Sorry for the sporadic posts! Things are a bit crazy around here. This is Sissy’s room. She now sleeps in Browder’s room (in his bed) so her room is a staging area for boxes of stuff that will be stored. We packed a TON of stuff this weekend and are only moving the bare essentials to the rental house! Should be fun!
In my last post (I think?) I mentioned saving outfits & dresses & tops that had monograms on them. Some were given to me and some were consignment sale finds! On our way to & from Augusta I picked them out with a seam ripper and a lint brush (for cleanup). This was a top that was given to me and it has a curlz “G” on it. It was a fat G so it was easy to cut out! Sorry I didn’t take my “before” picture. This is what was left…
I decided to cover it with EB’s Lollipop! This top has cute ribbon trim on the bottom (which I did not capture on my photo).
After… the bottom ribbon trim is hot pink with lime dots, so it looks GREAT! There are also matching shorts with ribbon trim too. Cute outfit and it was FREE! Just took a little time to fix! You can see a little bit of the curlz “G” hanging down on the right of the stick underneath the lollipop, but I think it’s barely noticeable and will probably come out in the wash!
Here is another outfit (shorts too) that someone gave me. In exchange I did some monogramming and applique for her. She gave me several other dresses but I haven’t redone them yet! I will post pics when I do. Love the ice cream cone, but there is no way I was about to pick out the double name! Once you pick out a monogram you will learn quickly which ones are fat and easy and which ones to COVER!
I decided to do EB’s Raggy Flower (one of my favorites!). As you can see I marked my center in the ice cream cone, then marked another center for the center of the entire design (near the bottom of the cone). I used that to line up my needle so that hopefully the flower would cover the existing design. Since I’m doing raggy too, I have some room to play around b/c the fabric will be bigger than this outline stitch. Even though the “y” is hanging out, the fabric of the raggy flower will cover it. Remember: I use a layer of flannel underneath each fabric used in a raggy design. See this post!
Since I am obsessed with orange and I love it with pink, I used the Michael Miller Ta Dot in orange with some pink, lime & orange paisley fabric I’ve had since FOREVER ago! This turned out really cute! There is no sign of the ice cream cone and “Mary Bradley”!!
We’ll be listing several new designs tonight at Applique Cafe and that’ll probably be it until we move (Easter weekend). Speaking of Easter, all Easter designs (“Easter Stuff” category) are 50% off!
i love taking out old monograms or patching over them. most people just pass them by at consignment sales. i am glad they do b/c i have been able to get some really cute things for my girls!
Yes! They are usually priced pretty cheap too!
Great post! Thanks Rosemary! Good luck with your move!
Thanks for the post! If the rest of the “G” doesn’t come out maybe you could add a ribbon? They turned out great! I am so excited about the new designs!!!
I meant to say a ribbon “bow”. I usually add a bow on this design… it is super cute anyway!
I might do that! There is ribbon trim on the bottom so I don’t want to overdo it, but if I could find the same ribbon it would be cute! 😉
Rosemary, Please buy yourseld a Peggy’s Stitch Erasrer. It will have you so much time and is so easy to use. It’s well worth the $75.
I second what Kim said…I love, love, love Peggy’s Stitch Erasrer! It has saved me time and rescued me from some costly mistakes on customer orders.
in my small little brain i never even thought about just covering a monogram! that mary bradly/ice cone was ugly and i so love the patch you put over it. totally updated it and made it an adorable outfit.
in my little brain i never even once thought to just cover up a monogram to give an outfit new life. awesome idea!