The tooth fairy pillows I'm making require monograms.
I thought I might be able to embroider monograms on my 1950's Singer,
because the booklet shows lots of monograms (unaccompanied by any
instruction whatsoever). However, how they ever managed to produce them
on this particular machine is a complete mystery to me. My attempts were dismal.
So I moved on to applique, and I'm pretty happy with the results!
For these little guys, which will become patch pockets, I found a scripty
font on my computer and printed it out at the size I wanted. I backed the
fabric scraps with Pellon Wonder-Under and traced the letter outlines onto
the fabric using a light board (although a well-lit window would suffice).
I peeled the back of the Wonder-Under and ironed the letters onto white
muslin which was already backed with iron-on, woven interfacing for
sturdiness. Then I got to satin stitching the whole thing together. It all
looked a bit choppy, so I took the time to do a small straight stitch
around all the outside edges to even it up. I'm glad for all the adhesive
interfacings, which kept things sturdy and firmly attached along the way!
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