Embroidered Monogram Pattern: the Letter A
Monograms have long been a part of hand embroidery. They're commonly seen on handkerchiefs and household goods. I wrote a little blurb on Initials for Embroidery a while back, and since I've always had an interest in monograms and old linens with monograms on them, I thought I'd share some monogram patterns.
This particular monogram - the letter A - comes from a monogram alphabet that I have in an old, old, old booklet. It's one of those pamphlets that's falling apart, yellow with age, and not of much use unless scanned and cleaned up. So I've been doing just that. The booklet is of French origin. It doesn't have a cover, but there's a French address on the bottom of one of the pages. It was a gift from a friend who loves antique book hunting, but isn't too crafty, so it ended up in my hands.
I believe it's from a series of "Sajou" pamphlets published in France. Some of the pamphlets can be found online at La Maison d'Anael, a French website. I'm not certain which one this is, if it's on there, as I don't have the pamphlet cover. If you're interested in the monograms, you might want to scroll through them to find the complete alphabet.
If there's any interest in having the whole alphabet cleaned up for use, I'll post the initials as I clean them up. And if you're looking for a particular initial and you like this pattern, I can jump ahead and clean up one for you!
Here's the "A." You can shrink it or enlarge it as you wish. I think this is a particularly pretty monogram, and it would look great with the letter and the vines outlined in stem stitch, the flowers and dots worked in a padded satin stitch, and the leaves filled with a seed stitch.
Right click on the letter to save it to your computer, and then adjust it to the size you want.
Have fun with it!
This particular monogram - the letter A - comes from a monogram alphabet that I have in an old, old, old booklet. It's one of those pamphlets that's falling apart, yellow with age, and not of much use unless scanned and cleaned up. So I've been doing just that. The booklet is of French origin. It doesn't have a cover, but there's a French address on the bottom of one of the pages. It was a gift from a friend who loves antique book hunting, but isn't too crafty, so it ended up in my hands.
I believe it's from a series of "Sajou" pamphlets published in France. Some of the pamphlets can be found online at La Maison d'Anael, a French website. I'm not certain which one this is, if it's on there, as I don't have the pamphlet cover. If you're interested in the monograms, you might want to scroll through them to find the complete alphabet.
If there's any interest in having the whole alphabet cleaned up for use, I'll post the initials as I clean them up. And if you're looking for a particular initial and you like this pattern, I can jump ahead and clean up one for you!
Here's the "A." You can shrink it or enlarge it as you wish. I think this is a particularly pretty monogram, and it would look great with the letter and the vines outlined in stem stitch, the flowers and dots worked in a padded satin stitch, and the leaves filled with a seed stitch.
Right click on the letter to save it to your computer, and then adjust it to the size you want.
Have fun with it!
Labels: free embroidery patterns, monograms
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Thursday, June 28, 2007
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It seems the one you have is this one, 346: http://www.lamaisondanael.com/livrets_nouveaux/sajou346/sajou346.php (second I clicked, I got lucky)
I was gonna ask for M and P, but there are already there :)
Excellent - thank you for the direct link. I had a look - it's the same, not quite as "dirty." I like the cleaned up versions! Thanks for the link, and have fun with the M and P.
How would you suggest I save a copy of the letter I want. I tried copying but it did not work.
Thanks.
Hi, meeta -
You right click on it and select "save as," then save it to your computer. That's the way I do it, anyway!
Hope that helps!
A cleaned up J and T would be very much appreciated.
I wanted to thank you for this beautiful design. I did it in padded satin stitch on pure wool felt as a hanging ornament. It was wonderful design to stitch, and only took an hour or so.
I'm rather new at this and I did have quite a bit of trouble keeping my satin stitch smooth. Have you already written a post about satin tips that I'm missing?
-Christiana
I love these letters, and wonder if you have B-Z cleaned up to look like this A? I can use all 26! Also, I've read your posts on transfer methods - which method would you recommend for a single letter?
Thank you.
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