Learn How to Make a Quiet Book

**This is a three-part class taking place from 5-7 PM on 1/15, 1/22, and 1/29.**

Quiet books, also called activity books or sensory books, are educational cloth books designed to teach skills and engage minds. They can be created for anyone: young children; those with dementia or alzheimers; or anyone who just wants one. Through activities like matching or counting, they help with memory, fine motor skills, and concentration. This class will cover the steps to make a book to include designing page activities, preparing and sewing the pages, and finally how to put it all together. At the class end, each participant will have one complete page of a tulip puzzle.

Materials list (please bring these items):

• Scissors
• Pen/pencil
• Scrap cardboard or paper to use for flower template
• Ruler
• Straight pins
• Fabric or felt (background fabric at least 12”x12”; scrap fabric for flower & squares at least 6”x6”)
• Sewing machine (a few may be available from Louisville Tool Library)
• Thread for machine (optional to have thread match each fabric color)
• Sew in velcro at least 7” in length or 4 snaps at least ½” size (magnetic snaps work well)
• Interfacing (½ yd Fusible, medium weight [if using Pellon, style 808]; optional - ¼ yd fusible web [if using Pellon, style 807 wonderweb])

Host or Publisher Louisville Tool Library