I am new at all these beautiful things that the women on this site are doing. What do you embroidery the bookmarks on. Is it just stablizier?

You have some great answs. carolee I do bkmks n FSL, on felt, on stabalizer with fabric on top when design is finished I float fabric under to do the final satin stitch around & this covers the back of design u have done. nothing on back shows *4U

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by carolee 30 May 2008

I can't believe all the wonderful ideas I received. It will be a while before I will get time to try these. This is such a wonderful site. Thanks!!!

I do a lot of FSL bookmarks and have found that badgemaster is excellent. It is thick enough that only one layer is needed and it is also water soluable. Marcelle

Welcome to our cute family. As for me, I have stitched them on wss and also felt and foam. When doing them on foam, just simple lines and very few stitching is best. *4U ><>

First, welcome to the site! We are so happy to have you here and are giving you flowers for showing up!You have wonderful answers, just want to caution you to pay attention to the name and/or directions on anything that looks like lace. A good digitizer will tell you it is FSL or free standing lace OR that it must be stitched out on organza or fabric. ;)

Looks like you already have some very good answers. So let me just say "Welcome to Cute!" Flower 4U

Welcome to Cute Carolee! *4U

FSL is fun and yes Shirlene has done some beautiful projects. Welcome to Cute.

Embroidery library have instructions in their projects on many different things. It is worth a browse through their site for ideas and techniques. I've attached a link to their bookmark instructions. I often find them a good starting place even if I end up tweaking it to suit me.

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by jasanne 29 May 2008

The applique ones I posted a while ago were acutally on offcuts of silk from my wedding dress :) The scraps have been sitting in my stash for many years now :)

by clawton 29 May 2008

Yes they have great directions for lots of things.

You have really good answers, and Shirlene is our Master Teacher in FSL, she has made many, many amazing things. I love her work. Welcome to our Cute Community, you will love to be here, to receive and to give flowers. These girls and few men are awesome. Flower and XoXo

This question and the anwers interest me because I wish try to do bookmarks

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by claudenicolas 29 May 2008

...and welcome and a lot of flowers for you carolee

Welcome to Cute Carolee. *4U

Welcome Carolee. I make tons of bookmarks and prefer to use felt for most. I am a huge reader and find felt holds up better. If the design is Free Standing Lace (FSL) then you would use a Water Soluble Stabilizer (WWS). Hoop 2-3 layers. Hope this helps.
Mickey

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by minnieb 29 May 2008

thanks very good idea

Carolee, welcome to the 'CUTE' family - we are happy that you have joined us - with Free Standing Lace - as the bookmarks are - you do use two layers of water soluble stabilizer in your hoop - with the same thread in the top and bobbin - if your design doesn't stitch out well - with just two layers of stabilizer - it might mean that you need an extra layer - it all depends on the density of the design. Good luck and please post your projects as that is how we all receive inspiration for gifts and items for our home. Here is a flower for you - now you have 119 - *4U

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by minnieb 29 May 2008

I think we were all looking to you to answer this one