but doesn't the monogram look tee-inescee?
Then I found this one from Target:
And it is similar, so I went with it, took it in hand to find a monogrammer that could give me a substantial sized letter!
And much to my dismay, no one could embroider a letter much bigger than 6-10 inches.
After seeing this post by Trisha at Sweet Survival:
Where she made a monogram out of felt for her pillows, I was hopeful that one creative sewer in my life (insert Whitney here) could help me figure it out/do it for me. Only one problem...she lives over 1,000 miles away in a land of rock and heat. Ah-ha, but she was coming my way!
When I explained the project to Whitney she let me in on the closely held secret that they sell felt by the yard, not just the cheap felt squares in the craft area - whew! That makes it a lot easier. (Did everyone else know that they sell nice felt by the yard?)
So...
- I picked out a letter in the font I liked, Renaissance, and printed it out on several pieces of paper - the letter is about 19 inches tall.
- Then I taped them all together, so they made a complete "L" template. It was much easier to tape them together exactly with Whitney's suggestion of taping them up over the window, which made the paper transparent and easy to overlap where the design lines matched up.
- I taped it onto the curtain to make sure it didn't look ridiculously large:
- After taping the dickens out of the paper layers, I cut out the letter pattern.
- (We tried using Wonder Under to adhere the letter to the curtain to make it easier to sew - but the weave of the curtain prohibited stickage and did not work for us.)
- We/Whitney pinned the letter to the curtain, and she sewed and turned, and sewed and turned, and sewed and turned, and asked, "Are you sure YOU don't want to try this?". No thank you.
(Notice the drywall patching where I ripped the towel bar off the wall? Nice.)
And now still trying to decide if I will paint these stripes onto the wall...
What do you think?
Linking to:
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The Blackberry Vine - Tuesday To Do
The showwer curtain is gorgeous. It looks wonderful with the large monogram. You bathroom is looking good. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you love it. It was totally easy to do and you're easy to please.
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I think your's turned out much better than the B.D. one!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I like the larger monogram better and you & Whitney did a fabulous job. I think the stripes would look awesome!
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It's just gorgeous, this was such a perfect idea. How do you think it would look if you stenciled your L on, not as rich?
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I love this! What a great idea for doing the big monogram.
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Love the monogramme. I have noticed in loads of blogs than monogramming is very big in the USA but you can't seem to get it here in the uk. I'd love my towels monogrammed!
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It turned out great! I like the big letter much better than a smaller one. Good call. :)
ReplyDeleteI think it looks great! It looks like a fancy suite bathroom. I am a new follower.
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I tried following you, but the code word thingy kept saying I typed it incorrectly...so I will try back later. :)
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ReplyDeleteHi there, I will admit I am inlove with your shower curtain, the honey says I would monogram the toilet paper if I could, Ha! ...Great job, I am your newest follower and I also spotlighted your project on my humble lil' blog over at http://HoneyI'mBloggin.blogspot.com come on over and check it out!
ReplyDeleteI ADORE this look!!! Had the same trouble trying to get a large enough initial...will definitely have to give this a try! Would love for you to stop by and share this at the Tuesday To Do Party if you get a chance!
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This shower curtain is so fun and such a good idea! I saw your link at the Blackberry Vine linky party. Thanks for sharing this - so creative - I am a bit scared of sewing as well:)
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