Fabric Baby Book Using Cricut Fabric and Felt

Cricut Maker makes short work of cutting Cricut felt and fabric for these sweet padded baby books. Select free designs from Cricut Access to create a themed fabric book as a baby shower or new baby gift.

Supplies

Cricut fabric sampler, Rock Star
Cricut felt sampler, Carousel
Batting
Sewing machine and machine sewing supplies
Embroidery floss and hand stitching supplies

Step 1: Create a Design in Design Space

Create a cut design in Design Space and size each design to about 4x4 inches. You’ll need 8 simple images for this 8-page book. This project uses the following designs from Cricut Access:

Submarine - #M35E2B
Train - #M47566
Dump Truck - #M7D7B1CE
Car - #MB0C1619
Truck - #MA39E3AD
Bus - #MC0BEABB
Plane - #M3BC1E
Boat - #M40AED

Step 2: Cut Images Out of Felt With a Cricut

Cut the shapes you have chosen out of the felt using your Cricut machine.

Step 3: Cut Your Fabric and Batting

Cut 4 pieces of fabric measuring 7x14 inches. Cut 4 pieces of batting measuring 6x13 inches. Cut 2 pieces of white felt measuring 5x5 inches.

Step 4: Attach Batting to Fabric

Center a piece batting on the back of each piece of fabric and pin in place.

Step 5: Position Felt Squares and Images on Fabric

Pin the white felt squares on a diagonal on top of the fabric/batting piece that will make up the front and back cover. Position one cut felt shape at both ends of each fabric/batting piece and pin in place (or tack in place with a bit of glue).

Step 6: Stitch Felt Pieces to Fabric and Batting

Stitch the cut felt to the fabric and batting using embroidery floss. Add any additional stitched details that you’d like.

Step 7: Make a Page by Sewing Stitched Pieces Together

Make one page spread by placing 2 stitched pieces right sides together and pin in place. Machine sew around the edges using a ½ or 5/8 inch seam allowance. Leave about 4 inches unstitched so that you can turn the spread right side out.

Step 8:

Clip the corners of the pages on a diagonal and turn the pages right side out. Fold down the open edges and pin in place. Hand stitch the opening closed.

Step 9: Machine Stitch Around Edge of Page Spread

Top stitch around the edge of the page spread using the sewing machine if desired.

Repeat for the second page spread.

Step 10: Stitch the Page Spreads Together

Stack the 2 page spreads and pin together at the center. Draw a rectangle about 1x5 inches in the center of the inside spread using a fabric pen. Machine stitch through all layers on the fabric pen line to join the 2 spreads together.