{"id":5704,"date":"2018-09-03T17:11:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T07:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/?p=5704"},"modified":"2020-12-31T15:44:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T04:44:24","slug":"make-your-own-bookmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2018\/09\/make-your-own-bookmark.html","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Own Bookmark: Long Tall Sally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to make your own bookmark? I hope so. I&#8217;d like you to meet Long Tall Sally, a really cute bookmark who&#8217;d love to join in on your kids&#8217; reading adventures. What makes Sally so easy to create with your kids is that she&#8217;s cut from only one piece of felt and all her sewing is just decorative. So if your kids don&#8217;t want to sew around her they can sew wherever they want on her body to represent a skirt or blouse or just to make her look pretty&#8230;big stitches, little stitches, wonky stitches&#8230;they&#8217;ll all look great with colourful thread&#8230;and if you want to meet and sew her boyfriend Johnnie then head over to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redtedart.com\/felt-monster-bookmark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Red Ted Art<\/a> where he&#8217;s making an appearance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5730 size-full\" title=\"Make your own bookmark\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue.jpg\" alt=\"a felt bookmark you can make\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What you need<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>30cm X 18cm dark pink felt<\/p>\n<p>light pink and white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B06XK9C69M\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B06XK9C69M&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colouredbut0d-20&amp;linkId=9556490bcb9ef9d265dbf27c9979a348\" rel=\"nofollow\">felt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CB39VEA\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00CB39VEA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colouredbut0d-20&amp;linkId=6a7993f5b83f0e49bcc1a4b8d7a7877e\" rel=\"nofollow\">needle<\/a> and thread<\/p>\n<p>glue (optional)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What to do<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LongTallSally.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">template<\/a> to cut out the body from dark pink felt. Cut out a nose and eyes as shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5727 size-full\" title=\"Sew your own bookmark\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"pattern pieces for a bookmark you can make\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-5-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-5-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sew around the edge of the body using a running stitch leaving a margin at the top for the hair. Sew the hands into place as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5728 size-full\" title=\"make your own felt bookmark\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-4.jpg\" alt=\"Making a felt bookmark\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-4.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glue on the nose. Sew on each eye with a French knot as the pupil. Use a single stitch for the mouth and a cross stitch for the belly button.\u00a0Fringe the top of the head to make the hair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5729 size-full\" title=\"make a felt bookmark\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-6.jpg\" alt=\"a sweet DIY felt bookmark\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-6.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer, you can glue on the hands and eyes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5731 size-full\" title=\"cute felt bookmark to make\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-1.jpg\" alt=\"A DIY bookmark in a book\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/long-tall-sally-blue-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And ta-dah..Long tall Sally at your service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6011\" src=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Make-your-own-bookmark.png\" alt=\"handmade felt bookmark\" width=\"735\" height=\"1103\" data-pin-description=\"Make your own bookmark #colouredbuttons #diybookmark #easydiybookmark\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Make-your-own-bookmark.png 735w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Make-your-own-bookmark-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Make-your-own-bookmark-682x1024.png 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Not sure what needle to use when sewing with your kids&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JSvytJ5L9QM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-top-left-radius: 2px; 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I hope so. I&#8217;d like you to meet Long Tall Sally, a really cute bookmark who&#8217;d love to join in on your kids&#8217; reading adventures. What makes Sally so easy to create with your kids is that she&#8217;s cut from only one piece of felt and &#8230; <a title=\"Make Your Own Bookmark: Long Tall Sally\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/2018\/09\/make-your-own-bookmark.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Make Your Own Bookmark: Long Tall Sally\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sewing-projects-for-kids","category-tutorials","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewasoftie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}