I made this bookmark for my daughter's birthday. She enjoys fantasy stories and really likes dragons.

As a student, I figure she can use a sturdy bookmark on a regular basis. She's so far from home ... this will be a little reminder of Mom that she can carry around with her.

Jennifer Aikman-Smith has a whole series of free elemental dragons on her website. A gal in one of my groups had stitched the Dragon of Fire and I just loved it, so went searching for that pattern. I was pleasantly surprised to find this whole series of free charts.

I may just end up stitching all of them ... eventually.

To finish this bookmark, I pinned a strip of a blue calico print to the stitchery, right sides together.
I sewed the sides on my sewing machine.
I then turned the fabric tube right sides are out.
I folded the calico to the inside of the tube on the top and bottom.
I hand stitched the top and bottom in place using a running stitch with a single strand of floss.
Then I fringed the aida on the top and bottom.

Stitched October 29 - November 01, 2006

Pattern name:	Dragon of Air
Designer:	Dragon Dreams
Stitch Count:	37 x 68
Fabric:	18ct grey aida
Floss:	DMC stranded cotton; DMC stranded metallic
Original Cost:	Free
Copyright:	2004

Dragon Dreams
Jennifer Aikman-Smith

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