How to Create Signature Bath Linens

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Pump up plain-Jane towels and a shower curtain with machine embroidery.

Sloan Howard

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Scott Phillips

Hoop the towel.

Scott Phillips

Pump up plain-Jane towels and a shower curtain with machine embroidery.

Photo: Sloan Howard

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Step 4: Embroider your design
If your shower curtain has a nap, place a piece of wash-away stabilizer in the hoop, covering the embroidery area on the surface of the curtain. If the shower curtain is smooth, you don’t need it. Because the shower curtain is bigger and bulkier than a towel, baste in the hoop around your design first, if your machine has this feature. Embroider the motif. Then repeat across the curtain until you have embroidered the entire border; space the motifs 2-1⁄2 inches apart. Remove the stabilizer.

Hoop and position the curtain and stabilizer.

Tips:

• Choose a monogram from your embroidery machine's built-in lettering.
• Test your design on a fabric scrap until you’re pleased with the arrangement.
• For a modern look, try simple letters and one thread color.
• On smaller pieces like hand towels, accent with a simple border.

Photos by: Scott Phillips (except where noted)

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Isabellas_Quilts writes: I love this Idea. I have used contrasting thread and used the decorative stitching my machine offers and spruced up otherwise dull and drab towels. I don't have an embriodery machine so I have to Improvise with trims amd decorative stitching. I make sure that the trims I use are practical and able to withstand washing & drying. You can also use bands of color to give them some extra pizazz.
Posted: 11:44 pm on May 6th

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