A monogram gives a vintage look to your hand-sewn projects. Painting a monogram is an easy way to decorate your finished work, and it only takes a couple of minutes.

1. This small drawstring bag is made with an easy method similar to this one. I enclosed the seams using a french seam technique. This gives the bag a more finished look with no raw seams, so it won’t need a lining.
2. Place a piece of paper behind the material to prevent the paint from bleeding through.
3. You could use any stencil, but this copper monogram stencil came from eBay.
4. Paint over the stencil. Acrylic paint works fine on most fabric, although it dries a little stiff by itself. To make it pliable and washable, mix textile medium into the paint.
5. Lift the stencil off carefully and let it dry.
6. Voilà. (Or wa–la!)
Another idea: use stamps and fabric ink to print designs on the material.


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November 4, 2008 at 4:28 am
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November 4, 2008 at 6:18 am
jodi @ bpr
great idea - thanks for the link to the seam tutorials - might come in handy in the future!
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November 6, 2008 at 10:06 am
Camilla
Ooh, i love this - simple yet sweet. I’m so making two of those for my parents for on the tree. I appreciate the links to the sewing tutorials too, i can’t sew worth a darn (haha! oh dear).