Funk & Weber Designs.

Bookmarks 101:
Simple, Smart, and Swanky Finishes
online class

Learn to make bookmarks from scratch in the Bookmarks 101: Simple, Smart, and Swanky Finishes

October 18 - November 14, 2010.
Four lessons, one lesson per week.

There's more to embroidered bookmarks than pre-finished rectangular forms. Lots more! Use scraps, stash, beads, buttons, charms, ribbons, hooks, and any and all fabrics and fibers to make simple, smart, and swanky bookmarks.

The trick is in the finishing, except it's really not so tricky. In fact, it's easy!

In Bookmarks 101, we'll learn four general ways to finish bookmarks from scratch, including no-sew methods and three techniques that employ simple backstitching, whip stitching, and fringed edges. We'll discuss variations of each of the finishing methods, providing dozens of exciting options.

We'll investigate a variety of materials for adhering, backing, and embellishing, and we'll explore basic beading and wirework techniques and tools.

Together, we'll craft one-of-a kind bookmarks that are fully functional and fun to make and use. Visit our class page for further details and to register.

Shop owners, access ideas and instructions on how to participate in the Challenge in the Bookmark Challenge Kit. Also, visit the Retailers' Info page to subscribe to Funk & Weber Notes, our occasional email announcements about new patterns, classes, special events, and the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program.

3,728 bookmarks collected
and placed in the hands and books of young readers
during the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy 2010 Bookmark Challenge.

Visit the Stitching for Literacy Web site and blog for further details and to join the fun for the 2011 Bookmark Challenge.

Reading and stitching make the world a better place.

New patterns

Going, Going, Gone baseball bookmark pattern

#K301 Going, Going, Gone! Bookmark

Celebrating the partnership between Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy and TNNA's Stitch N' Pitch℠ program. Visit the Stitching for Literacy site for a list of baseball-themed books for kids. Combine this bookmark with a book for your favorite baseball fan.

Funk & Weber Designs will donate to literacy programs a minimum of 10-percent of profits from the sale of this pattern.

Kits contain Tokens & Trifles™ Trinkets Star card, needle, fiber, backing, Treasure Tape™, ribbon, pattern, and instructions.

See how we finished our Going, Going, Gone! model in this bookmark finishing tutorial.

#111 Fall, In Pieces

Brilliant colors, nature, and puzzles--all the interests and details that define Funk & Weber Designs come together in this follow-up to Puzzle Pisces. Lifelike multi-colored leaves, acorns, berries, tiny "alder cones," a maple seed pod, and a ladybug bring the vivid colors of Fall indoors, without tracking in dirt.

Overdyed threads from The Gentle Art add to the natural look, varying subtly and randomly. I used a "blob" stitching technique to take advantage of the fibers' natural shading ability. Read our Overdyed Threads Tutorial if you'd like to do the same.

The Gentle Art provides a thread pack for this pattern to make fiber selection a snap. Ask for it at your local independent needlework shop.

Fabric: 28 ct. Antique White Cashel Linen (3281-101) from Zweigart®
Stitch count: 185W x 167H
Floss: The Gentle Art, DMC

The April 2010 Needlework Show
Puzzle Contest Winners

Anna, from Almond, WI
Diane, from Bellmawr, NJ

Answer: What do you get from pampered cows? Spoiled milk!

The Needlework Nutshell Puzzle Contest Winners

August: Laura, from Battle Creek, MI

July: Barbara, from Davenport, IA

June: Darlene, from Orrington, ME

May: Betty, from Cold Spring, KY

February: Dee, from Pittsburgh, PA

January: Barbara, Wilton, NH

December: Jackie, from Canterbury, Kent, England

November: Catherine, from Biloxi, MS

October: Debbie, from Katy, TX

September: Gayle, from Waco, TX

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Thank you for your interest in our company and designs. Enjoy your visit.

Updated August 2010

	Mike and Jen Funk Weber Funk & Weber Designs 35232 W Pinochle Lane Sutton, AK 99674 (907) 746-5641 mail@funkandweber.com

Bookmarks 101: Simple, Smart, and Swanky Finishesonline class