Jeanne, are you aware there are panels for making baby books?

If you want to be really creative~you could divide the alphabet & each little guy get his own set of letters. Of course when he goes to preschool and starts singing l-m-n-o-p before a-b-c you will know why ~lol.

This is only the beginning of making the same, but different, for you to sew for them - what fun!!

I haven't made one, but if you need some boy I-spy fabrics, I have LOTS. Perhaps a theme to each book (bugs, toys, nature, sports, food ...)

beverly

When I was little I had one - My Quiet Book. I liked it so much that I made one for a friend's little boy. Here is a blog site that is very similar to what mine was.

Here is a link that might be useful: Quiet Book

Jeanne,

The simplest fabric books I've seen are Gr-rr!!(I wish I could either SEE you or draw on here!!)

If you make a block as if making a pillow - using a pic on both sides, sandwiched w/batting in the middle. Leave the side closest to the spine open, with a large seam allowance, you can trim later. The easiest method is to then sew 2 together side by side (making a rectangle). Once you have all your pages made, simply sew down the center, dividing your pages, & creating the book's spine. I have seen them with a coordinating fabric, cut into a rectangle, sewn along this 'spine' to give it more of a book appearance(almost like appliqueing the spine). Sorry I can't explain this better - oh for pictures!
Have you googled fabric books at all? There could be a tutorial out there!! I'll do some digging for some pics in any of my gazillion quilt books. Good luck!

Jeanne,

Maybe this could help -
http://sewing.about.com/od/toysanddolls/ss/childshapebook.htm

I've made several from panels for my grandson. One I bought had a page that was printed upside down. That one was a challenge, but in general they're pretty easy.

I also made one from a pattern that was adorable! It was either McCall's or Simplicity. It has an ear of corn that zips open with gold tassels hanging out, a crinkly butterly with wings that flap, a dog that can go in and out of a doghouse.. each page had some sort of "action". That one was really fun to make!

Thanks for all the suggestions and help. I will definitely try the more complicated versions for each when they get older. What great ideas! Right now the triplets are only 2 1/2 months old and were preemies so basically newborn at this point... The first books I make will be plain and simple. I want something they can wave around, turn pages, and pat - and with using fabric - they can get washed as needed. LOL
I pulled up some of the sites and was amazed at all the ideas where things can be moved around using velcro. I will definitely look into that later on.
Thanks again.
Jeanne

Many years ago, I made a fabric book of the Lord's Prayer. I used a word processor to print the letters on fabric I ran freezer backed fabric thru the printer. Then I just used juvenile scraps on the four corners of each page to highlight the words in the center. Next, I sewed 2 pages together and turned it to the right side, stacked them up and put them in between the title page and last page and sewed them inside like a spine. Real cute and made long before all the blogs that are sew helpful today.

Actually, the cover and back page were a long rectangle that held the "pages" inside until I could sew the "spine".

Several computer crashes prevents my posting a pic!

Gwen

I liked the preprinted panels for the books. They have them in all sorts of characters. It's a matter of finding the character the kids like. The directions are printed on the end of the panel. Very, very easy!

I, too have made the from the preprinted panels. They are easy and so soft and washable! I like all of the ideas for making your own but will wait until I have my own grands before I take that challenge on!
Sue