Jul 15, 2013 · Mary, please keep writing about monograms! I grew up in a Southern WASP family in the 80s so my entire childhood was filled with monogrammed outfits, linens, jewelry and just about everything else. I’d love it if you offered a few hints of how I could do a custom monogram on needlepoint canvas. P.S. If it’s not moving, I monogram it!

Sep 10, 2014 · But, admittedly, I only have a few monogrammed items – a little needle case, this gorgeous piece of linen, a linen towel with someone else’s initials on it. I don’t have monograms screaming off the walls in my house, jumping off the sofa into people’s faces, or bellowing from my closet. That doesn’t mean I don’t love monograms.

Aug 2, 2013 · There’s really good and useful information in here, too! You’ll find a nice reference list on the standard sizes of monogrammed table linens. You’ll learn a little bit about how monogram cyphers are arranged. You’ll find discussion on the historical significance of certain items like crowns in monograms.

Oct 15, 2008 · I love seeing what readers are doing out there in the embroidery world. And it especially thrills me when they use a pattern or stitch suggestion from Needle ‘n Thread, and send pictures! Here are some monogrammed towels from a reader – you’ll recognize one of the monograms. These little towels were hand embroidered by Queenie.

Jul 6, 2008 · I'm glad to see that some readers are having fun embroidering some of the monograms from the alphabet I've been posting recently! Meeta sent photos of her recent hand embroidery project - a guest towel made from dark brown linen, with the "K" on it worked in white.... Meeta used a nice combination o

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Oct 8, 2014 · Dear Mary. Like you Mary I love red and what a beautiful cheese box made into a needlework box wonderful I would love to have a feel around her box and look at all the needlework goodies inside, the exterior is also beautiful with all the different animals and the S monogram I love and the vintage buttons are lovely.

Jun 15, 2008 · I mentioned in yesterday’s post (the beginning of a monogrammed linen guest towel) that, to make my embroidery classes a little easier this summer, and to eliminate the time for transferring designs, I decided to go with iron-on transfers. I think there’s a knack to ironing on a transfer – you’d think it wouldn’t be that big of a deal ...

Aug 13, 2014 · It is understood in modern times that a monogram starts with a verb: “to embroidery, engrave or write one’s initial(s)”, as in “a monogrammed shirt cuff”. The “cypher” (“cipher”) is any well-executed set of initials formed into a single design. A cipher literally means a “code” or a “riddle”.

Aug 29, 2011 · Count me in as another Lover of Monograms!! I also use them as patterns (and never iron them on)! I teach a “monogram” course, and that is the tactic I use — to start with simple, but effective, stitches and materials up to the highly padded, over-the-top monograms.