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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

My creative space: a roll up busy book Isn't it great having crafty friends to get cool ideas from? My friend Krista gave me this idea to make a roll up busy book as she was making a neat panel style book for a little girl to play with in the car. So I thought I would make something similar for a 1 year old but make it so it can be laid out on the floor to play with and then rolled up when finished with. And other than cutting out the 8 squares for the book the whole thing only took just over an hour to sew together- I did do pretty simple pages though! I sewed the front four panels together and then the back four panels together, then placed the 2 panels right side to right side and sewed around the whole book leaving a small gap for turning right side out (and popping in a little yellow flap), then top stitched around it. For the first page I appliqued some animal print fabric and added a felt flap... A clip for the second page... Some cute Maisy fabric for the third page with some beads to play with... and some taggie ribbons for the last page (don't you love the Hungry Caterpillar fabric!) Here are the fabrics I chose for the back- two from Roz of Squiltz thank you again Roz :)
And here it is all rolled up - I stitched velcro dots underneath the little flap to keep the book shut. So if you are keen to make a busy book but are a little daunted about making heaps of pages then this is a great option!
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Megan x
Posted by Megan at 8:02 AM Labels: baby stuff, busy book, craft, kids stuff, sewing faith76 said...

What a wonderful idea - love the bright fabrics used. Leah x

Wed Nov 02, 09:21:00 AM MsToothFairy said...

Very cool! Where did you get the Maisy mouse fabric? She is very popular in our house.

Wed Nov 02, 09:32:00 AM Megan said...

Hi Sarah, I found the Maisy fabric at Spotlight in the Quilting Cottons section-they had heaps of different maisy fabrics last time I looked!

Wed Nov 02, 11:05:00 AM nzgreenbuttons said...

love it! It would make a great present. I think I'll be heading to Spotlight to check out the Maisy fabric!

Wed Nov 02, 11:34:00 AM 
That is seriously way cool!! I have been wracking my brains trying to come up with some more handmade items for our little one for xmas...thanks for the inspiration!!

Wed Nov 02, 01:05:00 PM Rosie said...


Wed Nov 02, 01:42:00 PM daisy said...

it's gorgeous, love all the fabrics..especially Maisy!

Wed Nov 02, 02:09:00 PM Katie said...

Awesome idea and great for travelling :-)

Wed Nov 02, 02:57:00 PM Max said...

Thats really stunning, especially the Maisy and beads bit x

Wed Nov 02, 04:45:00 PM Leah said...

You are amazing! I can't believe how quickly you whipped it up - what a legend. It's absolutely stunning - a truly fab idea. Have a lovely week hon. Leah x

Wed Nov 02, 05:08:00 PM Naturally Carol said...

I'm going to store this idea away for future use! I really like the fun fabrics you've chosen - especially the very hungry caterpillar.

Wed Nov 02, 06:32:00 PM Dee said...

what a brilliant idea!
(i especially like how it folds up compact...very important when you're lugging gear for 5!!)


Wed Nov 02, 09:32:00 PM Jollym said...

Great idea :)

Wed Nov 02, 09:46:00 PM Miriam said...

That is great Megan - you're such a clever cookie!

Thu Nov 03, 08:09:00 PM 
From France
What a beautiful blog !
J'aime beucoup ce que vous faites

Fri Nov 04, 09:44:00 AM 
I have written a cmment but i missed to give my adress ,i live in middle of France ,i love to see your blog ,all is beautiful ,i have no blog ,but i like to sew ,to create many things .... Nicole


Fri Nov 04, 10:13:00 AM Jenny said...

Wow Megan! You are truley amazing - I think Isabelle might get one of these for Christmas too! Did you get the very hungry caterpillar fabric from Spotlight too? Jenny x

Sat Nov 05, 10:36:00 AM boysmum2 said...

so cute, so simple yet so effective, well done looks great

Sun Nov 06, 09:10:00 PM Madeleine @ NZ Ecochick said...

Just love this idea. I’ve added it to NZ Ecochick’s homemade kiddies gifts ideas. I can’t wait to make one of these. Please check out this post on: http://www.nzecochick.com/2011/11/homemade-kiddies-gifts.html

Mon Nov 21, 02:18:00 PM Sheri Bauer said...

Love the idea. I am leaving out the clip, though. At 7 months, he is already figuring out how to open car seat and other safety clips. He does not need any help.

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