Designs Plus Volume 8: Free Project
Make It in A Day
Add Elegance to Gifts and Your Home
Monogrammed gifts speak elegance because they are personalized. Your family, friends and acquaintances are sure to cherish these special gifts, created by you with thought and care.
When choosing your color palette, make sure to consider the recipient. Male or female? Athletic? Traditional? Do they like Old World lace or bright southwestern colors? What would mesh with their personality, spirit or personal taste?
Answer these questions and you're ready to go. If it's time to spruce up your own home with embroidered accents and accessories for every room, begin by referring to your personal designer notebook. This notebook should contain color cards, fabric swatches and detailed ideas and inspirations divided into sections. One section for every room, miscellaneous ideas filed in pockets. Keep this notebook handy to take with you on shopping expeditions, you'll be prepared to find the perfect fabric, thread or ready-made items waiting for your own personalization.
Embroidery Products
•  Monogram Wizard Plus software
•  Alpha Pak 008, the Stacey font for pillowcases
•  Victor font for pillowcases
•  Tuxedo Font from Alpha Pak 006 for place mats
•  Alpha Pak 009 Coastal motifs for place mats (Alpha Paks available at www.needleheads.com)
Materials
Purchased pillowcases and place mats
The large, floral letters used on the pillowcases were made using the Stacey font found in Alpha Pak 008 for the Monogram Wizard Plus. Alpha Paks add more fonts and motifs to the Monogram Wizard Plus. The outer letters on the pillowcase with a 3 letter monogram are written in the Victor font which is a standard font in the Monogram Wizard Plus software. They were each placed on a separate layer and the letter size was adjusted to achieve the desired look.
The Tuxedo font, from Alpha Pak 006, was used to create the letter. The letter width was reduced to 75 to give the desired look.
The Coastal designs (from Alpha Pak 009) were used to make the side motifs. The left hand motif (Coa 12) was put on layer one.
Layer 2 was selected and the right hand motif (Coa 13) was placed.
Layer 3 utilizes the Unders motif (Und 10) which is standard within the Monogram Wizard Plus software.
The motif sizes were adjusted to the desired proportions using the Motif Size adjustment in the Controls section. The Design Adjustment arrows were used to move the motifs and the letter into the desired position.
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