Just a flying visit to share some exciting news: I finished my bookmark!!! I know the SAL's extended, but I really wanted to make the original deadline, and I managed to meet it just in the nick of time, LOL! The other good news is that I'm currently in the midst of writing up a comprehensive tutorial that I'll post up as soon as possible!!!
I tried something new to me, and I made a padded insert for the bookmark using two layers of quilt batting sewn together. This is a trick I stumbled upon while making ornaments this past Christmas, and while it is a little thick I'm pleased with it :)
The tutorial will include the padding, but you can easily skip it and make an ordinary flat bookmark, like the ones I made for my Grandparents. Truthfully, there's very little to it: sew the sides together, turn it out, and sew up the top! Three easy steps. But I know from painful experience that *so much* can go wrong, so I'm just writing down what I always wanted to know, more or less. I hope it will be helpful!
Confession: I was holding my breath the entire time I was doing the finishing, just *waiting* for something to go wrong. And things inevitably did, but thankfully they were minor and I managed to finagle them. As my Stitchy Guru Mother always says, "The vast majority of crafting is knowing how to fix mistakes!" So very true :)
Since it's time to go, I'll show you my back ;) But only if you can find it, LOL!
If there's a question you'd like to have answered in the tutorial, feel free to ask!
Oh, it turned out so well! ...and by the deadline :-) I love the backing fabric too.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Lisa, it's funny - the fabric wasn't really what I had in mind when I bought it, but it's grown on me a lot - and a good thing too because I accidentally bought a whole meter instead of a half! :)
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ReplyDeleteA beautiful bookmark, so prettily finished too with that lovely fabric.
I would love to stitch one of these.
Happ weekend (:
beautifully finished . your book mark is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteMeggie: Thank you! I hope you will try a bookmark of your own :) It's a practical way to finish off small bits of stitching! P.S. Did you mean that you would like the pattern? If so please e-mail me ;)
ReplyDeleteLesley: Thank you so much :) I'm very happy you like it!
Lovely to see the bookmark finished, it looks beautiful..such a pretty design.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your lovely comment!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty, although I'd skip the padding. I like thin bookmarks :) Congrats on your finish!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your bookmark!
ReplyDeleteYour bookmark turned out beautifully and so perfectly finished!
ReplyDeletethat's beautiful, I love the colours and the finishing :)
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you all so very much for the lovely comments!
ReplyDeleteMeari: I normally like thin bookmarks too, but thought I'd try something a little different :) Next time I'll try one layer, LOL!
Melissa: Thank you :)
Karen: Aw, that is such a high compliment coming from you! You do such lovely finishing work :) This totally made my day!
Flossy: I'm so happy to see you back! I've missed you :) Thanks very much for your kind words!
I've missed you too! stitchy bug has been off and on for some time but think it's back to stay for a little while :)
ReplyDeleteIt turned out great! I like the padding and wish I had done that with mine. Congrats on finishing it within the deadline.
ReplyDeleteFlossy: YAY! I'm so very glad to hear that :) It's awful when your stitchy mojo goes AWOL for a while!!!
ReplyDeleteKaren: Thank you muchly!!! The grass must indeed always look greener from the other side, LOL, because I look at yours and wish *I* had done *that* ;) Your writing about Stitchy Goals lately has really inspired me to try and meet mine own too! It's a small thing, but it made me happy :)
Your bookmark looks very nice and the backing matches perfect.
ReplyDeleteI began to stitch with your bright colors, they look good, is why I fell for it to stitch.
Thank you so very much Yvonne! I'm happy that you've chosen to stitch the original colourway too :)
ReplyDeleteThe finished bookmark looks gorgeous! I can't get over the backing fabric and how well it goes with the colours used in the Spring Garden design; such a good match.
ReplyDeleteWell done you! :-)
Thanks so much CS!!! I'm very happy you like it too :) I was lucky with the fabric, I had something entirely different in mind and bought it rather sulkily as the best thing I could find to match - but I've really grown to love it, and I like the vintage look it gives my bookmark :)
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