From the Purl Beehive: Emily's Memory Game

Recently a wonderful new site called The Student Teacher joined the Purl Beehive. As we were adding it to our roster we fell in love with a charming and inspiring project idea for a felt and fabric memory game. We just knew we had to share it with you and happily, Emily, the author of The Student Teacher blog, agreed to let us present it to you here, complete with a tutorial for making your own!

We love that Emily's Memory Game was originally inspired by a post written by Purl Soho's graphic designer Brooke Reynolds on her blog Inchmark (which is also a part of The Purl Beehive).  Brooke's beautiful memory game was made with fabric and paper.   It's so nice to see crafters being inspired by one another in this way!  Above is a photo of Emily's version from The Student Teacher, and below is Brooke's from Inchmark.

To make our version of the game we decided to follow Emily's lead and use 100% wool felt in ecru as the base of the cards. For the fabric inside the felt frames we turned to our favorite Liberty of London Tana Lawn, the fine detail and beautiful colors are perfect inside the little frame of felt.

Since so little of each fabric is needed we used a Liberty Mini Rainbow Bundle which contains twenty different 8-inch x 12-inch pieces, and each print in this little bundle is more beautiful than the next!

This project takes time and attention to make, but it is relatively simple and very doable. What a lovely present for a child!  If you'd like to make your own please visit Emily's Memory Game Project Journal here.

Thank you so much to Emily for generously allowing us to present her wonderful idea here on The Purl Bee. Please be sure to check out her blog, The Student Teacher for lots more exciting craft ideas and to say hello. (This recent post about an embroidered growth chart also had us really excited!)

P.S. If you'd like to learn more about joining The Purl Beehive yourself please click right here!

Comments

[Cindy in FL]

What a clever idea-I am definitely going to use it to play with any children I have over to the house and for grandchildren! I think 2 charm packs made for I spy quilts would make it interesting, too! Great post!

[Luisa]

Ok this the most beautiful memory game I have seen! Makes me want to play.

[L]

I love this idea! I'm sure I'll be making my own for Christmas gifts!

I bet half the fun will be watching all of the other ways that kids think up to play with these :-)

[tiphaine]

could you tell me how much felt is needed so I can order some ? Thank you so much, this will be a great b-day gift for my niece !

[Lauren]

This is such a cute idea! It would make a beautiful baby shower gift :)

[Madeline]

Great idea. Little hands would love the tactile nature of this game and it could even be washed if it got a bit grubby.

[Suzanne]

Beautiful!

[Laura - Tandem Bags]

I am grateful to Purlbee for sharing wit ideas that improve everybody lives. I believe in creativity and not just for art's sake: this project is an example. Memory game is the favourite play of my son. This project will enable him to share the pleasure of memory game with his visual impaired schoolmate and the rest of the class! All together!

[Brooke]

So beautiful! I think her version is going to last much longer than my paper one! I might have to make my own..

[c.m.]

What a great idea! I taught kindergarden for years. Memory was one of the children's favorite games. Thanks for this wonderful version.

[purl bee]

Hi Tiphanie-

You will need three 18-inch square pieces of felt or 1/4-yard of our felt by the yard. All of the materials are listed in the pattern here:

http://purlbee.squarespace.com/emilys-memory-game/

Thank you for your question!- Molly

[Ane]

What a beautiful! Thank you for this nice idea.

[Abigail Krywy]

I absolutely love your Blog, it's so inspiring!

[Cybele]

I was cruising ebay just last week to find vintage memory games. The current disney princess games just don't do it for me! SO very excited that I saw this and now I know how I am spending my weekend! GENIUS!

[Creatieve Expressie]

We have linked your blog on our blog. www.creatieve-expressie.blogspot.com

[Charissa]

I've mentioned this post on my blog with a link. I love this felt memory game. May I include one of your photos on my blog?

[purl bee]

Hi Charissa-

You may include a photo as long as it's clearly credited to The Purl Bee and links directly back to this project.

Thank you for your question!

[Maire]

Hi All,

Does anyone know what has happened to Emily's website thestudentteacher.com??? I was in the middle of making her beautiful quilted height chart which is mentioned above and it just seems to have disappeared! So disappointing!

Thanks,

Maire