How to Make a Bookmark for a Paperback Book Caddy

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Karen for Expert Village. Now we're going to put a bookmark right in the center of our book cover. You want to just sort of mark the center there. We could put a pin. I'm going to be putting it in where we have that hole, where we left the hole for turning the fabric. I'm going to slide the ribbon into the seam allowance. We've top stitched but it didn't close it completely. I'm going to just slide the ribbon in there. It will only go in about a 1/4 inch and just pin it in place just to hold. Then we'll sew that in place. We're going to sew all along. That will help us close up the hole and it'll sew in our bookmark. I've switched back to the white thread so that will coordinate with the fabric that we have here. We go back and forth a little bit on our bookmark to give that reinforcement, and then just travel down to close up that hole that we left for turning. Now we're finished. We'll just trim up our threads and I'll show you how to place your paperback book into the caddy. Just open your cover like this and fold down those Velcro, and you can slide the other side in and fold down the Velcro. I used Velcro here in case the size of your book changes. So if your book is a little bit larger than this, you can just fold it like this. If your book is a little smaller, you can tighten it up a bit. It should be custom fit to any book that you have. The basic measurements are for a basic paperback book, pretty standard. Here's our bookmark to put wherever you're reading. This is a great little carrier to carry your paperback book. You can read your book while it's in the caddy. It doesn't get in the way, and nobody's busy looking at what you're reading."