Flowers

This is another one that was in my childhood book.  Which also means that it is one of my favorites.  It is super easy to do so have fun with it.

1. Trace the above page on your fabric page.  I used colorful sharpies for the stems and flowers.  I would suggest tracing the vase on a little smaller then the one shown.  You'll need to know where to place the felt but you don't want it to show from behind.
2. Make a stencil of the flowers and the vase.
3. Cut two flowers of each of the five colors of felt.  Although you wont be using velcro you still need to add thickness.
4. Sew the two pieces of flowers together.
5. Make a button hole.  Most machines have this feature.  If you don't know how to use it take your machine to a sewing machine repair shop or ask a friend that sews so they can teach you how.  It is a great thing to know how to do and believe it or not, you will be able to do so many other sewing projects after learning how.
6. Hand sew the shank buttons onto the page where the small circles are inside the flowers.
7. Sew on the vase.  I did a tight zig zag stitch to apply but you can do a simple strait stitch close to the edge as well.
8. Trace the words on the page.  This is my Mother's day page so I wrote, "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue.  Flowers for Mom means I love you." 

Football

This is one that my mother had made and put in my family's book.  I loved it when I was young and I just know my kids are going to love it, that is when their old enough to play with it.

1.  Trace the pattern on a paper, don't forget to cut out or hole punch the holes.
2. Cut out of fabric.  I went to the Home Decor fabric section of JoAnn to get some brown fabric that looked like real football hide.  I waited till it was 50% off.  I think the fabric was originally $35 a yard but with the discount and then the fact that I could get the least amount that I could get which was 5".  I only paid $2.43 for the 5" strip that I have been able to share with my friends that I am making it with and we will even be splitting that price.
3. Put eyelets in the holes.  
4. Sew the football on the page.
5. Lace the football up with a shoe lace.
6. Trace the words on.  You don't have to use the words that I did, but if you want it's, "Can you tie the football to play catch with Dad?"  I'm trying to do a page for each holiday and this is my Father's day page.  Enjoy!

Winter Snowman

This is such a fun page to make and I can tell you from personal experience, so fun to play with.  I had this page when I was a growing up to play with at church.  Instead of a snowman we had a bird.  I changed it because I thought it made more sense. You will need some extra Ribbon for this project.  The crazier or the uglier the better.

1. The first two pages above need to be traced on the pages.
2. Color them with crayons. (My sister gave me the idea to sew fabric on the sides of Snowman instead of drawing the scarf.  I wish I would have done this with some fleece or something.  I'll leave that up to you all.)
3. With the third page above of the hats trace them with tracing paper.  You only need to outline them.
4. Cut these tracings out and pin the hats to different colors of felt. Cut two of each of the hats.  One of the layers will need the velcro on the back.
5. You can decorate the top layer with ribbon, fabric, or makers.  Make each one different and unique.
6. Sew the a square of velcro on the back of the back layer. Use the teeth side of the velcro on the hats.
7. Sew the two layers together making sure not to sew the velcro inside the two layers.
8. Sew the other sides of the velcro on the ends of the coat rack.
9. Cut a piece of velcro about an inch long.  
10. Sew the soft side of the velcro on the top of the snowman head.

You should be DONE at this point!