All that can now be history! PDFmyURL allows you to save any web page as a .pdf file. No more worrying about finding the web page again or having too many bookmarks. Just give the page a file name and save it. And the best thing is that this wonderful utility is free and easy to use. In the web browser copy the url of the page you would like to save. Go to PDFmy URL and paste the url into the box. A screen will appear asking where you would like to save the page. Enter the location and you are finished – it’s that simple. After using this utility just once, I am wondering how I ever managed without it.

My latest find is WizMouse. What this utility does is enable you to scroll non-focused application windows with your mouse wheel. That is the technical explanation, but in non-technical terms, with WizMouse running in the background you can scroll any window by putting the mouse cursor over the application and spinning your mouse wheel (instead of having to click on it and redirect the focus to that application).

It is just as straightforward as it sounds, just install WizMouse and it will run in the background. Although at first glance it may seem trivial to have to click on a window before scrolling in it, after a short period of using this amazing little utility I’m amazed the feature isn’t built right into Windows—it’s a Godsend for anyone who uses dual monitors, as I do. I don’t know how many times before I had WizMouse I would move from one open program to another, begin to do something and realize I was still in the wrong program!

Another bonus over similar utilities is that for the odd or vintage program that doesn’t support mouse based scrolling, WizMouse converts the commands from the mouse wheel into scroll commands. What it does in this case is convert the mouse pointer movement into scrolling.

The program’s icon in the system tray stores various settings of this application, allowing you to change them. You can easily define the number of lines to scroll, or opt to start the program along with Windows startup. There may be the odd application where, WizMouse does not convert mouse moments correctly, but it is still a good tool all in all.

WizMouse is freeware and is only compatible with Windows operating systems for now and does not work under Linux or Mac OS. The new version now supports titling mouse wheels, expanding its compatibility with the majority of the available computer mice.

Now, what do you do with all those many small videos you downloaded? When preparing videos for download, most people will try to break them down into smaller file sizes to make downloading easier for those who are on dial-up. So you may have a lot of downloads of video files from various sites but each individual video is actually very small.

You have several options for viewing the videos:

1. View them one at a time. If they are .exe files usually they have a player with them such as the Camtasia player so they will play automatically. Just double click on the file name and it will play. Close the file after it has completed playing. Repeat this process for any other videos.

2. Unzip or unpack them and load them into Windows Media Player for continuous play (see unzipping instructions on page 2). I find with Windows Media Player quite often even if the videos are in 1, 2, 3 order in the files area, you will view video 1, it will skip down to video 6, back to video 2, etc. I have never been able to continuously play videos from the first to the last video in a contiguous order, without starting each video individually from the list.

3. And the last suggestion is you can combine videos together using a video combining utility.

It can be very frustrating to view five, ten or more 2 or 3-minute videos, opening video 1, closing it, opening video 2, etc. but you can combine two, three or as many videos as you want into one complete video if you use a software utility to combine videos.

There are several different sites that offer software to combine videos, but the software that I have been using and do recommend is the AVI/MPEG/RM/WMV Joiner. This utility will work with all Windows platforms, right up to Windows 7.

The upside is that the software is very easy to use, there is literally no learning curve, but the downside is that is not free, but for the small $20.00 price you pay; it is well worth purchasing if you wish to join video files together. You do have the option of deleting the smaller files after combining them into a larger file or you can retain copies of the smaller files as well as the new larger combined file.

One important thing to be aware of is that when combining videos, the videos you are combining must have the same speed and frame rate or they will not combine. But most videos in a group of videos from one site will usually be produced with identical speed and frame rates, so that is not usually a problem.

If you unzip or unpack videos and then plan on joining them together, I would highly recommend that you create a folder for each set of videos as it will make life much easier to find

them at a later date. As an example, let’s say you have downloaded all the files for a specific lesson from my site, including perhaps a .pdf file, a zipped file, a graphic and several videos. All the lesson files should be saved in one folder; a sub-folder can then be created for the videos within the main lesson folder, storing and unzipping the videos to this subfolder. If you start by being organized, then you won’t have to organize yourself later, will you?

Now, you are asking how do you unzip or unpack a video. Usually a zipped video will have an .exe extension or it will be in zipped format.

• Open Windows Explorer.
• Navigate to the folder where you saved your videos.
• right click on the file name of the video you want to unpack or unzip.
• Follow the prompts to unzip (or unpack) the video. (I would recommend simply unzipping it into the same folder.)
• If there is a player such as the Camtasia player included with the zip file, delete the Camtasia
• player as you do not need several copies of the same player (I would recommend, however, that you do keep one copy of the player as you may want to use it at some future time).

You are now ready to combine your videos for ease of viewing either with Windows Media Player or any software utility that will combine videos for you.

With a combination of a download accelerator and a video joiner, you will have the best of both worlds – downloading files faster and then being able to join the small videos together into larger files for ease of viewing.

Understanding your download requirements

Many people may just need to download small files often and maybe a large file now and then. They are doing fine. A download accelerator will not be of much use to them.

Others download larger, compressed files more often. They have high speed internet and are doing just fine without an accelerator.

Some are on dial-up or limited high speed internet. This may be a financial choice or they may live in an area where this is their only option. They download compressed files often enough that they get frustrated by the download times. An accelerator will help them.

Then there those who want to download many large files every day. They download freebie tutorials or purchased tutorials with videos. Tutorials containing videos or a large number of screenshots in text format can be very lengthy to download. Even with high speed internet, they download so much that they need an accelerator program not only to speed up their downloads, but also to manage the volume of downloads.

Understanding Download Speeds

The speed at which files are transferred to your computer are based a number of things:

• Type of internet connection.
• Size and type of the file being downloaded.
• Location of the file & any restrictions on that site.
• Volume of traffic on your internet server or at the file location.

Small, simple files can be downloaded on high speed service, by e-mail or late at night in the blink of an eye. That is because the internet connection is fast or the file is small and also the fact that internet traffic lines are usually not that busy late at night.

However, if you have dial-up service and try to download a very large zipped file from a website midday, it takes forever to download. The reasons for this, among others are:

• The main and most frustrating reason is because dial-up is a very slow connection.
• The file is huge.
• The load on the website site may be high.
• The website or server being used may set speed restrictions on large files.
• Everyone is trying to use the internet lines at the same time.

An accelerator will not turn dial-up service into high speed service. However, without an accelerator, only half of any computer’s full potential is being used even under the best internet conditions. An accelerator tries to use all of your computer’s potential whether you are on dial up or high speed. It will increase your speed by increments. You get faster downloads that use less internet time.

How Servers Work

When you connect to the internet you are not directly connected to a specific website. Your computer connection is going through a server somewhere. This is like a highway interchange system that sends you where you want to go. There may be a variety of ways to get there but, if you are driving a car, you can only take one road at a time. The interchange choice which you take may not always be the best use of your time (think road construction, accidents, rush hour, detours, etc.).

Unlike road travel, cyberspace travel is a bit different. In fact, it is more like the transportation device on Star Trek. In that television show, people stand in a machine that breaks them apart into tiny bits. It then scatters and sends out these bits through a number of different routes all at once. Then it puts them all together again at their destination of choice. And it only takes a few seconds.

If you could use such a scrambling device along with your computer, you could literally “beam down” your file requests in a fraction of the time.

What are Download Accelerators

A download accelerator can transfer parts of a large file using multiple servers. It uses many channels whenever possible. Then it reassembles the file on your computer. It is like a Star Trek transportation device for files.

These accelerators can increase download speed anywhere from 200-400%. However, this will vary based on the volume of cyber traffic at any time. Cyberspace can get crowded in any part of the world just because of the sheer volume of people using it at certain times.

There are some limits to the use of these programs. Sometimes they don’t cope well with very small files such as single jpgs. Those files may be so small that the accelerator can’t split and reassemble them. Sometimes accelerators can handle simple files and sometimes they can’t. Accelerators are best used to download large files and compressed files like rar and zip files. 

There are many accelerators available. Many offer limited "free trials" but have to be purchased after the trial expires. Some free accelerators are disguised malware. I have used both Get Right and Flash Get, but DAP is one of the best and most trusted of the free accelerators.

DAP Download Accelerator

DAP is freeware with a good reputation on the computer tech forums. It is not perfect but it is easy to use. One drawback is that it has some advertising. And, there are built-in “extras” that are automatically set up to be installed. However, if you are careful during installation, you can opt out of most of these extras. Also, Microsoft updates can interfere with downloads but you can change your computer settings to avoid this. DAP will work best with Internet Explorer. If you use Mozilla/Firefox as your browser, you may wish to switch to Internet Explorer to download and install DAP. There is a FAQ (frequently asked questions) section in the help menu where you will find additional notes about using DAP with Mozilla/Firefox.

After going through the initial installation steps, asking you to download, downloading the program, then click run to install the software. You will get a screen that shows the download happening. Just wait for it to finish. Next will be the security screen; click run.

On the installation wizard, the full installation will already be checked for you. Click next to go to the license agreement screen. Click accept.

The next screen is set up to automatically install the video downloader. Uncheck the install speedbit video downloader box and click next.

You will get a language screen set to the English default. If you want the DAP screens to be in another language, use the dropdown box to choose another language. Click next.

The activation box has one free and two paid options. The free option is not a trial. It is a fully functioning program. Ensure that the free version is checked. Click next.

The next step is the registration screen. You do not have to register. Delete the sample email address.  Leave the box blank. Uncheck the box regarding special offers. Click next.

You must opt out of other offers that you don’t need. Despite the fact that you opted out of the video downloader earlier, you have to do it here as well. Uncheck all of the boxes. Click next.

Finally the last screen saying the download is finished. Click finish. You may get a webpage flashing up. It says that that the installation is complete. Just close it.

DAP is made by Speedbit. They often hide things in their freeware to alter your internet home page to theirs. To get rid of this, exit the internet. Then open the internet again. If your usual home page appears, you need not do anything more. If the Speedbit home page appears, you will need to reset your home page. To do this, use your favourites or a search to get back to your preferred home page. Then go to the little drop down beside the house symbol at top right of your monitor. From the dropdown menu, click add or change home page. Change to the correct home page, click ok and then close the browser window.

Working with DAP Download Accelerator

You will find a DAP icon on your desktop. Delete this as it doesn’t have a DAP command specific menu attached to it. You will also find a DAP icon in your bottom tray on the right hand side of your monitor. This is what you will use to operate DAP. Right click on it to bring up the DAP menu. The first three options are the ones that you will use most often.

When you download something using DAP, you can turn DAP off and your accelerated download will still continue. Then you can download other files (i.e. single jpegs or psp images) without using DAP. And you can turn DAP back on again to download another huge file and then turn it off again for more simple files. In this way, DAP is more like a set of post-it notes that you stick to certain downloads. 

Meanwhile, you can use DAP to download other files as well. While you can queue up several dozen or  more to be downloaded, only 4 will be active at any time. DAP can scatter, download, and bring together only 4 at one time. As each download finishes, another will start to take its place. You can call up your download screen again and you will see a screen with four tabs, one tab for each of the 4 active files. The tab indicates how much of the file has been downloaded. Clicking on the tab will show how much time is left and the transfer rate for each.

Scheduling Downloads

The DAP status screen does have a scheduler. This is helpful if you are on dial up or are limited in the number of hours that your internet can be used. The scheduler lets you take advantage of night time downloads without any excess internet usage. However, if you are on unlimited internet, you may want to skip the scheduler and just leave the computer and modem on all night.  To set up scheduled downloads, click on the scheduler tab and then you will be in the scheduling screen. You can set the day and time for downloads to start and even to stop. You can also tell it to hang up the modem, quit DAP and shut off your computer. Check the options that you want.

Using DAP to download one file at a time will not have that much impact on other internet work that you are doing.. But, if you have a lot of really gigantic downloads to download, try and do them (with or without using the scheduler), at times when you do not have to be on the internet doing other things. Remember that DAP maximizes your internet connections in order to do the downloads. That means that, if you overextend DAP, you will have less of a chance at getting an internet connection. You likely will be still able to get through your email while DAP downloads several large files. However, you may find your email slower for this period and that individual email attachments are slower to load. This will be more noticeable during certain peak periods of the day and for those on dial up. So, always consider the size and number of the downloads that you want to schedule, either schedule them for a night time download while you sleep or start them before you tend to other non-computer interests during the day. Once you get used to the amount of time various numbers and size files take at different times of the day, you can make better use of your internet time for downloads.

I remember many years ago spending weeks knitting by hand a beautiful woolen sweater. The recipient of the sweater had simply tossed it into the washing machine, setting the wash cycle to hot. When that sweater came out of the washing machine, it would have been too small for a two-year-old child. Since that disaster, I always include some sort of washing or dry cleaning instructions with garments that are given as gifts to others.

The two examples below are for either polyester or rayon thread, but you can add your own instructions on a simple business card and include it with the garment.

There are many other ways you can add information to your garments, whether as gifts or advertising information if you sell embroidery or craft items. There is a previous post on my blog, “Embroidery Tip after the design is embroidered” that will give you more information.

Happy and successful embroidery!

If you have the 32-bit version, Iconizer will show icons for designs if it is enabled. Choose “medium Icons”, “large icons”, “extra large icons” or “tiles” for viewing files in Windows Explorer with this version. Windows will not display icons if you choose the “small icons”, “list” or “details” settings.

Iconizer will not show icons for the 64-bit edition nor will the Ultimate Box+ menu function, but there is a temporary workaround until this issue is resolved.

Embird 2008/2010 is a 32-bit application. The 64-bit edition of Windows 7 does not contain two versions of Windows Explorer (as it was in 64-bit edition of Windows Vista), but only the64-bit version of Windows Explorer, which is where the problem lies with viewing designs using Iconizer.

There are several 32-bit applications running within the Windows 7 64-bit environment that will all you to view your icons. Before you begin, make sure iconizer is set to view both images and embroidery files and then make sure the iconizer settings have been checked.

1. On the top toolbar click on right panel; make sure there are check marks beside “preview and “preview files”.
2. Open Embird Manager > Options > Iconizer settings. Click on select all for both the embroidery files and image files in the pop-up box.

Iconizer is now enabled.

To view icons in a browser window, open any 32-bit application. Not all 32-bit programs will work, but a list of those that do work with this method will follow. This example uses Microsoft Office 2007.

1. Open Word 2007.
2. File > open or with a new document open, file> save as. Choose “all file types” and then ok.
3. Open Windows Explorer and browse to a design folder. The icons should now show as graphics of the design or image and not a graphic of the program. The right click option will also show the graphic as an image of the design or graphic.

   Not all programs will allow you to view your icons as graphics, but the following programs do work:

   · Microsoft Office 2007

   · Microsoft Works Word Processor

   · Windows Media Player

   · Adobe Reader

   · Some of the Paint Shop Pro programs, including versions 7 and 9.

A second option is to use Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode. You must test your computer first, as Windows Virtual PC will not run on every computer, as it only works with certain microprocessors. To test the compatibility of your PC with Windows PC and Virtual PC at this Microsoft page. If your computer is compatible, then go to the download page for Windows Virtual PC to install it on your Windows 7 computer.

More information on working with Windows 7 and Embird can be found at the faq’s on the Embird web site.

1. When you embroider on fabric, you may start out with a six-inch or four-inch quilting square, but when you have completed the embroidery, because of the push/pull of the fabric, your finished size may be 5.75 inches by 5.75 inches or even less. To prevent this from happening, always cut your quilting square larger than the size of the square, embroider your design or designs on the square; press and straighten the square and then cut the square out to the correct size, centering the design in the square.

2. Embroidery must be stabilized, especially if you are embroidering on cotton. Use either a good quality tear-away stabilizer for the design, removing all of the tear-away from the back of the design or use a cut-away such as polymesh. Do not use iron-on polymesh, but rather baste the stabilizer to the fabric. Cut the stabilizer to the same size as the fabric and do not cut away any of the stabilizer, simply leave it as part of the completed design. (Do not use a heavy cutaway if you use this technique as it will add too much weight – one layer of polymesh is sufficient).

3. For a quilted effect around the design, cut out your square of fabric, cut out a piece of lightweight quilt batting the size of the square, and use a layer of polymesh backing (see #2) on the bottom of this “sandwich”. Once the design is embroidered, the quilt backing will “puff out” around the design.

4. Combine a quilted embroidery outline design with an embroidered design. There are several designs available for background quilting or stippling (Elsa has a free stippling design that can be used). Embroider the background quilting designs or stippling on the fabric, following up with the embroidery design – again another unique look. You could also use the same background quilting design on the border or sashing of your quilt to match that used in the design.

Tips & Hints:

If you are using a background design larger than the size of your hoop, create a custom hoop in Embird the size of your embroidery square, bring in the quilting design or designs you will be using, duplicating and moving these designs until you have a suitable background design. Using a three-position hoop or multi-hooping by adding alignment lines, save the design sections for your hoop size. Print a template of the complete design, lay it on your fabric and use this template for placement of the first design, using alignment lines to line up any remaining design sections that need to be multi-hooped.

These are just a few of many, many ways you can combine quilting and embroidery – and remember quilting isn’t just quilts! There are table mats, table runners, wall hangings, quilted tote bags, coasters – and the list could go on and on – use your imagination and combine something gorgeous using quilting and embroidery!

Do you remember your first computer where you had the ability to add shortcuts to your desktop? And you thought you were in heaven as you could add a shortcut to every program on your computer! The next thing you know, you can’t see the background on your monitor because the entire screen is covered with all those pretty little icons!

However, before you can abandon those pretty desktop icons and still have the convenience of finding your most-used programs quickly, you have to give yourself an easy way to access the shortcuts you use most often. Why not use the Quick Launch toolbar and clear your desktop?

If you do not have the Quick Launch toolbar displayed on your bottom taskbar, right click any blank area of the Taskbar, select Toolbars and then make sure there is a check mark next to Quick Launch. The Quick Launch toolbar will appear just to the right of the Start menu with at least one button on it: the Show Desktop button, which automatically minimizes all your open windows to the Taskbar and reveals the full Desktop when you click it. Now, that icon alone is worth its weight in gold!

Let’s clean up the desktop so you can see your background! It’s very quick and easy. Hold your left mouse button down and drag your desktop icons to the Quick Launch toolbar. Now, this is the time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Do you really need the icons that are automatically placed on your desktop by some software installations? Probably at least 35% of the icons on your desktop are never used, so be a bit ruthless in your choice of icons to drag down to the Quick Launch toolbar. And if you have placed shortcuts on your desktop for frequently-used documents, these can also be dragged down to the Quick Launch toolbar.

What happens if you drag the wrong item or decide you don’t need it on your Quick Launch toolbar? Just right click on the icon; select delete and then yes to confirm you do want to delete it.

Depending on the number of Desktop icons you drag to the Quick Launch toolbar, things on the Taskbar could get crowded. To make more room, make the Taskbar a little bigger. Right click any blank area of the taskbar and make sure lock the taskbar is deselected. Place your pointer on the top edge of the taskbar so it turns into a double-headed arrow and drag upward.

Now that all those icons and shortcuts are accessible from the Quick Launch toolbar, you can clean the desktop. The simplest and safest way to do this is to hide the Desktop icons. Right-click any blank area of the desktop, choose Arrange Icons By, and then select Show Desktop Icons to uncheck it. In a few moments, all your Desktop icons will disappear.

But why not delete or move the icons instead of just hiding them? Several of the icons, such as My Computer, Recycle Bin, and My Network Places, cannot and should not be deleted because they are central to the functionality of Windows. Leave these three icons on the desktop and then delete the remaining unnecessary icons.

If you stop here you’ll no doubt notice how much more efficient it can be to work from the Quick Launch bar rather than from a cluttered Desktop. However, you might want to consider going a step further and removing your Desktop background picture if you have one, substituting the background with a color. Right-click any blank area of the desktop, click Properties/Desktop. Under background, choose none; under color, choose a background color that is easy on the eyes and contrasts with your Windows color scheme. Click Apply to see if you like the color; if not, choose another color. Once you find one you like, click OK

Now that you have a nice icon-free desktop, there is one more option and that is to hide the taskbar. Hide the Taskbar, and you have the maximum desktop space possible at your disposal.

When you get those icons and that background out of the way, the taskbar is suddenly an eyesore, interrupting what would otherwise be a totally clean screen. You can hide the Taskbar so that it appears only when you need it. Right-click any blank area of the taskbar and choose properties. On the Taskbar tab, select Auto-Hide the taskbar, and click apply and then ok. The taskbar disappears, but you can display it when you need it by hovering your pointer over to the bottom edge of the screen. Until that point, however, your screen is completely blank. A hidden Taskbar is not for everyone. If you’re not a careful mouser, you may find yourself displaying the taskbar whenever you work near the bottom of the screen. But it is the ultimate in desktop neatness, and it wins back some extra space for your programs.

Make Your Screensaver Uniquely Your Own

If you remove your desktop background as part of a computer clean up and then find that you really do miss that background, you can bring it back as a screensaver which will give you the best of both worlds – you still have the background but it is no longer intrusive. But there is more – you can set the screensaver to sequence through several of your favorite pictures, which is something your desktop background can’t do. Let’s go ahead and set the screensaver for your favourite pictures.

Click the Start button and choose My Documents. In the left side of the window, click on “make a new folder;” name this new folder Screensaver. Navigate through your folders to find the picture or pictures you want to use as a screensaver and copy them into this new Screensaver folder. (If you can’t live without some of the Windows photo backgrounds as your screensaver, you will find them in the C:\WINDOWS folder but be very careful and be sure to copy them to your new Screensaver folder. Do not move them!)

Now that you have a selection of photos in the screensaver folder, right-click your new blank Desktop; click Properties and click the Screen Saver tab. From the screensaver drop-down menu on the left under the picture of the computer, select My Pictures Slideshow and then click Settings, (if you have only one picture in your Screensaver folder, you may want to set the how often should pictures change interval to something longer, such as one minute; otherwise, leave it at the default selection.. Under the how big should pictures be tab choose the appropriate setting. (usually 100%). Click Browse, select your Screensaver folder, and click ok.

And, finally, the last step. Make sure that “use transition effects between pictures is” selected and that the other three options are unchecked or not selected. Then click ok. Back on the Screensaver tab, you’ll see a preview of your screensaver in the small sample monitor. If you are satisfied with your preview, click on apply and ok.

Now, isn’t that much better? A clean desktop and your own personal screensaver!

After installing the program, just add a shortcut to your desktop and you will be able to access it easily.  The only downside to the program  – and it is a minor downside – is that you cannot go directly to Explorer Lite from Embird, but that is not enough to make me stop using this program!

In the 1920’s and 1930’s the monogram was the height of fashion and the classiest gentlemen and ladies had monograms on their most fashionable pieces but monograms actually go back as far as ancient Egypt. Monogrammed linens remain widely popular today and they pay tribute to the original purpose of personalization, which was the simple purpose of identifying laundry. Linens were marked with indelible ink at the corners, using a seal or stamp. Only the wealthiest families enjoyed embroidered monograms, usually in the form of a coat of arms, crowns or other heraldic symbols. It wasn’t until the 1800s that the middle classes adopted the custom of embroidering linens with family initials.

A traditional monogram is made from two or more overlapping letters to form a symbol or design. The most recognizable would be the first, middle, and last initials of a person’s name. Single letter monograms, or two-letter monograms are also very popular.

The classic monograms most people will recognize are monogrammed towels but monogramming lends a classic, personal touch to everything from towels to a monogram on a shirt pocket or cuff and almost everything in between.

The most commonly asked questions about monograms have to do with the number of letters to be used, and their order and arrangement.

Single letter monograms: These can be quite large without being visually overwhelming. Usually, the initial from the last name or surname is used, although there have been periods, notably in the 1930s and 1950s, when it was fashionable to use a single first name initial.

Two letter monograms: Usually a person’s first, then last initial, defines this look. Since there’s typically no confusion about the letter order, both can be the same size, or, to add interest, the first initial can be smaller than the last.

Three letter monograms: This arrangement is the most common, featuring first, middle and last. Note: Keep in mind that some people do not have three names/initials. The order of these three letters varies by usage and letter size, which can be confusing. Therefore, it’s most common to place them as follows: first, last, then middle, making the center initial (last name) noticeably larger than the other two, helping to identify the surname.

If you’re working with small letters the convention would be first initial, middle initial, last initial. Each is the same size, and should therefore be arranged in the order you would write the name.

The trouble with the standard monogram practices, is that they’re just that, conventions, or common practices, that were established at some point in history because they worked well for a majority of those using it.

Monogramming has become much more complicated in recent years with the widespread fashion of hyphenated last names. It’s easy to imagine the marriage of two individuals with hyphenated last names creating a complicated combination of six or eight letter monograms, unless some simplification occurs. As yet, there are no “rules” established, so it is a matter of digitizing the monogram to suit the wants and needs of the person for whom the monogram is intended or your own personal preferences.

Placement of Letters for Monograms

Note: All placements refer to the center point of the design unless otherwise noted. These are suggested placements only and are not “written in stone”.

Golf-shirts – 7 inches – 9 inches inches down from the left shoulder seam, and 4 inches – 6 inches over from the center.

Ladies sweaters – 3 1/2 inches to 4 1/2 inches down from the collar and centered on the front.

T-shirts/Sweatshirts – 3 inches to 3 1/2 inches down from the bottom of the crew neck edge.

Shirt Cuffs -Placement on the top of the wrist, and from 1 inch – 1 3/8 inches toward the buttonhole from the center of the cuff. Cuff monograms are typically small, and are placed so that the bottom of the design is 1/4′ to 1/2 inches above the cuff edge.

Coat Linings – On the right side at approximately waist level on the lining.

Towels – Place the monogram on the opposite side of the label on the opposite end. (Measurements are from the bottom of the monogram.)

Face Cloths – 1 1/2 inches above the hem or 1 inche above border.

Hand towels – 2 inches above hem or 1 1/2 inches above border.

Bath towels – 4 inches above hem or 2 inches above border

Bath sheets -4 inches above hem or 3 inches above border.

Pillow Cases -The monogram should be centered at the midpoint of the width of the open end, and also centered midway between the edge of the pillowcase and the hem edge.

Sheets -The bottom of the monogram should be centered at the midpoint of the sheet width, and should be approximately 2 inches above the wide hemline at the top of the sheet.