Easy 6 colors
Word and name pattern maker for hand embroidery
Type any word, name or short saying, and it is set in block capitals inside a laurel wreath. Change the frame, the hoop and the floss colors, and your pattern is ready to print.
HOME is an example: type your own words in the box.
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A word or a saying may stand on one, two or three lines. A short word is set large; longer words are set smaller, on more lines or in a larger hoop.
How to use it
- Type your own words in the box. The hoop shows them as you type.
- Choose other flowers, or tap a picture in the list to add it.
- Change any floss color under Colors: press a color, then choose another.
- Tap a part of the hoop to move it, make it larger or smaller, turn it or take it off. You can drag it too.
- Choose your hoop size and paper, then press Download.
Word and saying patterns ready to print
Questions
- What can I write, and in which frames?
- Any word, name or short saying of one to three lines: a family name, a child's name, a word for the kitchen wall. It stands in a laurel wreath with a blossom, over a crescent spray, in an oval of flowers, in a wreath for a season, or with no frame at all.
- How many letters fit in a hoop?
- The capitals are never smaller than a little under half an inch tall, so a hoop holds only so many. Words too long for one line are set on two or three, then in a larger hoop; with no frame, or over the small spray, a line may run the whole width of the hoop. Words that fit no hoop are named under the box, for you to shorten.
- Can I change the colors?
- Yes. Under "Colors" the flowers, each picture and your words have a line each, with a swatch for every thread and for each line of your words: press a swatch, then a color. "Original color" puts one back, and "Reset colors" all of them. The floss list in the pattern follows your choice.
- Which hoop sizes can I print for?
- This arrangement opens on a 6 inch hoop, and the page offers hoops of 5, 6 and 8 inches where the words fit. The pattern keeps the design half an inch inside the hoop all around. Hoop sizes for hand embroidery
- How do I transfer the pattern to my fabric?
- Print the pattern at 100 percent and check the one inch square on the page with a ruler, then trace it onto the fabric; the mirrored page is for an iron-on transfer pen. How to transfer an embroidery pattern
- Which stitches are the letters worked in?
- Each stroke of a letter is its own small shape of satin stitch, and a full stop is a French knot. The first page of the pattern lists which stitch goes where. Ten basic stitches for hand embroidery
- How many strands of floss do the letters need?
- The stitch guide printed with the pattern gives 2 strands for the satin stitch of the letters. How many strands of floss to use