My EGA chapter, CyberStitchers, has an Outreach project where chapter members stitch bookmarks and donate them to a literacy program. This year, members were challenged to not only stitch a bookmark, but also to design a bookmark for other chapter members to stitch.
I decided to take up this challenge. My Imagine Bookmark is the result.
The idea for this bookmark is based on an ornament I stitched in 2000, the Noel Ornament. I like the simple, clean lines of the ornament and thought I might be able to create something similar for a bookmark.
I chose the word "Imagine" because that is what reading allows me to do. For example, I can imagine being a character in a novel. Or I can imagine stitching a needlework technique new to me.
The model I stitched for this bookmark chart is not exactly typical assisi work because I used more than one fiber as outlined below:
| Fiber |
Placement |
| DMC 208 |
Around the letters |
| DMC 102 |
Variegated border |
| DMC 5289 |
Metallic dots in letters |
Like the other two bookmarks I made recently, I stitched a row of Nun's Stitch just outside the edge of the design, then fringed the edges of the Ribband.
I'm offering this design as a complementary chart. Follow this link for a printable copy of Imagine Bookmark.
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If you'd like to learn how to make the Nun's Stitch, read the page in Needlework 101 called Nun's Stitch.
If you'd like to learn a bit about Assisi work, read the page in Needlework 101 called Assisi Embroidery.
Stitched March 05 - 07, 2004
| Pattern name: |
Imagine Bookmark |
Designer:
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Margaret M. Davaz
The Cameo Collection |
| Stitch Count: |
approx. 22 x 83 |
| Fabric: |
14ct ivory ribband |
| Floss: |
DMC cotton, variegated and stranded metallic |
| Original Cost: |
free |
| Copyright year: |
2004 |
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On to next project: Rudy by 4 My Boys
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