Family Tree Page Quiet Book Tutorial

I did 12 pages for my Quiet Book.  Most of them are self-explanatory so I didn't do a tutorial.

However, I really had a lot of fun making my Family Tree page, so I made this tutorial.

I got the idea for this tree from A Million Little Things.

MATERIALS:

1. Fabric (3 different green patterns, and one brown pattern)

2. Cotton

3. Felt (green and red)

4. vinyl

5. velcro

6. Small pictures of your family

STEP ONE: Cut out the fabrics to make the background of page. 

Cut out the shape for the tree trunk.

STEP TWO: Cut out all the leaves to make the top of the tree.

STEP THREE: Sew down the background green fabrics.

STEP FOUR: Sew on the brown tree trunk.  

While sewing down leave a gap open to fill with a little cotton. Then continue sewing the tree trunk down.

STEP SIX: Place and pin leaves onto felt, for the top of the tree. 

Cut out the felt for the treetop shape.

STEP SEVEN: Sew leaves onto felt, going around each leaf.  

Trim off extra felt.

When completed, sew tree leaves onto page.  Sew around the bottom (only half way).

STEP EIGHT:  Cut out felt apples.

Cut out small pictures.

Glue pictures onto felt.

Place vinyl on top of apple.

STEP NINE: Sew vinyl onto apple.

It was really hard to sew the vinyl onto felt, so I had to do most of the work with the hand knob.

Trim off extra vinyl.

STEP TEN: Decide where the apples should go. 

Glue one dot for each velcro piece.

STEP ELEVEN: Place glue on the back of apples.

Place one velcro piece for each.

STEP TWELVE: Place velcro in place to close the tree pocket.

When not in use apples can stay behind the tree.

STEP THIRTEEN: Place apples around tree.  

ENJOY!

This is how to make the Family Tree page.  

Tomorrow I'll be sharing  how to bind all the pages.