Mia's little toy book

Now that my little girl is 6 months old, she likes playing with fabric toys and books. This gave me an idea to make her a little toy book. I started by making 4 rectangular sheets of single crochet stitches. I used some leftover wool that I had left from other projects. I made them 30 cm wide and 15 cm long in different bright colours.

I then made different animals and picture appliqués. There are lots of inspirations on the internet for these. I used a pattern from Baby Blueprint Crochet by Robyn Chachula for the appliqué of a little dinosaur and Crochet for babies and toddlers by Betty Barnden for a little tractor pattern. I came up with a pattern for a littel yellow duck myself and used images on the internet for the others.
I sewed them onto each half of the sheets, so that when I fold the sheet in half the two different pictures would be on different sides. I then sewed together two different sheets, putting some crinkly plastic in between them. Once the pages were ready I stitched them together along the middle. I made a strawberry appliqué for the front cover of the book and embroidered Mia's name below it. I also made two strings for the front and back pages so the book can be closed.
Mia loves her little book and plays with it a lot and it makes it more special that it is personalised with her name.