Nowadays, in stores for lovers of needlework, you can buy many modern, bright and easy-to-use materials. One of the most enjoyable is felt. Its delicate structure was liked by hand-made craftsmen immediately. When working with warm material, needlewomen relieve nervous tension, working with felt soothes and relaxes. And the products are bright, colorful and picturesque.
What is felt?
Felt - this is the thinnest felt, which is made from the wool of sheep, down or rabbit fur. Natural hats are made from hats, cases for bags, industrial gaskets for equipment.
But the crafts are made from an artificial analogue. Its properties are the same. It is soft and has a delicate structure, it can be of various thicknesses. Soft toys are made from such felt, dresses for dolls are sewed, albums for photographs are sheathed, bulk flowers and fruits are made. With felt, you can glue the inside of jewelry boxes or chests. Beads, bracelets and hairpins are made of it. In this article we will look at how you can make bookmarks from felt for books.
Options
1. Standard classic rectangular bookmarks. A pattern is sewn onto a base cut out of felt. It can be just the same type of images of berries or fruits, or you can create a plot picture, for example, on a blue background of the night sky, sew on top a semicircle of the month, add a few stars. From the bottom of the bookmark of felt, you can add a couple of colorful houses. The more small details in the work, the more colorful the finished product looks.
2. Another option is a bookmark made of felt for books, made with your own hands, with a ribbon. There are two details here - the main one, which is inserted into the book, and the additional small size, which will be placed on the ribbon and hang from the outside of the book. As a small detail, you can use either any geometric shape or objects, for example, a flower, a heart, an apple, etc.
3. Bookmark from felt on an elastic band. The main part is made large and voluminous. The picture is on the cover of the book, and the elastic band sewn on both sides of the product in a circle holds all the pages read together. This option is the most sparing for a book publication, since it does not deform it at all.
4. The last option for bookmarks made of felt is a corner that is worn on the edge of the page. Sew it from two rectangular triangles, leaving the hypotenuse un sewn. But such an option when moving the book and its vertical storage may fall out. Such a bookmark can be used only when the book rests quietly on the bedside table and waits for it to be taken again for reading.
Simple bookmarks
Felt is convenient in work because its edges do not split. Products can be either flashed around the edge or left unprocessed. It all depends on the desire of the master and his imagination. The photo shows two bookmarks in shape resembling standard options. They are decorated quite simply, such berries and fruits can be drawn by yourself, even without a pattern.
In order not to be visible on the back of the seams from sewing on the elements, a second layer of the same shape is made, and at the end of the work they are sewn together on the sides.
Also, felt bookmarks can be decorated with details by gluing them to the base. Such a product, of course, can no longer be washed, but this option also has the right to life.
Ribbon Bookmark
To perform such work, you need to purchase felt of the necessary colors, ribbon, thread, needle, pattern stencil. For the manufacture of bookmarks from felt patterns, you can use those that are designed for paper applications, analogues of fabric. After the patterns are ready, the contours of the parts are applied to the material.
After that, the bookmark elements are cut with scissors, the main picture and a small part are sewn, which will be sewn to the ribbon. Then the tape is attached to one and the other parts. It remains only to cut the back of the bookmark and sew on two of its parts.
Lion pattern
Consider making bookmarks from felt for books on the pattern of a lion. To work on this picture you will need light orange or dark beige and brown felt. First, the pattern is transferred to a piece of thick paper. Then every detail is cut with scissors. We lay out the finished template in turn on a felt sheet and outline it with a simple pencil or chalk. It remains only to cut the details with sharp scissors. Cutting on a sheet of felt is quite simple, since the material does not stretch and is thin.
Next, you need to correctly position all the details of the application and see how the finished product will look. If everything turned out right, then you can begin to fasten the parts together. This can be done using threads, stitching parts. It is better to take threads for embroidery for work, picking them by color.
You can also make an application with glue. The finished composition can be ironed through a cotton cloth, but not with a very hot iron. The glue will take better and hold longer. But the glued product can no longer be washed if dirty.
You can also sew a ribbon or elastic band to the fabricated bookmark made of felt for a convenient use.
Girl pattern
To make such a figure from felt, you will need several sheets of different colors - black, yellow, turquoise, pink, white. Each part is carefully transferred from the drawing to the material and is cut along the contour. Then you need to carefully sew all the details. Thin lines are made using thread stitches.
After the whole figure is made, you need to outline it along the contour to obtain a pattern of the back side. Before sewing two parts together, inside you need to insert a ribbon or elastic band.
Corner bookmarks
It is very easy to bookmark two identical triangles. These should be isosceles right-angled triangles. First they are drawn with a ruler and a pencil on a sheet of cardboard, making a template. Then they transfer it to a felt sheet and cut along the contours of the pattern.
On one of the triangles, which will be considered the outer side, apply any pattern. These can be simple flowers glued or sewn along the edges of the figure. In the center, you can place a larger part. Then the edges of the triangles are sutured, leaving the hypotenuse free. Everything, a bookmark made of felt, made with your own hands, is ready!
Put such a bookmark on the lower or upper corner of the page, it is better to take a lot at once, so as not to tear a delicate sheet. Corner bookmarks can also be made in the form of animals, hearts, square envelopes, etc.
Rubber bookmarks
The most convenient option for the book. You will need a felt of the flowers necessary for the picture and a flat elastic band that stretches well. It should not be too dense, otherwise, when pulled, the pages of the book will be deformed or the edge of the felt part will tear. The picture may be an image of a large animal or fruit.
Craftswomen love to make voluminous flowers using fringe-cut details, petals that are sewn on only one side. Since the bookmark will not be inside the book, it can be made of any size and volume. This makes this option bookmarks more attractive to creative people.