Page

Materials
Felt for page or interfaced fabric. Approx 13x14 inch.
Felt for the house. Wall, roof, something for ground.
Other decorations. I thought flowers or a sun would be cute but didn't do it.
Clear plastic table cloth for 'windows'.
Buttons for 'handles'.
Some photos.

1) Cut out your house shape, including door and windows.
2) overlay it on to the clear table cloth stuff.
3) Stitch around the the doors and windows. This will hold everything in place.
4) time to stitch it onto the background! Stitch the two sides and bottom down. Leave the top open to allow for changing of the pictures. Depending on your tablecloth stuff, you may need to partially stitch around the doors and windows to hold the photos still. Some of it is very static and you won't need to.
5) Stitch the roof down. Just do the top, leave the bottom open so it folds over the house.
6) Stitch the ground down. Cover the bottom of the house.
7) Add any embellishments. A sun, flowers, puppy, whatever you'd like!
8) Stitch the knobs on the windows and doors.
9) Put your photos in!