Soft book - jigsaw puzzle

2 pieces

9 pieces shark

Soft book - finer motor skills

Frog page: lick the buttony flies

Snail page: thread the shell

Soft book - cover

For the cover, I started with an easy one - two single pages of canvas, with handles.

Soft book - nature & motor skills

A series of pages about nature, to develop fine motor skills.

Fish maze
Inspiration: this blog and this one, from two Russian mums.

Braid the unicorn

Rainbow zippers
Inspiration: page from this blog

Flower buttons
Inspiration: page from this blog

All book pages on the "Soft Book" tab at the top.

Soft book - smiles

A series of pages with a smiling faces.

Cat

Inspiration: this french illustrator on Instagram.

Panda

Baby

Mirror

All book pages on the "Soft Book" tab at the top.

Soft book - landscapes

Winter village

Inspiration: this cover.

All book pages on the "Soft Book" tab at the top.

Soft Book - Peekaboo

Urban squirrels

Urban Fox

Hen & chicks
Inspiration: the hen design is adapted from an Etsy pattern.

All book pages on the "Soft Book" tab at the top.

Fabric bins

Carrying on with the sewing machine, I made fabric bins based on the easy tutorial of this blog. The foxy fabric is from the French fabric store Mondial Tissu.

My interfacing is really stiff; I sewn it on the inside fabric so that I would not have to flip the inside out. 

Soft book - pulling the knot

Rabbit: inspiration from this instagram picture from the same author as the hedgehog.

Rocket and stars: inspiration from this other Russian blog.

Pasta chef: inspiration from this Russian blog.

Jellyfish: inspiration from this cute page available on Etsy.

Hedgehog: inspiration from this picture on Instagram.

All book pages on the *Soft Book* tab at the top.

Soft book - textures

This cute fish has ribbons, buttons, plump felt belly, felt scales that you can lift up and fancy machine stitches on silky shimmery fabric. 
Inspiration: this Etsy item.

This time I made 4 textures in a page:
- silky fabric with heavy interfacing
- buttons
- felted and un-felted wool
- cotton wool

I have combined 9 textures in one page, which my mum advises is overwhelming for a young one, so next time I will do with only 4 per page.
Inspiration: this page available from Etsy.

I have used the following materials: 

- pom pom ribbon 
- thick fur
- velvet ribbon
- satin ribbon
- acrylic wash cloth
- buttons
- towel fabric
- bicone beads
- thin leather

All book pages on the *Soft Book* tab at the top.

Soft book - baby

I have been getting hooked on soft book for kids. After browsing Pinterest for some inspiration, I have started with high contrast pages for newborn babies. They are rather simple, which is good as I will be able to learn sewing on the job!

I am using felt for the structure of the page, and more felt and fabric for the elements. I chose dimensions of 20 cm x 20 cm as it is a common size on Etsy if I want to complement my book.

Inspiration: these patterns from a blog.

All book pages on the *Soft Book* tab at the top.

Soft toys & mobile

Now that I have borrowed a sewing machine for a couple of weeks, I am starting to get the hang of it and I am making little soft toys recycling old socks and fabrics from worn out clothes or inherited leftovers.

Tutorial for sock dog: this blog page.

Tutorial for bunny socks from the Prima website.

Inspiration for the little monster: this screenshot on Pinterest.

I also made a mobile, inspired by this one available on Etsy. There are patterns available on the web, I took mine on this Spanish blog. I made the felt flowers pompom following this blog tutorial. I can't find the tutorial I use for the little ranunculus, but it's just rolling a spiral on itself.