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Monograms
General Sewing
Although the automatic monogram stitch patterns on computerized
sewing machines are convenient and easy to stitch, you may want
to create different sizes or styles of monograms, using
free-motion machine embroidery.
Materials needed:
Monograms can either be drawn directly onto the fabric or onto a
piece of water-soluble stabilizer. If you are monogramming a
bath towel or sweater, it is easier to draw the monogram on
water-soluble stabilizer than it is to draw it on the textured
fabric; the stabilizer is then placed over the fabric to use as
a guide for stitching. Draw a horizon line under each letter and
keep it horizontal as you stitch so the stitching will
automatically taper in the right places.
Use a narrow, wooden hoop or a spring hoop for monogramming.
Wooden hoops with fixing screws hold the fabric more tightly,
but spring hoops are available in the small sizes needed for
areas such as pockets, cuffs, and collars. It is helpful to
place tear-away stabilizer under the hoop to prevent the fabric
from puckering.
You can use either 30-weight or 40-weight machine embroidery
thread for monogramming; the 30-weight thread is a little
heavier and fills in faster than 40-weight thread.
Practice stitching the upper case 'M" and lower case "e",
because these two letters include all the techniques required
for the other letters in the alphabet. When you monogram, think
of the sewing machine needle as a pencil. Start to stitch each
letter at the same place you would start writing it with a
pencil.
The size of the letter determines the stitch width; the
larger the letter, the wider the stitch width. The widest stitch
width setting on the sewing machine works well for 2" (5 cm)
letters, but a medium stitch width should be used for smaller
letters.
This and other projects can be found HERE or in the
Decorative Machine Stitching volume of the Singer Sewing
Reference Library by Creative Publishing International.
Compatible with: QUANTUM® 9920, 5825, 2662,
SCHOLASTIC, QUANTUM® 9910, 57825, QUANTUM® 7350, 57820, 2638,
QUANTUM® 7312, 5705, 1725, 5160, 1525, QUANTUM® Stylist
(Discontinued), 5050, 5040, 4830, QUANTUM® Décor, 6038, QUANTUM®
9940, 5830, 2950, 1120, SCHOLASTIC PLUS™, 2732, |
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