21 Easy Sewing Projects: DIY Designs and Sewing Craft Ideas

(Darren Dugan) #1
 DMC Floss or thread in a contrasting color
 Hand-sewing needle (needs a sharp tip, not a blunt tip)
 Fabric glue
 Thin piece of cardboard the size of your frame. (I cut up a cereal box)

Instructions:



  1. Find a font you like, print your monogram letter on cardstock and carefully cut out the
    monogram. Since you'll be tracing with a felt-tip marker, turn your letter face-down so
    it's reversed. Trace with a felt-tip marker, cut out your monogram, and since you traced in
    reverse, you won't see any of the markings.

  2. Position your monogram on your fabric and press it down firmly with your hand. The felt
    should stick to the fabric a little.

  3. In order to secure the monogram so you can hand-stitch without it slipping, we're going
    to glue it down. Without lifting the monogram off of the fabric, because you've already
    positioned it, carefully lift parts of the monogram and apply a tiny bit of glue down the
    center of the letter. Remember that you'll be stitching along the outer edges so you'll want

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