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Nifty Ribbon & Button No Slip Bookmark

This is one of my favorite things I’ve made ALL year!  Okay, okay…the year hasn’t been that long, but still…I love this bookmark.  If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly loosing regular bookmarks…if you still read old school, non-e-reader style books like this hold-out girl.  So…I have a solution.  Here’s a great, custom way of marking your page which is pretty and won’t fall out or get lost.  And…it’s super easy to make.  You can even make one if you don’t have a sewing machine, by hand stitching that is.

Here’s what you’ll need.

Ribbon

Hair elastic

Button

Scissors

Tape measure

Sewing pin

Thread

Step 1:  Measure how long you want your bookmark to be.  I cut mine at 17 inches and the finished piece is 14 1/2 inches from sewn area to the button.  This size is good for medium to regular sized books, but for large books or small paperbacks you will want to measure for their specific size.

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Step 2:  Fold one edge of ribbon down to prepare for sewing.  If your ribbon tends to fray, you may want to fold it twice.

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Step 3:  Add hair elastic, fold over and pin.

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Step 4:  Sew a straight or zig zag stitch along the ribbon fold.  If you don’t have a sewing machine, you can sew this by hand.  If you do sew it by hand, make sure to stitch the area twice to reinforce it.

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Step 5:  Measure from the folded, sewn area to where you want your button and sew button in place.  Optional – Gather fabric behind button and hand-stitch it together for a finished look.  The solid brown one attached to a book below shows it without a gather.  Also, if your ribbon tends to fray, you will want to finish the edges of the ribbon.

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And presto…pretty nifty ribbon bookmarks that won’t slip or mysteriously get lost, unless they’re not attached to a book and you miss-place them…but that’s a whole other story 😉

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Have a Fab You Bliss day!

xoxo

Stephanie

 

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  1. Laurel G
    View January 11, 2012

    oh these are great!

    Reply
  2. Kewain (@NolabelleSoiree)
    View January 11, 2012

    These are great!! Def can use them for my winter reading list. You should add them to etsy!

    Reply
    • Stephaniereplied:
      View January 11, 2012

      I was thinking about doing that. I think I will 🙂

      Reply
  3. Danielle
    View January 16, 2012

    adorable – I can’t wait to make my own ! 🙂
    thanks for the tutorial !

    Reply
  4. Katie
    View January 17, 2012

    This is so cute!! I featured it on my blog, here: http://punkprojects.blogspot.com/2012/01/make-it-monday_16.html

    -Katie

    Reply
  5. Jennifer P.
    View February 18, 2012

    I just made two of these in under 10 minutes. Thank you for the inspiration.

    Reply
  6. Sarah N
    View February 20, 2012

    OMG! I adore these!! I’m going to go make a bunch of them!

    Reply
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    View June 10, 2012

    […] Today I made bookmarks out of ribbon, a button, and a hair tie. You can find the tutorial here. […]

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  8. Ruth Anne Flear
    View June 14, 2012

    I love this idea. It would also make a great watch band.

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    • Stephaniereplied:
      View June 14, 2012

      Thank you! Yeah, a watch band is a great idea 🙂

      Reply
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    View January 23, 2013

    So cute! I have to try this!

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