Ah, Friday. How nice it is to see you again! We aren't supposed to have the nicest weather today, as I think we have a little rain moving in, but at least the weather forecast for the weekend doesn't look too bad. I think we're looking at seasonable weather in the 50s or even 60s, which means the husband will be hitting the golf course Saturday and I'll be retreating to my craft room. (I do not golf until it is at least in the mid-70s and warm enough for sandals.)
So, long story short, I'm already looking forward to doing a bit of crafting this weekend. How fitting it is, then, that I introduce you to Alice, who makes all kinds of one-of-a-kind crafts over at Pinwheel.
Alice is here to share a great tutorial for making tree bookmarks. I love trees and books, and I love to make things, so naturally I love this project. I hope you do, too!
These sweet bookmarks are inspired by the cold
weather, and I wanted something in warm, bright colours to cheer me up!
Supplies:
Scraps of red, yellow, orange, burgundy, dark brown
and light brown felt.
White thread
A needle (Big enough eye to fit doubled up thread
through)
Cut a long thin rectangle from dark brown felt, and a circle from the
light brown. These will form the body of your bookmark. It looks good cut
with pinking shears, but if you don't have any, just use normal
scissors. Then cut about 3 or 4 leaf shapes from the red, yellow, burgundy
and orange.
Thread the needle with doubled up thread, and using
backstitch, sew together the circle and rectangle. Go over your stitches again,
to secure the pieces together properly, because this is the main body of your
bookmark.
Position your first leaf in place, then backstitch along the center of
it with the doubled up thread. The stiches look like the vein of the leaf, and
show up best in white, though you can try other colours as well.
Continue adding leaves, and try to position them so
that they aren't all facing outward. Vary your stiches as well, with random
ones bigger or smaller so it looks more natural. Another tip is that if a leaf
doesn't fit in the space, trim it down! It won't look as good if the leaf
shapes are all exactly the same.
Ta-daa! These bookmarks are great even out of
autumn, and they can be adapted to any season.
This tutorial is
for non-commercial purposes only.
