Usage - NapkinsArabesque 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 Usage - NapkinsAvant Garde 5 - $39.95
Digitized from artwork from 1937, this monogram set combines thin vertical satin stitch letters with a festive border that is basically geometric, but with a bit of extra flare in the longest brackets - knobs at the ends. The brackets can be sewn in two colors as shown, with contrasting letter color, or everything can be sewn in one tone-on-tone color. Great for napkins. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsAvant Garde 6 - $39.95
Artwork from the early 1900s is the basis for this style. Digitized in satin stitch with thin, graceful, curling elements, this monogram style can be used to create a three-letter monogram by staggering the placement of the flanking letters - a two-letter monogram is just as attractive. A delicate style for linens and napkins. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsBrushwork 1 - $39.95
A satin-stitch monogram style digitized from artwork from the early 1900s. The letters have a japanese flavor, with the look of a western alphabet painted with ink and a brush. There is quite a bit of height variation from one letter to the next, and a natural flow to the letter shape. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsBrushwork 2 - $39.95
A satin-stitch monogram style with a flowing, handmade quality, and variation in height from one letter to the next - which one would expect from a style created by someone with a brush.M The artwork for this monogram set was commissioned from Kipp T. Jarden, a traditional animator with a 2008 BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design. You can see more of his work on his website at http://www.kippjarden.com. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsCircle 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 Usage - NapkinsCircle 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 Usage - NapkinsCutwork 3 - $39.95
The artwork for this monogram style is from 1938. It is a blend of old world (open ladderwork borders) and new world (a simple contemporary letter style). For a true cutwork effect, use heavy-duty water soluble stabilizer. This style is just as attractive without the open ladderwork, or the borders can have a fabric insert if executed as appliqué. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsDiamond 1 - $39.95
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 Usage - NapkinsDiamond 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 Usage - NapkinsDiamond 3 - $39.95
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 Usage - NapkinsDiamond 4 - $39.95
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 Usage - NapkinsDiamond 5 - $39.95
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 Usage - NapkinsDiamond 6 - $39.95
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 Usage - NapkinsDiamond 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 Usage - NapkinsDiamond 8 - $39.95
This two-color monogram style is a nicely formal presentation of a diamond shape. The artwork is from the 1930s, and each satin stitch letter is framed with satin stitch border sections to complete the diamond shape. We have digitized this style in two colors to allow you to give a bit of extra emphasis to the letter, but traditionally this would have been embroidered in one color - white-on- white - on fine linens, napkins, etc. To produce a single color version just use the same thread color for letters and frames. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsEmpire - $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 Usage - NapkinsGothic 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 Usage - NapkinsGothic 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 Usage - NapkinsGothic 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 Usage - NapkinsGothic 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 Usage - NapkinsLace 1 - $39.95
This delicate monogram style, composed of running stitches and thin satin stitch outlines, has a simulated overcast stitch diamond-shape border. It can be sewn with an appliqué insert on towels, as cutwork, or completely without fabric as a Christmas tree ornament. See additional details in "Project Corner". ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsLattice 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 Usage - NapkinsModerne 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 Usage - NapkinsModerne 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 Usage - NapkinsModerne 3 - $39.95
Digitized from artwork from the mid-1920s, this streamlined style is associated with crisp modern design - a similar version appeared on notecards in the 1939 film drama "Dark Victory". Done in satin stitch, we have split the wide column into two, which makes it easy to enlarge the letters in your embroidery software program for really large monograms on towels and shower curtains. Don't want two colors? Sew both with the same thread color. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsModerne 4 - $39.95
It's hard to find monogram styles with very wide columns, and even harder to find them done in a traditional way - satin stitch - rather than as a flat fill pattern. The artwork for this style is from the 1940s, and we have split each column into two parts for an unusual visual effect. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsModerne 5 - $39.95
From the 1940s, this monogram set is sleek, smooth, and thin. The satin stitch details are slightly fluted, widening gradually - reminiscent of elegant champagne glasses. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsModerne 6 - $39.95
This monogram style is crisp and angular, done in satin stitch, with thinner stylized satin stitch shadow accents. The artwork is from 1936. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsModerne 7 - $39.95
At first glance, this monogram set would seem to fit perfectly with "mid-century" design styles from the 1950s, so it will come as a surprise that the artwork was drawn in 1902. Smooth and angular satin stitch letters make this a good choice for evoking outer space and computers, even though it was designed 50 years before. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsOval 1 - $39.95
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 Usage - NapkinsOval 2 - $39.95
The artwork for this monogram style is from 1947, but it still looks bright and modern. The satin stitch letters can be used one-by-one, as three-letter combinations, or enclosed within the graceful satin stitch border. The style can easily be resized within your embroidery software program for additional flexibility. ››Detailed Info ››Catalog Page ››Compare Styles Usage - NapkinsOval 3 - $39.95
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 Usage - NapkinsPerennial 1 - $33.96 |
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