Fabric Book Sign-in Tag

While I was working on all the hand stitching on the cover of my book, I decided I needed to finish something to make me happy, so I fashioned my sign-in tag for my book. I figured with a theme of letters/writing that a bookmark tag would be very appropriate. :)

I fashioned my bookmark with remnants of the fabric I printed for use on the cover and sub-cover, with a felt interior and I used Bondaweb to fuse all the layers together to keep them still and stiff while I handstitched.

First thing, I used various gesso techniques to produce the background on the watercolour paper, stamped a cursive writing image with a copper Brilliance inkpad, tore the paper to size using a ruler as a guide, and chalked the edges with copper Craf-T glimmer chalks

I fused a piece of the printed fabric to a piece of felt and cut to size. I then tacked down the paper with a bit of double-sided tape to keep the paper in place while I hand stitched around the edges of the paper in metallic copper thread with a simple running stitch combined with french knots.

Once my stitching was in place I carefully stamped my name (Ma Vinci stamps ) and handwrote my location.

With all the stitching done on the front, I then fused the fabric for the back of the bookmark to the piece, and trimmed down the fabric to size. I stitched around the entire bookmark in blanket stich using pearl cotton embroidery thread, and I started at the top middle so that my initial stitches would be covered by the tassle.

I used a grommet (large eyelet) to create a hole in which to thread my fibres through, and used a Mermaid Tears’ Tassle Tube as a collar for the fibres.

Comments

Chriss
This bookmark is just beautiful, your work just keeps getting better all the time fabuous work, thanks for all the sharing you do here..

Dianne · 20 July 2006, 15:33 · #

Chriss, this bookmark is just incredible!

Ki · 22 July 2006, 02:30 · #

This is just breathtaking Chriss!!!!!!

— Svala · 22 July 2006, 14:20 · #

Chriss, this whole project is just facinating to me! I’m so textile challenged… Absolutely stunning!

Kara Jones · 5 August 2006, 15:56 · #