cloth book advice
 

I am making a couple of cloth books for an upcoming birthday gift to one year old twins. Will the books be ok with thin batting and not poufy batting? I am using fusible fleece, which is very thin. But I don't plan on quilting the pages much, if at all. I have no experience with babies or toddlers!

Sorry I'm no help, but thanks for starting this thread. I need good advice on this also. #1 son & wife will be attempting to start a family soon and as a school librarian I Have to make some books!

You could use a flannel in the center of the pages. Be sure to pre-wash because flannel shrinks. If you use much for batting, when you try to stitch the pages together in the middle, it will be too think to get under the presser foot.. Books are fun to make and easy to wash. That is important with toddlers. You dont need much quilting on each page. A simple outline will do.

I make on of thee little books... I always use flannel (well washed/dried).

Thanks for the info.

Thanks! I'll have to see if I have flannel. I do have thin cotton batting too. I guess there's no right or wrong way!

A friend of mine has made these several times and she uses thin batting so I would think the thin fleece would work too. They turned out really cute.

I make these all the time for my GKs. I use whatever I have on hand scrap-wise.

I have made several of these cloth books and fusible fleece is great. I sew around the outside of the pages about 1/4 inch and it makes a big difference is the neatness.

Personally I think it would work better with a thin batting.

I used warm and natural and left it out of the "bound" edge side. Then when I top stitched around each page, I stitched the thinner bound edge together sort of backwards...1/2 of the pages top 1/2 bottom covers together and then folded correctly with covers on the outside and stitched again. Looked wonderful, washable, not too puffy and kids still get them out at 6 and 9!

I'm so glad to see this thread. I picked up some panels to make some books but am confused. Do you sew the batting to the wrong side of either the front or back, and then sew front to back right sides together, turn them inside out and finish the open side? Thank you!

I've made several of the cloth books and my preference is for the very thin batting. I just did a row of stitching around the outer edge and no further quilting.