Custom Monograms

As the owner of an Etsy shop and an online baby gift store, I am constantly monogramming/personalizing gift items. I love monograms and love creating custom monograms for my customers.

This is a set of towels I monogrammed for a friend of mine. She brought me a photo of her daughter-in-laws handwriting and I digitized the letter "J" for the embroidery. You can't get more personal than that and what a great idea! The towels turned out beautifully and my customer and her daughter-in-law loved them.

I also stitched a handkerchief for a customer to be used in memory of a family member at a wedding.

My customer brought me an image of the wings and I digitized it and added the name and date. Here is a close-up of the design.

Here is another custom handkerchief design stitched on one of my double hemstitch handkerchiefs.

In my Etsy shop, I offer organic cotton pillowcases. Three letter monograms or names is offered on the pillowcases but last Christmas a customer requested a custom pillowcase. She wanted a phrase stitched on the front and the back. She is a graphic designer so she drew out the font phrase took a picture and sent it to be. I digitized the lettering and stitched it on the pillowcase. If turned out really cute and the recipient loved it.

Here is a link to my pillowcase listing in my Etsy store.

I don't have a lot of experience digitizing but love the opportunity to create simple custom designs.

Elegant Monograms

Monograms are still very popular. I am continually purchasing new monogram fonts I see and like. These napkins are stitched with a font called Ponda from Apex Embroidery Designs .

I call the thread color Hydrangea Blue. It reminds me of the color of the hydrangea flowers in my yard.

The finished napkins are very elegant and will look beautiful in any table setting. The hemstitched napkins are made from 100% linen fabric. They wash and iron beautifully! I starch the napkins before I use them on a table but remember to never store them with starch on them. If linens are stored for a long time with starch on them, they will yellow and the fibers will deteriorate.

The ladies giving the bridal shower displayed the napkins beautifully on the entryway table so all the guests could see them. See why I call the thread color Hydrangea Blue!

I hope to add a Monogram Dinner Listing to my Etsy store soon.