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Blog > The A Monogram in Silk Ribbon - a Free Tutorial by Di van Niekerk

   

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♥ George Eliot wrote:
What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?  

 

I thought you might like to make a monogram or two for Christmas gifts as it's not far away!  Hopefully, this letter A will match a friend or family member’s name.
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 I will choose letters at random in the future (whenever I have a chance) and I will write a post with the instructions, with a pattern to save (in colour) which you can trace onto fabric or print onto fabric if you have access to the facilities.
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No worries if you do not have access to printing facilities to print onto fabric in colour, tracing the outline of the letter printed in black and white on your home printer will also work.   I will start with the letter A. You'll find a place to download the template further down the page.  
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Letter-A
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A-Completed
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    Download the free A template here Letter A - the pattern   You can print it in colour onto fabric using your own inkjet printer or print it in black and white and trace the design onto fabric.
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    Use a blue water-soluble pen, sharp pencil or waterproof pigment ink pen. Try to use a light colour fabric, linen, cotton, or cotton blend is good.
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    • Trace as neatly as possible making the leaf and flowers slightly smaller so they will be covered by your stitches.
    • Trace the shadow outline as well which you can fill in with a grey thread and stem stitch filling (which is rows of stem stitch made close together) to fill in the shape.  See link to stitch diagram at teh end of this page. 
    • Download and save the instructions for letter A from my Monograms and Words book here, pages 60 and 61: 

    A Monogram-Page 60
    A Monogram-Page 61 

    If I have forgotten to add anything or if you have any questions, please contact me.   
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    Enjoy 

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    What Do You Need for the Letter A?

    1. You will need the letter printed or traced onto pure cotton or linen fabric, a cotton blend is also good. Whatever you have at home will do. To make it easier, you can buy the printed fabric panel here from us. 
    2. If printing your own monogram, you are welcome to order the cotton fabric here or the linen fabric here.  
    3. Use a soft voile or cotton as a backing fabric the same size as your embroidery panel. This you will place under your embroidery panel. This is the backing fabric that I use here
    4.  A 10-inch (25 cm) hoop  
    5. Needles.
    If you don't have these below, use whatever you can find that'll suit the thread or ribbon.    
    Crewel size  7 and 9
    Chenille size  20 and 22
    Tapestry no. 20
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       Thread  
    Use what you can find or see the link below if you'd like to use the same threads that I did. The thread pack is here.
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    or from your stock, use six-strand cotton or silk – DMC, Anchor or any brand that you like. Use a
    a) Powder blue
    b) Soft green
    c) Optional: Gold metallic thread   **

    Note - use one strand of thread unless suggested otherwise.  

     

    Silk Ribbon
    • 2mm silk – soft green
    • 4mm silk – dusty pink  
    Or for your convenience, the silk ribbons that I used are available as a pack here.
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    Stitches Used

    Click on each stitch name to be taken to the diagram.

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    Illustration-A   MonogramA-Roses   Have fun and happy stitching!
     Love Di van Niekerk Heartbl  
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    MonogramA-fill-in
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