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Category - Masculine
Arabesque 7 - $49.95
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 - Masculine
Art Deco 1 - $49.95
A rounded monogram style with a checkerboard fill pattern. A three-color design - simplify the look by sewing the fill in one color, or skip the fill entirely and use the border alone. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Art Deco 2 - $49.95
A five-color monogram style - seeding stitch fill patterns with satin stitch and running stitch details - inspired by Art Deco movie posters - think "Miami Beach", Rudolf Valentino", "butter popcorn" (with real butter). ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Art Deco 3 - $49.95
This two-color monogram style is a recreation from the late 1930s.The background shading is composed of overlapping satin stitches, and the letter itself is a thin satin stitch - this style is equally elegant on linens in colors or tone-on-tone. Several of the letters were pictured in a 1938 article in "House Beautiful", and from those we were able to imagine the rest. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Art Deco 4 - $49.95
A three-letter monogram in this style can be composed as a square or a diagonal arrangement - or align smaller size letters with a larger size letter flipped on its side. The fill is satin stitch, split into two sections with mitered corners, and with a thin satin stitch border. This three-color design can be simplified by sewing the letters with only one or two thread colors. This monogram style has a masculine quality. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Art Deco 5 - $49.95
This is a crisp and simple style from the 1940s. A combination of three letters, plus companion borders will create a square monogram. This style looks great on linens and towels, and can also be used for fashion sewing on a scarf or for an eye-catching embellishment on a jacket. While a standard monogram traditionally shows the last name initial as the largest, this style is designed to have that initial placed on the right. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Art Deco 6 - $49.95
Taken from 1940s artwork, the letters are done in satin stitch. The monogram set includes a grouping of three dot accents, digitized to simulate a wing-needle look with a hole in the center of the circle. This versatile style can be used in a variety of arrangements - letters on a diagonal with the dots used as caps, on a baseline with the dots as flanking elements, or on a center line. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Arts and Crafts 1 - $49.95
This monogram style is digitized from American Arts and Crafts linotype styles from the 1920s. The letters are wide satin stitch, with a thin satin stitch outline as a border. The designs can be sewn with our without the border. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Block - $49.95
A three-color monogram style, the letter shapes are composed of blocks - sew thes out with one thread color for a different look. This style has a solid, masculine quality - an interesting variation of the conventional Athletic Block. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Diamond 1 - $49.95
Another monogram classic, this one from the 1950s. Merge designs to create any combination of two letters, then frame them with the corners to complete the Diamond shape. The letters and corners are elegant satin stitches with ample underlay to produce a full appearance. Great on towels, linens, scarves, etc. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Diamond 3 - $49.95
This monogram style is from the 1930s. The background is an overlapping mesh, surrounded by a satin stitch border with a bean stitch highlight. The satin stitch monogram letter is flanked by two circular embellishments. The letters are digitized for appliqué, so a contrasting colored fabric can be laid under the mesh, or the design can be sewn as cutwork utilizing water-soluble stabilizer. Although digitized with 5 colors, this looks wonderfully subtle if sewn all in white. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Diamond 4 - $49.95
In the 1930s and 40s, department stores like Woolworths sold iron-on transfer patterns for a wide variety or subject matter, including monogramming. The patterns could be transferred to fabric with a hot iron, and the pattern then used for hand embroidery. This style is based on one of those patterns. In addition to creating a three-letter diamond monogram, the smaller left and right flanking letters can be used together to create a two-letter diamond shape. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Diamond 5 - $49.95
A three-letter diamond monogram is one of the all-time classic styles. This one is based on a vintage 1940s iron-on transfer pattern - sold in department stores for 15 cents. The appropriate left, middle, and right initials are combined within your embroidery software program, along with four corner brackets, to create your own timeless monogram. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Diamond 6 - $49.95
The artwork for this single-letter monogram design came from an iron-on transfer pattern from the 1930s. The upright initials are done in satin stitch. The two-color bracket has simulated handwork seeding stitch accents framed with satin stitch outlines, and the overall design is finished off with flanking French knots. The letters can be used alone by stopping after the letter is sewn. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Diplomat - $49.95
This powerful masculine monogram design is from the 1920s. The strong vertical orientation of the letters create an aura of high style from a time when designs of this type would have been found embroidered on dressing gowns, smoking jackets and plush towels. The design is digitized in satin stitch. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Gothic 10 - $49.95
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 - Masculine
Greek - $49.95
This two-color Greek style is perfect for sororities and fraternities. The outlines can be used without the fills. The complete Greek alphabet has been digitized - 24 letters. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Jefferson - $49.95
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 - Masculine
Olympia - $49.95
Taken from artwork from 1908, this grecian monogram style is digitized with satin stitch columns in two colors. In addition to their use on linens, try enlarging these letters significantly within your embroidery software program for use on a pillow or a chairback. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Oval 1 - $49.95
This monogram style came from an iron-on transfer pattern from the 1940s. It is intended for the creation of a three-letter oval shaped monogram, accomplished by merging the appropriate letters from left, middle, and right versions. The center letter can be used alone for a single letter monogram. The designs are digitized in satin stitch with ample underlay for use on towels or fleece. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Oval 3 - $49.95
Our historical research turned up a style sheet from a monogramming shop that closed sometime in the late 1940s - this was one of their custom offerings. We had enough information from the three letters pictured in their sample to recreate the entire set. It is done in satin stitch for both letters and border with two French Knot accents. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Oval 4 - $49.95
From the catalogue of a commercial monogram shop in the late 1930s, this modern style features satin stitch letters intended to create three-letter monograms in a slanted oval shape. The included placement design makes perfect placement of the letters quick and easy. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Petite 1 - $49.95
Script and Block monogram styles - designed for use on cuffs and above shirt pockets. Digitized correctly for small sizes - much better than resizing stock letters, which have too many stitches to sew well when reduced in scale. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Petite 2 - $49.95
Script and Block monogram styles - designed for use on cuffs and above shirt pockets. Digitized correctly for small sizes. Similar to Petite Monogram Set 1, but a different letter style. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Petite 3 - $49.95
These miniature Diamond and Circle monograms are specifically digitized to sew well at small sizes. They can be used with or without the borders, and to facilitate perfect combinations of the letters with your embroidery software program, each style comes with a placement outline template design. Great for men's handkerchiefs, shirt cuffs - or for any fashion project that calls for a classic but discreet monogram. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Royal - $49.95
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 - Masculine
Rustic 1 - $49.95
Rustic" doesn't have to mean "crude". In American architecture, country living and Art Deco styling came together in National Park Service buildings in the 1920s. This monogram style, done in satin stitch, is digitized from artwork of the period. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Rustic 2 - $49.95
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 - Masculine
Triangle 1 - $49.95
Taken from artwork from the 1930s, this is a classic three-letter triangle monogram style - the type that would have been found on fine linens or the linings of luxurious fur coats. The set includes left, middle, and right versions for each letter. There is a separate design for the two corner details, and a running stitch triangle outline to help with prefect placement of the parts. The letters and corner details are digitized in statin stitch with plenty of underlay for a traditional rounded appearance. The letters can be used without the corner details if you wish. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Triangle 2 - $49.95
Taken from artwork from a 1933 French publication for professional embroiders, this versatile triangle style includes everything needed to create many variations for two-letter monograms. There are left and right side versions of the alphabet, which can be used alone or in combination with the triangular border. There are also left and right versions of two styles of corner brackets. These satin stitch designs can be used on anything, but are particularly useful for on-point napkin monograms. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Triangle 3 - $49.95
A classic two-letter triangle monogram, with a corner bracket, arranged in a dramatic right triangle shape. The artwork for this style came from a 1930s European source. This style can be used as is for linens. Use your resizing software to reduce the size for napkins, or enlarge for use on towels or shower curtains. The designs are digitized in satin stitch. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Varsity - $49.95
This monogram style is perfect for sports enthusiasts, and can be used on shirts, jackets, etc. The design has a classic athletic block shape, and features a fill pattern finished with a satin stitch outline in a different color. The same design can also be used with an appliqué substituted for the fill - the digitizing begins with a running stitch, a machine stop, then a light density tack-down stitch along the letter outline. The appliquÈ option will save stitches, and can be used with the satin stitch border. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Victorian 4 - $49.95
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 - Masculine
Victorian 11 - $49.95
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 - Masculine
Wooden - $49.95
This three-color monogram style seems made of wood - the two-color fill pattern has woodgrain details, with a satin stitch border and a masculine outdoor look - think "fenceposts", "covered bridges", "treehouses". ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Category - Masculine
Woolworth - $49.95
In the 1940s the artwork for classic monogram styles could be found in department stores and used as patterns for hand embroidery. This style is digitized in satin stitch in two sizes, and comes with a satin stitch border design that frames a three-letter vertical monogram. The letters can also be aligned in a horizontal row, a diagonal arrangement, or used one by one, so this style is quite versatile. |
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