...and a Felt Bookmark

As I mentioned before, I made some homemade pressies for Christmas.  As they are no longer a secret (!!), I thought I'd share this felt bookmark that I made for my Dad.

Materials

• Felt (fabric and decorative shapes)
• Ribbon
• Cardboard
• Embroidery Thread
• Glue
• Scissors
• Pinking Shears

I wanted my final bookmark to be 6cm x 14cm, so started by cutting out a rectangle of cardboard of 4cm x 12cm (to give a 1cm border all around). Then I cut out two rectangles of felt (6cm x 14cm each) - I went for a different colour for front & back.

Next step was to glue the cardboard onto the felt, along with the ribbon.  Then glue the other piece of felt on top, to create a 'sandwich' (this is the technical term!)

To give it a bit of definition, I used embroidery thread to stitch around the edges with a 1cm border (following the line of cardboard).

Front....

and back....

To decorate, I used some leaf shaped card toppers and also used pinking shears along the sides....  Here's the final version!

I was really pleased with the way it turned out and I may have to make myself one to use with the craft books I was given for Christmas!!