To determine the size fabric you need to make your book mark...... grab a piece of paper and a pencil.
Discover the height and width stitch count of the design you plan to stitch.
In this example it is 21 stitches wide X 81 stitches high.
Add 6 to the width of the design: 21 + 6 = 27 (for white space around the design)
Double that total: 27 x 2 = 54
Add 10 for seam allowances: 54 + 10 = 64
Add 16 to the height of the design: 81 + 16 = 97
For this design, your fabric needs to be 64 squares wide by 97 squares high.
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Centre design exactly on fabric.
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Line up long sides with front of design facing in. With 2 strands of floss, sew a simple running stitch, matching hole for hole starting 5 sqares in from the long edge and 5 squares from the top, stopping 5 squares from the bottom. (fig. 3)
Anchor thread in the seam allowance.
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Finger press seam allowance to lay flat.
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Turn one end of bookmark to right side out, keeping seam allowance inside flat.
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Continue to turn bookmark right side out
Wearing a latex glove made the turning easier.
Pull the threads out of the top and bottom 5 rows of squares to make fringed edges.
Sprinkle with water and press with a pressing cloth, making sure you have folded it so as to have 3 squares of white space on each side of the design.
