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Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 1 - $39.95
A two-color Old English style shadowed monogram done in satin stitch. Simplify the look by skipping the first color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 2 - $39.95
A wonderful two-color traditional monogram style! The vines behind each letter are different. Try sewing the vine pattern with variegated thread for a softer antique quality. Simplify the look by skipping the first color or use the vines without the letters as embellishments around buttonholes, etc.
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Arabesque 3 - $39.95
Inspired by engraved wedding invitations, this two-color monogram style has an elaborate double running stitch background, different for each letter, with the letters themselves done in satin stitch. The style can be simplified by skipping the first color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 4 - $39.95
A large-scale script monogram style. One-color graceful letters from the 1930s create an aura of luxury and sophistication. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 5 - $39.95
Taken from 19th century artwork, this monogram style is done in graceful satin stitches. The swirling letter style can be used as a single letter monogram on formal napkins, or combined in dramatic two and three-letter monograms on linens.
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Arabesque 6 - $39.95
Hot Iron Transfer Patterns were first made in 1879, and continued to be popular with hand embroiderers until the mid-1950s. A vast array of subject matter was covered, and the artwork was designed to be transferred as line art to fabric. These monogram designs were available in the 1930s. We have digitized separate colors for each portion of the design, but this would also looks stunning done white-on-white for a wedding gift. The letters are raised satin stitch, and the display border with decorative bow is done in satin stitch, accented with French knots. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 7 - $39.95
Taken from artwork from 1940, this style is done as a satin stitch monogram. The letters are upright with dramatic swirl details. The larger letters are intended to be flanked by the smaller letters for three-letter monograms, but can also be used alone. This timeless style is great on linens, and can be enlarged significantly within your embroidery software program for use on shower curtains and chair backs. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 8 - $39.95
The flowing swirls of this classic monogram style are done in satin stitch with ample underlay to create a rounded look. The letters in this single-initial monogram style are framed by an arc on either side, done in two colors. Within the satin stitch border are areas of seed stitch, which add a luxurious texture as a counterpoint to the satin stitching. The letters can be used without the border by stopping your machine after the first color, or deleting the brackets in your embroidery software program. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 9 - $39.95
This gorgeous monogram style was digitized from artwork drawn in 1900 for professional hand monogrammers. We have digitized the small ornamental extensions as candlewick stitches, and the rows of embellishments within the letter borders as wing-needle stitches with an open center. Pictured here in several colors, this style looks spectacular white-on-white. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 10 - $39.95
A luxurious French monogram style, from the 1920s. Each letter has a curling tail, and is done in satin stitch. Used either as a graceful single letter monogram, or combined and overlapped for dramatic effect. This style looks sophisticated in any color scheme. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 11 - $39.95
A flowing vertical style - not too feminine, not too masculine. This satin stitch monogram style is digitized from 19th Century artwork. Good choice for linens. A very much enlarged style - 8 or 9 inches - would look great on a shower curtain or pillow. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Arabesque 12 - $39.95
There are left, middle and right versions of each embroidered letter, and in addition to the satin stitch letter each contains a section of a satin stitch swag, accented with candlewick stitches. Aligning the candlewick stitches in your embroidery software program will produce a continuous swag and a three-letter monogram. The center letter has an additional open ring detail at the top, and can be used alone. The artwork for this style is from the 1920s. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Baroque 1 - $39.95
Handwork monograms from the 1920s and 1930s often combine a central outline initial with flanking smaller initials done in satin stitch. This style, taken from artwork originally produced in Europe for professional hand embroiderers, uses a center letter with shading details. The small ring-shaped corner detail creates a very classic look that is just as interesting white-on-white. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Baroque 2 - $39.95
This luxurious monogram style combines two-color central letters with satin stitch flanking letters and scrolled satin stitch corner brackets. The unusual fill in the larger letters is accomplished with a meandering vermicelli stitch -each stitch is digitized by hand. The result has a texture like chenille, and is finished with a thin satin stitch border. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Candlewick - $39.95
A French handwork monogram style from the 1870s, with digitized candlewicking details. This two-color design looks equally vibrant and traditional sewn tone-on-tone with one thread color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Celtic - $39.95
Traditional 18th century highly detailed satin stitch monogram letters composed of intertwining elements, digitized in one color. These letters can also be used as compelling abstract designs - align repeats of the letter "I" to make a decorative border, rotate the letter "C" 90 degrees, then copy several times and join the points - endless possibilities. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Circle 5 - $39.95
The artwork for this fanciful monogram style is from 1916. The delicate satin stitch letters can be combined into a three-letter circular monogram. The surrounding bow and border is a separate design. The letters can be used with or without the border. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Circle 6 - $39.95
Digitized from artwork from 1939, this monogram set molds each letter into a circular shape. The satin stitch letters include curls and embellishments - an elegant formal style. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Cutwork 1 - $39.95
Cutwork is an heirloom embroidery technique incorporating open areas into the overall design. In "Richelieu" cutwork, distinctive buttonhole bars cross the open areas. This handwork technique can be created by machine using heavy-duty water soluble stabilizer. The artwork for this monogram style comes from 1917.
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Cutwork 2 - $39.95
This Cutwork monogram style has a harvest theme. The artwork is from 1910. The satin stitch letters have a shadowed area made of manual seed stitches with a thin satin stitch border, and a three-color wheat embellishment. The open ladderwork areas within each letter can be used with heavy-duty water soluble stabilizer for a true cutwork effect.
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Diamond 2 - $39.95
This is another French monogram style, this time from 1923. It has delicate satin stitch details, and would look great on linens, handkerchiefs, etc. The left side letters (A-Z) are one color. The right side letters (A-Z) are four colors - each letter includes a three color flower accent. This style would look equally elegant if sewn tone-on-tone, all one color. The letters are designed to be merged in left and right versions to create a diamond from the letters that you choose. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Diamond 7 - $39.95
The artwork for this monogram style is French, from 1936. Each letter is cleverly adapted to create a diamond shape, and done in satin stitch. These are intended as single-initial monograms for use on napkins, linens, or fashion accessories. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Empire - $39.95
A graceful old-fashioned monogram style, designed to create three-letter combinations that form an oval shape. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Five and Dime - $39.95
We call this monogram style "Five and Dime" because the artwork is from an iron-on transfer pattern that was sold through Woolworth's Department Stores in the 1940s. The letters are digitized in a graceful satin stitch with plenty of underlay. This is another classic style that is perfect on bed linens, either tone-on-tone or in a bright, contrasting color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 1 - $39.95
A very traditional two-color English manuscript monogram style, with a satin stitch fill and a double running stitch accent border. A traditional tone-on-tone look, If sewn with one thread color - a traditional tone-on-tone look - this style has an heirloom quality. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 2 - $39.95
Inspired by 16th Century illuminated manuscripts, this four-color monogram style has a highly detailed two-color fill pattern. Simplify the look by skipping over the fills and use the satin stitch and double running stitch border alone. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 4 - $39.95
A French 19th Century two-color monogram style - satin stitch letters with a double running stitch border. These letters are designed to be stacked on top of each other to create unique two-letter monograms, or use the letters individually or place them side by side. This style looks really elegant sewn tone-on-tone. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 5 - $39.95
A complex vine background, different for each letter, sets off these block monogram letters with contrasting border. This graceful 19th century style can be simplified by not sewing the first color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 6 - $39.95
This monogram style is English, dating from about 1900. There is a very delicate vine and leaf pattern in the background, composed of thin satin stitches and bean stitches, along with two-color satin stitch flowers. The letters are a serif block style, done in satin stitch fill with a thin outline detail. The overall motif creates a square. The letters can be used alone if you wish by skipping past the background. This is a five color design, but it looks equally special sewn in all one color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 7 - $39.95
Although this monogram style might typically be called "Old English" it comes from a continental source, so it would more accurately be called "Old French." The letters are done in satin stitch with underlay designed to give a dimensional rounded quality. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 8 - $39.95
The artwork for this monogram style is early 20th Century French, and comes from a magazine for professional hand embroiderers. Although the original calls for a single color, we have digitized this as two colors for those who might prefer the style without the small floral detail - not quite a fleur-de-lis - just skip over color one. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 9 - $39.95
Reminiscent of the intricate ironwork in a great European cathedral, this elaborate monogram style is done in satin stitch. The artwork is French, from the early 1900s. This is another style that looks timeless and spectacular white-on-white. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 10 - $39.95
This elaborate late 19th Century monogram style is a two-color design with leaf and vine details digitized as satin stitch and ample underlay for a rounded effect. Within the satin stitch letter borders is an unusual fill pattern composed of overlapping meandering running stitches with each individual stitch manually digitized and carefully placed. The fill simulates a hand-stitched seed stitch, and provides a luxurious texture whether executed in color or tone-on-tone. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 11 - $39.95
The artwork for this style was designed for hand embroiderers in 1879. We have adapted this very traditional monogram style for machine embroidery by adding an additional underlay column throughout, which simulates the look of padded satin stitch. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 12 - $39.95
This monogram style is from the United States, created in 1875 - one of our oldest historical styles. The letters are digitized in satin stitch. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Gothic 13 - $39.95
This monogram style is digitized from artwork published for hand embroiderers in 1869. The satin stitch letters are embellished with an overlapping satin stitch binding that simulates a knot. We first saw handwork examples of this style while on a research trip to the Embroiderer's Guild in England. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Jefferson - $39.95
This monogram style is based on Thomas Jefferson's embroidered monogram, which we came across in a 1930s magazine article. An upright style, composed of satin stitches with traditional flare details. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Lace 2 - $39.95
The artwork for the lettering in this monogram style is from 1913. The initials are complimented by an oval-shaped background grid with a fancy scalloped edge. The design is digitized for appliquÈ, so fabric can be placed behind the gird, or fabric removed for a true lace effect. We have included color changes to allow each element to be sewn with a different thread color - or sewn all in one tone if you prefer. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Lattice 1 - $39.95
19th Century artwork was used to digitize this script monogram style, done in two colors. The flowing, rounded satin stitch letters are punctuated by lattice details done in delicate satin stitch. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Lattice 2 - $39.95
This monogram style, based on artwork from 1864, is done in 3mm wide satin stitch. The elaborate intertwining loops and straight sections are reminiscent of carefully crafted architectural ironwork. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Medieval 1 - $39.95
A large classic one-color monogram style - great for towels! Brought up to date from actual 12th Century lettering styles (which did not include several letters in the modern alphabet - they weren't invented yet). This style suggests typography from the credits for black and white films about knights and maidens. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Medieval 2 - $39.95
Although the artwork for this monogram style is from the late 19th Century, and the letters would be perfectly at home in an ancient setting, they have an irresistably contemporary side - like little animated characters. The A has a bouncy optimism, the K is a little shy. Letters are filled with a manual seeding stitch, and completed with a satin stitch outline. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Moderne 1 - $39.95
Done in satin stitch, this monogram style from 1927 incorporates sweeping curves and a fresh feeling for the modern age. In architecture, noteworthy buildings in the Moderne style include the Bathers Building in San Francisco's Aquatic Park, and The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, England. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Moderne 2 - $39.95
This monogram set is digitized in satin stitch from artwork produced in the 1910s. It has a very elastic style - the letters seem infused with an exuberant energy. They sew beautifully on linens. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Perennial 1 - $39.95
This monogram style is derived from a 1940s vintage monogrammed hankie in our Monogram Museum collection. The fluid satin stitch letters are framed by a three color oval border - a stylized satin stitch vine motif with a twist effect, along with leaves and four delicate satin stitch flowers with open centers. This style looks wonderful sewn all in one color, tone-on-tone. The letters can be used alone by skipping the border, which sews first. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Perennial 2 - $39.95
Inspired by a 1940s vintage monogrammed hankie in our Monogram Museum collection, this elaborate style includes several digitizing techniques based on handwork. There are small oval seed stitch fill patterns, bordered by satin stitch edges and leaf details. Short sections of chain stitch create an overall oval border, finished with satin stitch flowers at the top and bottom. The monogram letters are digitized with several underlay layers to create extra lift for the satin stitches, and several small split columns create depressions, as often seen in finely crafted hand embroidery. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Perennial 3 - $39.95
This monogram style was inspired by a vintage embroidered monogram from our extensive collection. The original is all one color - white-on-white - and this style will look elegant sewn that way. In order to add some additional design flexibility we have digitized color breaks for the different elements of the garland so that a complex palette of spring colors can be used. All of the elements are satin stitch. As with others of this type, you can sew the garland alone by stopping before the initial is sewn, or sew just the initial alone by skipping past the colors in the garland. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Regal - $39.95
This two-color script style is influenced by designs produced on old zig-zag stitch monogramming machines. The shadowed effect can be created with either color as the lighter highlight, or for a simpler look sew only the first color. The mirrored brackets are an option, and can be added for decorative effect. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Romanesque 2 - $39.95
This monogram style is taken from one of the vintage monogrammed hankies in our Monogram Museum collection. The rounded satin stitch letters with curling Romanesque details are surrounded by an intricate flower and vine border, done in satin stitch, with a bow at the bottom. Although done as a two color design, this monogram looks wonderful when sewn white-on-white in all one color. The letters can be used alone by skipping over the border design. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Romanesque 5 - $39.95
This monogram style is digitized from artwork from the 1930s. It consists of a 5 color decorative crest design, done in satin stitch with manually digitized fills for the two stylized flowers. The crest surrounds satin stitch letters that have different versions for left and right for use in two-letter monograms. The letters can be used without the crest. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Romanesque 6 - $39.95
The artwork for this monogram style is late 19th Century - more than 100 years old ! A delicate vine motif creates the mood, and the elaborate letters complete it. The satin stitch letters can be used alone by skipping the first color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Royal - $39.95
Inspired by the great typography designer J. M. Bergling (1866-1933) this fluid satin stitch nonogram style can be used with or without the brackets that complete the circular motif. Left, middle, and right versions of each letter are included, along with an additional placement template design. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Rustic 2 - $39.95
This "Old English" monogram style also has some distinctly American roots. In 1939, Big Band leader Harry James discovered a kid named Frank Sinatra waiting tables and singing at a small restaurant and supper club just outside New York City on Route 9-W in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The club was The Rustic Cabin and this style was used on the menu cover. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Silk Lantern - $39.95
This festive monogram style, with oriental lantern embellishments, has a light and modern feeling - so you may be as surprised as we were to learn that the artwork is French, and was drawn in 1859. The lanterns are filled with manual seed stitches, and the Asian-inspired letters are done in satin stitch. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Triangle 4 - $39.95
We acquired a style book from an old monogram shop that went out of business. The book contains examples of the shop's offerings, showing only a few letters for each style. We were intrigued by a variation on a geometric triangle - this one has curling script letters that can be arranged in a three- letter triangle form, with brackets to accent the triangle shape. We recreated the rest of the alphabet, digitizing the letters in satin stitch. An outline template design is also included to make it quick and easy to place the letters when merging them in your embroidery software program. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Tween - $39.95
This monogram style has a charming young feminine quality - the curly 3 color border compliments the initials with their long curling tails. We have pictured two-letter monograms, but the initials can also be used individually, and enlarged within your embroidery resizing program if you prefer. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 1 - $39.95
Graceful Victorian monogram letters composed of a combination of satin stitches and double running stitches, with flower accents. This style is derived from an 1890s American embroidery pattern book and looks fabulous on linens, sewn in colors or entirely with white thread. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 2 - $39.95
A three-color monogram style derived from a handwork pattern book from the 1890s, with an elaborate vine background, different for each letter. This very delicate style looks wonderful tone-on-tone for a completely traditional look. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 3 - $39.95
This three-color elf-like monogram style is American, from the 1880s. Appropriate all year, it is especially useful at Christmas time - think "snow", "over the river and through the woods", "monogrammed Christmas stockings". ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 4 - $39.95
Great for towels, the letters in this one-color monogram style have little horns and ears, and a distinct personality - also very elegant on white linens, sewn with white thread. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 5 - $39.95
Satin stitch monogram letters, with a background of leaves and vines. The background is a combination of satin and double running stitches - each background design is different. When several letters are aligned the backgrounds appear continuous. There are left and right handed end designs which match the backgrounds, and can be added for a fancier look. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 7 - $39.95
This monogram style is adapted from a 19th Century handwork pattern - we found the artwork in the British Library in London. The circular accents create a unique look when combined with the flowing script style. All of the elements are done in satin stitch. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 8 - $39.95
This monogram style is digitized from artwork from 1913. The classically proportioned letters are offset by a grapeleaf with grapes attached. The design is four colors, and will look very sophisticated on kitchen linens and aprons - perfect for the wine enthusiast, or for anyone who appreciates history, food, and gardens. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 10 - $39.95
This satin stitch monogram style is large and great on linens and towels. It also looks quite modern, espite the fact that the artwork, which we found in Europe, was published in 1872 - more than 130 years ago! ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 11 - $39.95
This monogram style, with its wide satin stitch columns and open circle embellishment, has a fresh, festive quality. The artwork is from the early 20th Century. We have used extra underlay to give the columns a special rounded look. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Heirloom
Victorian 12 - $39.95
Digitized from artwork from 1910, this classic monogram style is done in satin stitch with extra underlay for a rounded look. The edges have scalloped piecrust details. |
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