I was shopping at JoAnn Fabrics the other day an found a flannel fabric with colorful dinosaurs. This would be perfect for soft cloth dinosaur books for my wonderful young grandsons. 3/4 of a yard was all that I purchased.
Please excuse the picture of the fabric being oriented vertically instead of horizontally. But I'm sure you can see how cute and colorful these dinosaurs are.
Bright orange stegasaurus, lime green triserratops, sky blue brontosaurus, along with grey and tan T-rex are all there roaming around cactus plants. You can almost hear these dinosaurs ROAR!
The different dinosaurs were cute apart and laid out on the base navy blue material. I just did a rough cutting to begin with. The two blue dinos will eventually be on the last page of the book. The orange dino will be on the cover of the book.
As for the three dinos in the following picture , these will be located in the inside of the finished book. This picture shows the continuation of the blue fabric. It is one long piece of blue material.
Next, the dinos were sewn with a zig zag stitch to the blue base fabric. The excess is trimmed close to the stitches. If you look closely, you can see a fold next to the blue dinosaur on the right. There is also a fold in the blue fabric to the right of the Orange dino. This is where the book will be folded when finished.
No fierce, fighting in this book! Only friendly reptiles on parade.
This is what the completed cover looks like. The oval at the top is a flap with Velcro. The flap closes the book securely.
Look who is hiding in a secret pocket! There is a set of dinosaurs that match all the dinos in the book. Each dinosaur is backed with a matching colored felt. The flap helps all these friends stay safe.
Can your little one match the colorful dinosaurs?
All the dinosaurs can roam around or get together with their new friends. Children can use the soft cloth dinosaurs in their imaginative and creative play.
Happy Sewing!
Beti
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