Hi everyone – it’s Andy from A Bright Corner. I love taking books with me to the park, to the pool, camping… you name it! What I don’t love, is when my bookmark (which honestly is usually a scrap of paper) gets pulled or blown out and I lose my place! So I made myself an On-the-go Bookmark!
![on the go bookmark tutorial](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-tutorial-670x900.jpg)
![on the go bookmark 1](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-1-692x900.jpg)
What you’ll need:
- Two coordinating fabrics
- Heat n Bond® Lite (a 6″ x 6″ piece is plenty)
- Heat n Bond® Fusible Interfacing Craft Extra Firm
- thin elastic (at least 15″ long)
- one button
- applique letters for bookmark (printable page)
1. From the two fabrics, cut strips that are 2.5″ x 15.5″
![on the go bookmark 3](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-3.jpg)
![on the go bookmark 4](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-4-600x900.jpg)
4. Following the instructions on the package, iron the Heat n Bond® Lite to the wrong side of a coordinating fabric. Cut out each letter. Nice, sharp scissors come in handy here.
![on the go bookmark 5](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-5-651x900.jpg)
![on the go bookmark 6](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-6.jpg)
6. With right sides together and using a 1/4″ seam, sew the two strips together along three sides. Remember the interfacing gap? Leave that end open for turning.
![on the go bookmark 8](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-8-591x900.jpg)
![on the go bookmark 7](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-7-725x900.jpg)
7. Turn the bookmark right sides out now. Use the tip of your scissors to carefully push out the corners. Press flat.
![on the go bookmark 9](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-9.jpg)
8. Fold the open end in to hide the raw edges. Press flat.
![on the go bookmark 10](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-10-673x900.jpg)
![on the go bookmark 11](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-11-745x900.jpg)
9. Next we will make the casing for the elastic. On the end that you just pressed, fold that over about 3/4″ to 1″ to the inside of the bookmark. Stitch right along the edge to close up that end and to create the casing. Push one end of the elastic through the casing.
![on the go bookmark 12](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-12-634x900.jpg)
10. On the other end (on the outside of the bookmark) sew the button.
![on the go bookmark 13](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-13-710x900.jpg)
11. Next we need to check the length of the elastic. So grab a book and put the bookmark inside. Loop the elastic around the button and find the needed length of elastic. Cut it to size and sew the ends together.
![on the go bookmark 14](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-14-647x900.jpg)
Then to hide that end, pull the elastic until the sewn part is hidden in the casing.
![on the go bookmark 15](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-15-600x900.jpg)
![on the go bookmark 16](https://blog.thermoweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/on-the-go-bookmark-16-682x900.jpg)
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