DIY Heart Corner Bookmark

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Sarah Markos

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Hello Sewing Friends! I've been making Heart Corner Bookmarks to give to my book club friends and I love how they are turning out! Scroll down to see how you can make some too!

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Level of Difficulty: Beginner

This Heart Corner Bookmark is made by making 2 heart shapes out of fabric and sewing them together at the bottom. A layer of medium weight interfacing inside give just the right amount of stiffness without being too thick. To use the bookmark you just slide it onto the corner of the page you are on in your book.

DIY Heart Corner Bookmark on a book

This Heart Corner Bookmark is an easy project and you can make 2 of them in about an hour. The trickiest part might be sewing around the curve or turning the hearts right side out. But! Sewing along the line of the interfacing takes the guesswork out of sewing on curve and makes it much easier. And I found a really helpful tool to turn it right side out. You'll see!

Included with the template are simplified sewing instructions that you can print out which are helpful if you are an experienced sewist or if you use this project to teach a sewing class.

The Fabric Bundle I Used

Curious about the fabric I'm using? It's a fabric line called Kaleidoscope by Annabelle Wrigley. If you don't follow her on IG or FB you should! Her quilting design and color choices on her projects are modern and spectacular.

fabric line Kaleidoscope by Annabelle Wrigley

How to make a DIY Heart Corner Bookmark

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Sewing Instructions

1. Trace 2 hearts onto the non glue side of the medium weight fusible interfacing using the printed Heart Template. The glue side of the interfacing will have shiny glue dots on it. It's really easy to overlook the glue and sometimes its even hard to tell by feel so always check for the shine to make sure the interfacing is laying the right direction.

medium weight fusible interfacing shiny glue side
Trace 2 hearts onto  medium weight fusible interfacing

2. Cut out the heart shapes right on the line.

Cut out the heart shapes right on the line

3. Press and fuse the glue side of the hearts onto the wrong side of the fabric according to manufacturers instructions. Leave about 1/4" of fabric all around each heart. The iron can feel like its 'grabbing' the interfacing so I avoid touching the iron directly onto the interfacing. I like to place a layer of extra fabric over the interfacing before pressing. It takes a little longer for the heat to travel through.

fuse the glue side of the hearts onto the wrong side of the fabric

4. Fold the fabric piece over so that the right sided are touching and there is enough fabric directly behind the heart shapes. Pin the 2 layers of fabric together and roughly cut around the heart leaving at least 1/4" of fabric around the interfacing.

fold and trim hearts

5. Starting on one straight side, stitch around the heart just to the outside of the interfacing. To sew along the curve keep your needle in the down position as you lift the presser foot and pivot the fabric every couple of stitches. Leave a 1" opening in the side of the the heart. Repeat for the 2nd heart.

stitch around the heart
stitch close to interfacing

6. Cut around the heart about 1/4" away from the interfacing and clip slits into the curves about every 1/4" and into the top "V". Be careful not to clip too close to the stitches. Cut the corner off of the bottom "V". You can also use a set of pinking shears to cut around the curves if you want the fabric to lay flatter on the inside when you turn it.

clip slits into the curves - cut cornerd - DIY Heart corner bookmark

7. Slide the turning tube through the opening in the side of the heart and use the dull end of the accompanying stick to carefully push the fabric through the center of the tube. It's best to push the stick onto the side of the heart where the interfacing is.

Slide the turning tube through the opening in the side of the heart
push the fabric through the center of the tube
hot to use a tube turning tool - Blue Susan makes

8. Slide the tube off and continue to work the rest of the fabric through the hole.

right side out

9. Use the pointy end of the stick to push out each edge and corner.

Push out corners

10. Tuck the raw edges into the opening so that the side looks straight. Pull the threads tight to cinch up the seam line. Press the corner heart bookmark flat.

tuck in raw edges

11. OPTIONAL: Topstitch around the top of the heart about 1/8"away from the edge. This is a good step to skip if you are worried sewing on a curve. It's just an added detail and not necessary for function.

Topstitch around the top of the heart

11. Repeat these steps for the 2nd heart.

12. Place the two hearts together and stitch the along the 2 straight sides at the base of the heart. Backstitch at the beginning and end.

stitch the along the 2 straight sides of the heart

Variations

You can also make this out of cork fabric for an even easier project. Simply trace the heart template 2 timed onto the back of the cork. Cut out the hearts cutting off the ink marking as you go. Stack up the 2 hearts with wrong sides together and sew along the straight sides of the heart as in step 12. And you are done!

Heart corner book mark variations

Use this tutorial to:

Kaleidoscope Heart corner bookmarks

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About Sarah Markos

Hi, my name is Sarah Markos and I love to sew! Mostly things out of fabric. I'm a little addicted to buying and looking at fabric. Especially vibrant, colorful fabric. I love to make things like Halloween Costumes, Pillows, Clothes, Quilts, but most especially Handbags.

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