Textile bookmark - Blue and red embroidered curtain and wool fabrics reclaimed

Zero waste bookmark made from a beautiful crewel style embroidered textile, reclaimed from old curtain sample books. Soft and tactile, in reds and blue, with layers of blue wool twill and wool felt. A great stocking filler, and easy to post. Unique gift - there is only enough fabric to make a small number of bookmarks from each sample, and each one has different embroidered details and colour accents. This bookmark is slightly larger than the others I make, so ideal for books big and small; the fuzziness of the wool backing helps keep it in place. I reclaimed the cream embroidered fabric from a curtain sample book destined for landfill - I used most of the piece for a Christmas Stocking but had enough left over for a few bookmarks. The soft wool layer is surplus from making medieval re-enactment garments, and the backing is wool felt offcut from making my playmats. The floral-themed fabric has been machine-stitched onto wool fabric using a blanket stitch to catch stray fibres. After straight-stitching these layers to the felt backing, I frayed the wool to add even more texture.