My niece just turned 1 this past August, so this summer I took on the project of making her a quiet book. I have seen so many cute patterns online, and my sister-in-law mentioned that she wanted one for her kids, so that's what I did! I had lots of fun picking out templates and making it, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. It took me so long to make though! I used my sewing machine for most of the pieces, but I had to change the thread every time I needed a new colour, which took a while. I also had to cut out the pattern pieces, two pieces of felt, and one piece of interfacing for each removable piece, which was also time-consuming. Jolie loves it though, so it's all worth it!
If you don't know what a quiet book is, it is an activity book made out of felt for young children. They are often used to keep kids occupied during church or in the car. There are pages just to look at, play with, and many of them have educational components such as colours, matching, numbers, and practice fine motor skills (buttons, snaps, zippers).
I decided to make 10 page spreads, so I printed the templates and did all the cutting at once, then all the sewing at once. When I finished and began to put everything together, the pile of pages was quite big, so I decided to split it into two books. The books have binder rings that hold the pages together which open, so the pages can be removed or placed all into one book. All of my pages were made of felt, which also contributed to the bulk of the book.
Below I have a picture of each page, links to the templates, and a few comments. I hope you enjoy my work! For more inspiration, see my quiet book Pinterest board. Most of my templates are from Imagine Our Life, which I highly recommend!
Cover
For
the cover, I used a light corduroy material from Hobby Lobby, with
white broadcloth on the inside. There are handles, and a velcro strap to
keep it closed. As mentioned above, there are binder rings that hold
the pieces together and also allow you to remove the pages (see the next
picture too). I loosely followed this tutorial,
but basically I sewed a big rectangle for the cover, two handles, a
velcro strap, and two small straps inside to hold the binder rings (see
next picture). 
Name Page
This
is the only page in the book that I did not use a template for. I cut
out the letters for Jolie's name, and attached snaps to the pieces and
to the page. I hand embroidered "my name is" with embroidery floss, and
sewed three sides for a pocket to hold the letters. I think using velcro
rather than snaps would have made it easier to attach.
Ice Cream Sundae Page
I got this template from this link. For this page, you just play with the different ice cream scoops and toppings. One of my favourites because it is so cute!
Bathroom Page
I
chose to make this page because Jolie has a book with a mirror at the
end that she loves. I got lucky and found some shiny bristol board at
Michael's that I used for the mirror. The brush, toothbrush, and
toothpaste can go in the mug. The template I used (here) is for one page, but I spread it onto two. 
Cookie Page
This page (tutorial here) involves matching the shapes and colours of the cookies. You also practice buttoning the pieces to the page. Super cute!
Mail Page
This page (from this link)
is super cute! The envelopes all velcro open and have a letter inside. I
sewed ribbon with writing on it on the outside of the envelopes and the
inside letter pages. The letters go in the mailbox, and the red handle
can go up. 
Cupcake Page
This
page has wrapper pockets that I hand-embroidered the numbers onto. Each
of the cupcakes has the same number of sprinkles (beads) sewn on, so it
can be a matching activity. I used the cupcake template here to cut out the shapes, but modeled it after this page. 
This page has animal finger puppets that go in the barn, which has doors that open. The template for this page (link) had apples that snap onto the tree, but I thought those pieces were too small, so I made an owl that is under the tree leaves instead. I also sewed taggie-style ribbons under the sun.
Sock Page
In this page (template here)
the socks each have a snap on the back and they match onto the right
hand page. You can put them in the dryer as well (hilarious!). For the
dryer door, I got a clear folder from the dollar store that I cut for
the dryer door.
Dress Up Page
For
this page, there is a plain figure on the right hand page, with velcro
as her underwear and bra. I sewed yarn on for her hair, and
hand-embroidered her face. The suitcase has a zipper on it to store the
clothes, which all have velcro on them to stick to the doll. I didn't
follow a specific template, but you can find another example here.
Flower Page
This page (template here) just has flowers that you can practice buttoning on and off of the stems. 
