Page 6 - or is it 7? Baby's a fashion model

The basic design of this page was taken from a similar sketch that inspired a page in my nephew's book. This was a sketch my mother had done of I think my little brother as a baby, asleep.

To make the page more interesting I had decided to make it interactive with different outfits which could be put together on the page. To do this I sewed in place the basic design - the word balloon and the child on the page and then added velcro to the child's top and bottom and feet to allow for tops, trousers/skirts and shoes.

The only slight hitch with the basics was the writing going slightly more off course than usual despite the design being there on the back to follow.

I also decided late in the day to add in the floating "e" because technically the words should read
"Ich habe kleider und auch schuhe" but they don't because schuh has to rhyme with "du" in the previous line.

Then I set to work on the clothes. Each piece of clothing had several layers - two of felt sandwiching a paper layer for stiffness, the ribbon sewn along one edge to make it a stronger attachment, and the velcro.

I sewed the velcro to the back first, then embroidered the front, then sewed the ribbon in place while sewing front and back together. The outfits were designed to go together in any combination, provided you are willing to mix dots and stripes.

I confess having made one pair of shoes however, I lost interest and decided that I couldn't be bothered with an alternative pair.

However, having made the clothes I began to think about how to store them when they weren't attached and decided to add in a page on the back of page 6 with pockets for the outfits.

My idea for this page was

1. Furniture as theme for the pockets
2. Made of all the same fabric so as not to be too vibrant as this is not really a formal page, just a place to put the pockets.

One large pocket which should look like a wardrobe would be for the tops and trousers and skirt, a small "chest" for the shoes.

I mocked up a very simple design and then made the patches for the pockets

And carefully sewed down the ribbons for the clothes with enough ribbon to allow them to attach in the right places on the previous page.

The only thing I feel slightly bad about is that it says Schuhe, Blusen, Hose but not "rock" for skirt. I'm not sure I'm going back to add that on now though.

When I look at this purple page I hear the voice of Agent Carter, so I think I watched that a fair bit while making this. Not sure about the main page with the child on it.