Modern and Traditional Embroidery Dress

stitched by Kyle J. Letendre

This fabulous K is described by Kyle as his "first go at embroidery!" Seriously, Kyle, this is amazing work - I think you need to keep embroidering. :)

Read more about Kyle's project on his blog (which is also amazing, by the way).

Olá! This week I'll show you how I create patterns with numbers or letters in a very, very, simple way!
As my drawing skills are not so great I try to make my life easier using other instruments... And a word processor is of great help as you will see...

Let's begin!

1. In a new page type the letter you want to work with - the font and size font are not important so far...
2. Then select the letter you've typed and open the "format - font" window. That's what I've done with the letter "I".
3. Choose "70" for the size font, "bold" for the font style and the "outline" effect.
4. In the preview box your letter will be displayed in all its size and you'll be able to choose the best font type (if you choose a size larger than 70 you'll have your letter cut in the preview box).
5. In order to choose the font you just have to scroll down the fonts that are available in the font menu. As you are scrolling down, the final look of the letter will be previewed in the box. In this case, I decided myself for the Handwriting-Dakota.
6. You can close the window and in your document choose the font size that you want to work with.

Using the Format - Font window to choose your font

Sometimes the "Character Spacing" window is also helpful... Using the "scale" you can enlarge or narrow your letter, what is great when you have to fit it to a predefined space. And with "spacing" the same happens, particularly if you will be working with more than one letter.