Felt Shamrock Bookmark (Free Pattern)

These felt shamrock bookmarks are perfect for St. Patricks Day or for sharing the luck of the Irish. Use our free pattern to make these DIY corner bookmarks with felt and hand sewing.

Two felt shamrock bookmarks on top of a book.

Our Felt Shamrock Plushie is also a quick and easy St. Patricks Day sewing craft.

How to Sew a Shamrock Bookmark

Supplies

Directions

Step 1

Download, print and cut out the free shamrock patterns.

Trace the shamrock layers on different shades of green felts and the corner bookmark base.

Cut out the pattern pieces.

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 1 - A group of felt clovers and a small white object.

Step 2

Take the 2 smallest shamrock pieces and place the smallest shamrock on top of the medium-sized shamrock in the center. 

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 2 - A needle and a felt clover.

Step 3

Place those layers on the largest shamrock pattern piece, centering all of the pieces.

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 3 - A needle and a felt shamrock.

Thread a needle and hand stitch the small layer using three straight stitches as seen in the photo below. Make sure to join all 3 layers together as you are hand sewing. 

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 4 -A needle and a green felt clover.

Step 4

Place the layers on one of the bookmark base pattern pieces. 

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 5 -A needle and a felt shamrock.

Hand stitch along the outer edge of the big shamrock piece to join it with the bookmark base. I stitched around the stem and some of the leaf.

You do not have to stitch the entire edge of the shamrock.

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 6 - A green and white felt shamrock.
Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 8 - St Patrick's day felt shamrocks.

Knot the thread in the back of the base piece and cut off.

Step 5

Place the plain base cutout underneath the stitched one. Change the thread on your needle to match the thread of the bookmark base.

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 9 - A needle with a felt clover.

Stitch along the two straight sides of the bookmark bases, leaving the curved round edges open.

Felt Shamrock Bookmark Step 10 - A green shamrock brooch on a white surface.

Knot the thread in the back of the bookmark once you have attached both edges. Cut off the excess thread.

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This is just one of our easy DIY bookmark sewing projects. Be sure to see them all!

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