This is the bonus edition of Part One of my Color Book Tutorial/Sew-Along.  For an introduction to this tutorial and to see the finished book and a table of contents for all the parts, see this post.

I’m currently writing the tutorial for how to sew the pages of the color book so look for that soon, hopefully next week.  Meanwhile, I’m working on sewing my whole book and have finished the purple, pink, blue, green, and yellow pages!  I thought I’d show you a few of my newly completed pages with some more tips on choosing fabric.

Here’s the pink block:

Note the owls (an object to be discussed), a small print, a larger polka dot, a floral print, and another kind of polka dot.  Just the variety of prints that I like!

Here’s the blue block:

Note the blue trucks and blue bird (both objects to be discussed), the two small prints, and the large polka dots.  I especially like that bird fabric.  I bought it online especially for my color books but was disappointed when it arrived because it has a lot more flowers and vines than birds.  Consequently, I wasted a lot of fabric to get to the bird.  Oh well.

And finally, here’s the purple block:

Note the bees and lilacs (objects to be discussed), the two (but very different) polka dots, and the light purple.  I especially like that light purple in the corner because it’s so different from all the other purples but still definitely purple.  (It’s also the purple and orange fabric from my previous post that I fussy cut to just be purple!)

As you’re searching for fabric, try to find a variety of shapes and sizes as well as objects in each of the colors.  I know it can be difficult but the more fun your fabric, the more fun your book will be!