The Word Bookmark Printable Cross Stitch Design

The Word Bookmark takes its inspiration from John 1:1. "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God."

Click here for "The Word" printable bookmark chart

Such a simple statement, really. It must be believed to be understood. Yet it does not require understanding to be believed.

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Design Details for The Word Bookmark

Stitch Count: 32 high x 130 wide

Fabric and Approximate Finished Design Sizes:
14 ct. Aida 2 1/4" high x 9 1/4" wide
16 ct. Aida 2" high x 8 1/8" wide
18 ct. Aida 1 3/4" high x 7 1/4" wide

For other Fabric and Finished Design Sizes, let our handy stitch count table do the calculations for you.

I embroidered the bookmark on 14-count Aida with DMC 6-strand cotton floss and DMC Light Effects floss. It was finished by stitching a front and back design on two separate pieces of fabric, then sewing them together.

On the front, "The Word" is left white and unstitiched on a field of light to dark teal, with "in the beginning" across the face. Burgandy squares accent each corner and randomly dot the background. On the back, the remaining text of the verse is stitched in "barely-there," silver opalescent floss.

The border is white on white; overstitching with this Light Effects floss adds sparkle and shine. Finally, the two pieces are then half-stitched together, back to back, with fringe on either end.

Stitch Complexity

Full cross stitches, half stitches, 3/4 cross stitches and backstitches complete this design.

The French knot dots over the lower case "i", the period and the colon are not true French knots. The stiff, almost wire-like characteristic of the silver "metallic" Light Effects floss makes it difficult to make French knots (the substitute is described in the instructions).

You will use the same floss to overstitch areas already embroidered with the standard cotton floss. Half stitches "sew" the two sides together.

Click here for your free printable "The Word" bookmark cross stitch chart with instructions, stitch count and floss numbers. A new window will open so you can continue browsing here.

You can print all 10 pages of the file or just the pages you wish. You can also save the file to your hard drive for later printing.