Wine Bottle Bookmark, In-the-Hoop

Mark where you've left off in your favorite book with an in-the-hoop bookmark! Made in the shape of a bottle with the cork popping off, it's the perfect gift for wine (and book!) lovers alike.

Supplies & Materials:

Project Materials or Supplies
- 1/8 yard total of small pieces of quilter's cotton

- Tear-away stabilizer

- Medium-weight cutaway stabilizer

- Temporary spray adhesive (Gunold KK100)

- 8" length of string or yarn

- Masking tape

The designs used in this tutorial include:

- X12700, Wine Bottle Bookmark (In-the-Hoop)

Gather Materials:

When you download the in-the-hoop wine bottle bookmark design, you will find multiple files. Some are the embroidery files, and the others are dieline files marked with the letters "DL". Dielines are used to cut the fabric to the correct shape and size. Open and print each dieline file using an embroidery software. If you do not have an embroidery software, take a look at our helpful video on using dielines.

Two printed production worksheets with outlines of a wine bottle and squares on white paper, placed on a wooden surface.

Spray a piece of cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive and smooth the quilter's cotton on top. Spray the backside of the front piece dieline with temporary spray adhesive and smooth onto the fabric.

Hand holding a rectangular fabric piece with a green and white swirl pattern; a wine bottle outline is drawn in black on white fabric stitched onto the center.

Cut out the shape. Remove the printed dieline.

Two paper shapes of a bottle silhouette lie on a wooden surface; one is green with a swirl pattern, the other is white with pencil lines and a pair of metal scissors resting on it.

Repeat this process for the back piece, and the cork pieces, too.

Two fabric bookmarks shaped like wine bottles with green spiral patterns lie on a wooden surface next to two small white fabric pieces with leaf embroidery.

Now that the fabric pieces are cut to the proper shape and size, it's time to embroider the design. Hoop a piece of tear-away stabilizer. Madeira E-Zee Tear 1.5 oz. or Floriani Tearaway Medium are good choices.

Embroidery hoop with stabilizer fabric secured inside, placed on a wooden surface, and a separate detachable frame piece and metal screw for hoop tightening are visible.

Start Embroidering:

Attach the hoop to the machine and embroider the design. The first thing to embroider will be a dieline, or outline stitch. This marks the area on the stabilizer for the front fabric piece.

Embroidery machine stitching an outline of a wine bottle shape on white fabric hooped in a rectangular embroidery frame. Thin brown thread is used.

Spray the back of the front fabric piece with adhesive. Remove the hoop from the machine, but do not unhoop the stabilizer. Place the fabric right inside the sewn outline.

Embroidery hoop with white stabilizer holding fabric featuring a green wine bottle shape filled with lighter green swirl patterns; hand with ring touching fabric.

Reattach the hoop onto the machine and continue with the design. A zigzag stitch tack down will sew next. This holds the front fabric in place for the remainder of the design.

Close-up of green fabric with light green swirl pattern being embroidered on a white sewing machine, with zigzag stitches around the edge forming a rectangular shape.

All of the inside elements will sew next. On the color change sheet, look for the note that says "bottle back piece tack down." When you get to this section, stop the machine and remove the hoop from the machine. Do not unhoop the stabilizer.

Close-up of an embroidery machine stitching a fabric bookmark shaped like a wine bottle, with green swirl patterns, beige middle, and a red top.

Cut a piece of string to about 8" long. Secure in place with masking tape on the backside of the back fabric piece.

Hand holding a piece of twine attached to a white paper cutout shaped like a wine bottle, resting on a wood grain surface.

Spray the backside of the back fabric piece with temporary adhesive. Place the back piece inside the shape of the embroidery. Secure the string in place onto the stabilizer with a piece of tape to prevent it from being sewn over later on.

Close-up of hand with ring holding fabric in embroidery hoop; green fabric with light green swirls stitched in a wine bottle shape; hoop on wooden surface.

Since both sides of the bookmark will be seen, wind a bobbin with the same thread being used in the needle.

Close-up of a sewing machine bobbin loaded with shiny gold thread inside the bobbin case, mounted in the machine's bobbin holder on a white sewing machine.

Attach the hoop back onto the machine and continue with the design. A zigzag or tackdown stitch will sew next, followed by a satin stitch border to finish off the bottle.

Close-up of an embroidery machine stitching a fabric wine bottle shape with a red top and green body featuring light green swirls. The bottle is hooped in a white plastic embroidery frame.

Next, the dieline for the front of the cork will sew.

Embroidery machine stitching a bottle-shaped design on white fabric, green swirls on bottle body, red bottle top, beige label area, hoop and needle visible.

Add the front fabric right inside the dieline.

Close-up of a hand holding a small embroidered lemon slice piece next to an embroidered green wine bottle with a red cap and beige label on white fabric.

Continue with the design. A zigzag or tackdown stitch will sew next.

Close-up of an embroidery machine hoop stitching a green wine bottle with a red top and a small label on white fabric. The machine is actively embroidering.

Remove the hoop from the machine. Turn the hoop over and tape the loose end of the string in the center of the cork fabric.

Close-up of a hand holding a green fabric wine bottle-shaped bookmark with light green swirl pattern, beige backing, and a brown stitched outline on white stabilizer.

Spray the backside of the back cork fabric with adhesive. Secure the string to the stabilizer as shown. Wind a bobbin with the same thread being used in the needle and continue with the design. A zigzag tack down and satin border will sew.

Close-up of a hand holding a beige embroidered bookmark piece with a sunflower design sewn onto a green spiral patterned base, both attached with thread on stabilizer fabric in an embroidery hoop.

When the design has finished, unhoop the stabilizer and gently tear it away.

Green embroidered wine bottle bookmark with swirly patterns and a smaller attached tag, placed on a wooden surface next to a piece of cutaway stabilizer.

Get Inspired:

Slip the bottle between the pages of your favorite book, and let the cork hang out to mark your spot.