My First Attempt - Monogrammed Pillows

For Christmas my husband bought me an embroidery sewing machine.  I have been so excited to use it.  This weekend I finally figured it out enough to start on my first project.

For my first project I wanted to make monogrammed pillows.  

I bought four napkins from Home Goods.

I took each napkin and ironed them (this is before I ironed them).  

Then using my new embroidery sewing machine, I created my design.

I started simple with a single initial.

I used brown embroidery thread for the initial.

Then I decided to hand sew the top and the bottom together using a whip stitch.

For the second pillow I wanted to try something a little different.

Again I embroidered the "K" but then added a frame around it.  I guess I need to be more careful to check the design on the computer before I send it to the sewing machine. 

 It's not exactly centered around the "K".

What do you think?

Not bad for my first attempt.  I have plans for so many more projects.

I hope for my next project to try multiple colors. 

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-Judy