Finished Quiet Book & Quilt Update

I've been feeling particularly motivated lately, possibly the "Spring Cleaning" feeling telling me to "clean" up my WIPs or maybe it's the nesting telling me to get it done while I can. Who knows.

But because of it I now have a finished quiet/soft book. So here's a look:

This the the Front Cover, I thought about adding a decal or lettering, but my desire to finish it made me whip it up before I had the chance to. (This motivation is kind of win some, lose some.)

Now, I'll just go through page by page, there's not a lot of activity in them, it's really meant for toddlers or older infants- it's more of a "look" book than a "do" book. 

So here's pink: 

 Red and Orange:

 Yellow and Green:

 Blue and Purple:

 White and Black:

 Brown and a rag style Rainbow (it needs a little fluffing):

 Then there's the 1 activity page:
Matching the "crayons" to their color words, which were stitched with their respective color thread (by hand because I don't have a machine for that and they're too small to try to do with my sewing machine).
Also, I planned on attaching a pocket to hold them in, but again the desire for progress skipped a few steps. The ribbons of the crayons are sewn into the spine, not the page seam like I originally planned, but I fray checked the ends to prevent fraying and decided they could just lay in the page, no need for a pocket.

 All matched up! As you can see the color names are stitched on the "crayons" also.

The pretend play, art pallet.

 I forgot to add a pocket for the paint brush, but I was able to pull up just a little of the Heat N' Bond to store it under the pallet. (Now to find a paint brush that fits, for now, here's a corner pusher stand in.)

 Here's the spine. I sewed the cover to the pages in the direct middle (or as close as possible- there wasn't a perfect middle). And then I sewed the first and last pages to the cover also, to give the depth of the spine, you can see all 3 lines in the picture below, for the middle I stitched the whole length of the cover, for the sides I just stitched seam to seam (less a little short coming on the lower right, oops).

After finishing this last night, I also started piecing my quilt together. What started out as 21 t-shirt pieces, is now 3 large groups waiting to be put together- I was so excited to start piecing my first quilt! It was a great feeling to get that far too, I wasn't sure if I'd make it. Here's a picture of the pieces sitting next to each other before I started sewing.
Sorry it's a dark picture, it was meant to just be a quick look for the person I'm making it for, but I thought I'd share it with you. (Also, my K girls have dubbed this quilt, with what I'm sure is the utmost affection, the "Creepy Quilt".)

That's all for now,
Jo!