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Sewing a bookmark for books from felt is not difficult, since felt is a very convenient material that is easily cut with scissors and does not crumble. For sewing bookmarks it is better to take a hard Korean felt with a thickness of 1.2 mm.
Bookmark for felt books

We prepare materials. For such a beautiful product in the form of a bookmark, we need: brown felt, three shades of green, light pink, dark pink felt and a beautiful button flower.
Bookmark for felt books

Two brown rectangles 20 cm long and 4.5 cm wide are cut from brown felt.
Bookmark for felt books

We draw two circles with a pair of compasses: one with a diameter of 6 cm, and the second with a diameter of 2 cm. Two circle patterns were obtained - large and small.
Bookmark for felt books

From light pink felt, we cut out two details, attaching a pattern of a larger circle (6 cm), and from dark pink felt we cut out 5 details for a pattern of a small circle.
Bookmark for felt books

We draw a pattern for leaves about 3 cm long.
Bookmark for felt books

We impose a pattern on green felt and cut out 7 leaves, you need to get leaves of different shades of green.
Bookmark for felt books

We put the thread in four threads and embroider the leaf veins with a chain stitch. We take the same thread for all the leaves, preferably contrasting.
To embroider with a chain stitch, you need to bring the thread to the front side of the part.
Bookmark for felt books

Pulling the needle into the same place from which the thread was drawn, we stretch the needle forward leading to the front side while making a loop.
Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

Thus, we make four loops on a leaf.
Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

We embroider from the middle of the chain of the chain stitch for another 1-2 loops to the sides so that the leaf turns out more beautiful.
Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

Now we turn to the design of the flower, sew to the middle of one of the details of a larger circle a button in the form of a flower.
Bookmark for felt books

We attach small circles (petals) to a larger circle, put a circle with a button on top. Chalk five lines that go from the button to the petals.
Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

On the outlined lines, embroider three stitches of the chain with a chain stitch.
Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

We put embroidered leaves on a brown trunk and pin it off with pins.
Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

Sew the leaves on a sewing machine, choosing threads to match the petal.
Fold the two brown trunks inside out and stitch them around the perimeter with a sewing machine.
Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

Bookmark for felt books

We put the trunk with leaves on a light pink circle about the middle.
Bookmark for felt books

We put an embroidered circle with a flower on top.
Bookmark for felt books

Next, you need to put 5 petals under the upper circle and pin it with pins.
Bookmark for felt books

Sew on the sewing machine around the perimeter of the circle, connecting all the parts of the product together.
Bookmark for felt books

This bookmark turned out, it fits perfectly into the interior of the bookshelf and will remind you of a book to read.
Bookmark for felt books
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