Make Your Own Monogram!

ASSIGNMENT:

Put your new embroidery skills to the test and embroider your own monogrammed hoop art. There are no requirements -- you can be as creative as you want, the only limit is your imagination.

DELIVERABLES

To make your first embroidery experience as fun and easy as possible, I’ve broken the final project into smaller steps:

Start your Class Project in the Project Gallery by telling the class what monogram you will use and what kind of embellishment you want to include
Share a photo of your work in progress!
Share a photo of your complete monogrammed hoop art hanging on your wall

MATERIALS:

Medium weight cotton fabric
Wooden embroidery hoop 10 cm - 12 cm
DMC cotton embroidery floss
Embroidery needle
Yarn scissor
Fabric scissor
Sewing carbon paper
Tracing paper or any see-through paper
Tracer pen or normal pen
Pearl craft beads

RESOURCES:

Here are a few Skillshare classes I recommend watching and other online resources that will help you improve your design thinking and get the most out of your embroidery practice:

Styling Phrases for Timeless Appeal with Mary Kate McDevitt will guide you to find an inspiration for your monogram design.
Fundamentals For Drawing Letters will help you to design your monogram.
Expressing Emotion with Color Theory will give you a deeper understanding about color. Knowing the fundamentals of color theory will help you to choose the best embroidery floss color combination.
http://www.needlenthread.com/ is a great website that covers more tips and tricks in hand embroidery.

And here is some source of monogram inspirations

Irene Kwak

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