![]() ![]() I use Photoshop for this, but I believe you can also do it in Word … The text is then inked over with a Hemline Hot Iron Transfer Pen (also bought on eBay), and ironed onto the fabric. The next page features the bed … I added a little bit of a child’s rhyme – but customised it for this special book … You need to reverse the writing before transferring it onto fabric. ![]() You can get specialised fabric paper for use with your home printer (Prym Creative Fabric Printable – available on eBay), or some copy shops will print straight onto fabric for you (as they do t-shirts). There is a front cover… I personalised it with collage (lots and lots of handstitching – my happy place), buttons (that’s a number Zero on the front door because that is Felix’s favourite number) – and fabric photos. ![]() My quiet book follow the structure of her book. It’s a really good basic clear pattern, with lots of ideas to help you create a really imaginative toy. July is birthday month for the littlest grandsons in our family, so I mustn’t let the month pass without noting the handmade gifts they got this year – and what a blessing it is to have them still small enough to enjoy grandma’s “handmade”! I’d long wanted to make a fabric book so I was happy to acquire Rebecca Page’s Doll’s House Quiet Book to inspire my stitching.
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