Here’s the next free monogram for hand embroidery… the letter K. At this rate, it should only take about ten forevers to finish one monogram alphabet! I may have to find a different approach! Be that as it may, in the meantime, I hope you are enjoying these particular embroidery designs!
In the previous articles featuring these free embroidery monograms, I’ve gone on at some length about techniques, so if you haven’t read those, you might want to check out the posts on the letters A, C, G, and M. You can also visit my Index of Monograms for Hand Embroidery, which you’ll find listed on my embroidery patterns page.
Without further ado, here’s the K:
I tried cleaning this one up a little differently, scanning it first as a bmp, then cleaning it up and saving it as a gif. The others I worked on as jpgs, which allowed me a little more leeway in smoothing up the lines and filling in the gaps. I may have to go back to jpgs for the clean up…
But, whatever the case, enjoy the monograms!!
Is there a &-sign that comes with the letters, or does one have to improvise? I was thinking of engagement (or knowing me, they’ll be wedding) presents.
Is it acceptable to use the bride & groom’s first initials to monogram towels, linens etc., or does one use the bride’s initials? The groom being my brother I would feel weird using only the bride’s initials, although traditionally linens and such were what the bride brought into the marriage. (And the amount and quality of the linens showed how rich and worthy the bride was.) Luckily we live in the 21st Century.
Often, what you see on bride and groom monograms is three initials – the initial of the married couple’s last name in the middle, with the bride’s initial of her first name on the left and the groom’s initial of his first name on the right. Usually, the middle initial is bigger, and the two on the side are smaller.
I’ve also seen linens for weddings with just the bride’s initials – the initial of the couple’s last name, and her initials (first name on the left and middle name on the right).
They usually entwine the letters a bit, too, crossing them over and under to make one design out of all three letters.
Hope that helps!
Coolio! In my house K is for Kevin.
I’ll be saving this one. Thanks, Mary. – Jeannine
Thanks! Now I have to find out if the bride is keeping her own last name… And if the wedding is in the next few years. Maybe I’ll just stick to monograming my own towels.
-M-
This is for my K.my name is Kristina Kuris.And my children girl name Karolina.Thank you Mary.
it is a big letter in the world
I found this post doing a Google search. I used your pattern to do a bib for my little girl (coming soon!) and posted it on my blog. http://splendidmissm.blogspot.com/2012/01/that-mythical-2nd-trimester-energy.html