I made a quiet book for my little boy a while ago and thought I'd share for those of you looking for ideas. I've also purchased patterns for quiet books that I love
here.
I made this quiet book out of felt (each page is a block of felt cut in half - 6x9 inches). I didn't use any pattern for this book, just suggestions from friends and my own imagination. I sewed each individual page with its detail before placing the pages back to back and sewing every two pages together around the edge of each page with the sewing machine. Before sewing around the first and last page of the quiet book, I sewed in a piece of ribbon to tie the book closed once it was finished. I added the eyelets and rings to hold the book together last. A small, inexpensive eyelet kit can be purchased at any craft store, including the tools, to easily insert eyelets to each page. Three small metal rings go through each eyelet hole to hold the book together.
For the stoplight page, each colored circle has Velcro on the back to see if they can be placed in the right order. I machine sewed around the black rectangle and hand sewed a square of Velcro to the back of one circle then placed an identical shaped circle on top of the circle with Velcro and hand stitched around each circle (each colored circle is two circles on top of each other to hide the stitching from sewing on the square of Velcro).
The mitten page is open at the bottom for a child to insert their hand. I simply cut out the shape of a mitten and machine sewed a white square and strip of white across the bottom of the mitten to add detail. I also hand stitched the white square with two simple stitches and across the very bottom of the mitten with floss then machine sewed around the entire mitten with a zigzag stitch (except for the bottom of the mitten - remember to leave this open!).
For the potato page I cut out a brown oval in the shape of a potato and machine sewed it to the page. Each accessory is two felt pieces hand stitched together. The first piece has a Velcro square sewed to it and an identical piece sewed to the top to cover the stitching from attaching the Velcro. I hand stitched around each individual piece.
For the shoe page I cut out a large black oval for the base of the shoe. I cut the leather detail of the shoe out of a leather-looking felt square to place over the top of the black oval. Insert the shoe hole eyelets to the leather-looking cut out before sewing to the top of the black felt oval. Machine sew both pieces to the page (except for the fabric along the row of eyelets - leave this part open in order to lace the shoe). Lace the shoe and tie a bow and this page is finished!
For the basketball hoop page I cut out each piece of the hoop and machine sewed to the page. I next machine sewed green felt to the bottom of the page cut out to look like grass. I cut out a strip of tan felt and machine sewed along each of the long edges and a cross pattern to look like a net. I rolled the fabric and attached it to complete the basketball hoop. I made the basketball similar to the colored lights on the stoplight page. I sewed a plastic snap to the first orange circle (the back of the basketball) and sewed black lines to the front circle before hand sewing the circles together. Be sure the basketball fits inside the hoop before sewing everything together. Also, I plan to add a ribbon to attach to the basketball to keep it from getting lost!
For the tree page I started by machine sewing a brown felt stump. I then machine sewed a big green felt piece for the tree and a few smaller green "blob" shapes on top of the first large green felt piece to add texture. I sewed small pieces of Velcro to the tree and the opposite piece of the Velcro to the back of each apple. I hand sewed each apple similar to the basketball and colored stoplights. I plan to add ribbon from each apple and a brown basket at the base of the tree to put the apples inside and keep them from getting lost!
If you've read the directions for the above pages, the shapes page should look pretty self-explanatory. I cut out an outline of each shape and cut out two matching pieces for the inside shape (one to attache Velcro to and another to cover the back of the shape where the Velcro was attached). I hand sewed around each inside shape.
The texture pages are easiest pages of the quiet book. My sister gave me scraps from her prior sewing projects with different textures and colors. I machine sewed around each small square of fabric. This was the last page, so for the page on the right, I also attached a ribbon coming out of the side of the page to tie to the ribbon at the front of the book to keep it closed when not in use.
Hopefully this will give you some ideas of how to start a quiet book of your own. Using your imagination I'm sure you can think of several other fun ideas of your own!
Supplies you will need:
1. Start by cutting each piece of paper 6" x 11" and folding it in half. 
2. Fold the paper two more times and crease.
3. Unfold. Since I used card stock instead of stationary weight paper, it was difficult to crease well once folded three times. Instead, I folded enough to leave crease marks then once unfolded, creased each individual crease with my ruler to make a crisp crease. 
4. Use your ruler to mark 1" from each end (close to the folded edge) and 3" in the middle where a staple will go to hold it together.
5. Use your scissors to cut from the open corner of each end up to the 1" mark on the folded end.
6. Once both ends are cut, use your stapler to staple along the 3" mark perpendicular to the folds.
7. Fan out the star and staple together on each end. I stapled twice to make it more secure.
8. Keep piling up your finished stars until you have enough to make garland.
9. Punch two holes in each star. String skinny ribbon through the left hole from the top of each star, behind and then out the hole on the right. Be sure to leave extra ribbon on each end of your finished garland to hang up.
Surprise! I also made matching stars to hang from the hutch doors. I punched just one hole at the top of each star and strung a loop of skinny ribbon through each hole.
