I made a photo fabric book for my college roommate’s family; her “baby” was one year old last month and I visited just in time to take some photographs while she was still crawling and doing some very cute baby-like things. As you can see, the book is a take-off on the children’s classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

I designed the book using Adobe InDesign, printed the pages onto Printed Treasures fabric, and made the pages as if they were mini-quilts. I put buttonholes in each page and attached them using strips of fabric sewn together to make a ring so the pages could turn easily. It is so much fun to work with images and color! Of course, it helps when you have an adorable subject. I have only made one more like this one and it was for some friends who were expecting their fourth child — each family member had a page of his or her own.

I mean who could resist a smile like that?