| Most embroidery machines have one or more fonts | | | | the front of the project. This works for more projects |
| that can be used to create monograms or personalize | | | | but isn't the best option if you want the back of a quilt |
| embroidery designs. Some machines have advanced | | | | to look as good as the front. You can make tension |
| manipulation functions such as kerning, leading and | | | | adjustments on the machine, or you can stitch the |
| baseline adjustments that let you position each letter | | | | embroidery designs through the quilt front and batting, |
| exactly as you want. Look for monogramming | | | | adding the backing after all the embroidery designs are |
| functions that give you options for stylizing one or | | | | stitched, and then use stitch-in-the-ditch and or |
| more letters into decorative monograms. | | | | free-motion stitching techniques to complete the quilt |
| Besides stitching monograms and names, embroidery | | | | and stitch all layers together. |
| machines can be used for creative writing. Birth and | | | | To stitch the quilt, user water-soluble stabilizer that can |
| marriage announcements, pithy sayings, words of | | | | be dissolved when the stitching is complete. The best |
| wisdom, fabric books and poetry can be stitched on | | | | method of preparing the quilt is to place one or more |
| fabric or paper for artwork, toys, and gifts. | | | | layers of stabilizer behind the batting and hoop all |
| Often such monograms will be made on | | | | layers, being careful not to distort the fabric. For small |
| commemorative quilts for babies or weddings. Your | | | | areas and simple designs, you can hoop the stabilizer |
| embroidery machine can help you make your quilts | | | | only and use temporary spray adhesives to hold the |
| and add your monograms in most instances. Here are | | | | quilt in the hoop. |
| some things to know about these special embroidery | | | | For design placement, the most accurate method of |
| machine monogrammed quilts and how to make them. | | | | positioning requires a design template. Stitch it in the |
| Quilting In The Hoop | | | | desired size and make photocopies of it. Position the |
| Beautiful outline designs used to quilt layers of fabric | | | | templates on the quilt as desired and mark the |
| and batting give a rich quilted look in a fraction of the | | | | placement for stitching. |
| time needed for free-motion quilting. Embroidery | | | | After hooping and stitching the designs, remove the |
| machines are generally set with a fairly tight bobbin | | | | fabric from the hoop and cut away the excess |
| tension and a looser needle tension, which makes for | | | | stabilizer. Dissolve any remaining stabilizer with water. |
| good-looking designs with the needle thread pulling | | | | Finish the backing and binding of the quilt as desired. |
| slightly to the back to keep bobbin thread showing on | | | | |