How to Monogram Cotton Pillowcases
While the practice of monogramming items fell out of style for a time, a monogram can be as modern and creative as you want it to be. Monogrammed cotton pillowcases are an excellent gift for a new couple or an elegant way to update your own bedroom.
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Things You'll Need
- Pair of cotton pillowcases
- Scissors
- Stabilizer fabric
- Monogram pattern
- Tracing paper
- Fabric marking pencil
- Thread or embroidery floss
- Needle
- Embroidery hoop
- Embroidery sewing machine (optional)
- Ironing board
- Iron
Instructions
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Choose a pair of cotton pillowcases to monogram. Higher thread count pillowcases make a nicer finished product. Pre-wash the pillowcases to remove the sizing and to make them easier to work with. Dry them without fabric softener sheets.
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Pick the font for the monogram. You can use fonts from a computer word processing program. Pick a style that you like that is simple. If you are using an embroidery sewing machine, you can choose one of the fonts that came with the machine.
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Put the monogram on paper if you are making it by hand. Typically the first initial of the last name is in the middle with a couple's first initial on either side. The initial for the last name may or may not be larger.
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Use tracing paper to transfer the monogram you designed to the pillowcases. Center the monogram over the opening of the pillowcases.
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Stretch tear-away stabilizer fabric behind the area to monogram as you put the embroidery hoop around the monogram. Make sure the fabric is taut in the hoop.
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Thread embroidery floss or multiple strands of thread into your needle. Embroider the letters using a satin stitch. Or thread your embroidery machine and let it embroider the monogram.
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Remove the excess stabilizer fabric. Press the pillowcases with a steam iron set on the cotton setting.
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Tips & Warnings
The choice of monogram color is entirely up to you.
