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Ultrasuede Bookmarks (In-the-Hoop)

Completed Ultrasuede Bookmark (In-the-Hoop) project, featuring 'Wherever You Go Bookmark (In-the-Hoop)' design

Ultrasuede turns an ordinary bookmark into one that is soft and lush to the touch, and pleasing to the eye.


Make these bookmarks for any occasion - tuck inside a book that you give or lend to a friend, or insert into a greeting card for an extra-special touch.

Supplies & Materials:

Supplies needed:


  • Two 9" x 12" pieces of Ultrasuede
  • Cutaway stabilizer
  • Temporary spray adhesive (for fabric)
  • All-purpose (permanent) spray adhesive (or glue)
  • Topping
  • Pinking or decorative shears

The design used in this tutorial is:


Wherever You Go Bookmark (In-the-Hoop)

Gather Materials:

First, cut a piece of cutaway stabilizer a bit larger than your hoop.

Embroidery hoop with white stabilizer fabric hooped on a dark wood surface, showing a rectangular shape with rounded corners.

Ultrasuede is a bit slippery, so to make sure that the fabric doesn't move or shift during the embroidery, we're using adhesive between the stabilizer and the fabric.


Spray the stabilizer with temporary spray adhesive.

Hand holding yellow spray adhesive can, spraying white paper placed on a dark wooden surface.

Smooth the Ultrasuede on top of the stabilizer.

A hand holds up the corner of a square piece of blue fabric with a white backing, resting on a dark wooden surface.

Start Embroidering:

Hoop the Ultrasuede and stabilizer with one layer of topping.

Embroidery hoop with blue fabric secured inside on a wooden table; a hand is adjusting the hoop's tightening screw on the right side.

Attach the hoop to the machine, and embroider the design.

Embroidery machine stitching pink text and a yellow butterfly design on a blue fabric stretched in an embroidery hoop, set on a white sewing machine.

After the design has finished embroidering, remove the topping.

Hand holding a blue fabric bookmark with an embroidered beige dog and pink cursive text in a purple rectangular border on a wooden surface.

Trim the excess stabilizer from the backside. Cut as close to the satin stitch border as possible without cutting any stitches.

A hand holding orange scissors cutting a white fabric piece with purple embroidery next to a blue fabric piece on a wooden surface.

Spray the backside with permanent spray adhesive, or apply glue.

Hand holding a spray can spraying a blue fabric square with an embroidered label in the center on a wooden table.

Smooth the other piece of Ultrasuede over the back of the embroidery.

Hand holding a folded piece of purple fabric, revealing a layer of blue fabric underneath, both placed on a wooden surface.

Measure and mark a box around the bookmark, leaving a 3/4" border on all sides.

Hand holding a blue pen above blue fabric with rectangular embroidery showing a yellow cat and partially visible red text inside a blue and red bordered box.

Using a pinking or decorative shears, cut just inside the marked line. This keeps the cut straight and ensures that n open marks are left on the finished bookmark.


Tuck into a birthday or get well card as an extra-special gift!

Close-up of blue ultrasuede fabric with a colorful embroidered design framed by rectangular stitches. Scissors cutting along the frame on a wooden surface.