How does one remove silk thread monogram initials from towels?
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MONTROSE Reputation: 8354 See MONTROSE's booth |
Wow! Easier to just change your initials to match.
I do theater and film wardrobe and I often have to remove machine embroidered logos from clothing. Understand up front that this will take some time and that you can ruin the towels.
I have a very fine/sharp seam ripper, a set of tweezers with needle-like points and a very sharp set of thread snips…sometimes I throw in a razor blade…and an excellent, adjustable light. Cut/clip/slice across some of the satin stitched threads…take the tweezers and try to pull them out…repeat ad nauseum. Do a small section at a time…if you try for the whole thing at once, you are only going to make a mess. Try working from the back if you aren’t making progress on the front. There may be pieces of stabilizer under the stitches…use the tweezers to try to get it out.
Now, if you are lucky and get all the threads pulled out without ripping the towel…there is always the chance that the hundreds of machine stitches (holes) will have matted down the toweling and/or left a permanent outline of holes.
I don’t mean to discourage you…just want you to know that this can be a lot of work with no guarantee as to the results.
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vintage-duchess Reputation: 32 See vintage-duchess' booth |
Like tattoos gone wrong, the easiest way is to put something over it.
I am not a professional seamstress, but my aunt is, and she used to get requests like this all the time.
Anyway, she would come up with a pleasing design and re-embroider the towels. It was a lot easier and faster than ripping out all those stitches.
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xxlucytheena Reputation: 20 See xxlucytheena's booth |
I can only tell you that I tried it and it was a disaster! I did work with a guy who would take them in and have something else embroidered over.
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froggieb Reputation: 774 See froggieb's booth |
The easiest way is to embroider over it or just embrace the original!
You can remove monograms with a seam ripper, razor blade, etc. like Vintage suggested. VERY time consuming and the garment may be ruined in the process. I have tried on several occasions (and spent hours doing it) to remove monograms only to ruin the garment.
Best of luck.
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euroholic Reputation: 154 See euroholic's booth |
Don’t remove it, just tell folks that it’s a priceless family heirloom that you inherited it from your incredibly wealthy Aunt _______!
Seriously I agree w/ the folks who recommend sewing over it. If you wanted to take the time, best way would be to pull out one stitch at a time, very carefully, then overlay a thin piece of fabric, like organza, and have new monogram/embroidery applied.
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loneelk Reputation: 128 See loneelk's booth |
I would take a 12 gauge shotgun to it! Just shoot away those pesky monograms! Incredibly fast and although slightly destructive [!?]…just tell your buyers it’s a wartime item and act accordingly [triple the price!].—I’d do it [buy the item], in fact most of my wardrobe is faux-war articles…they tell me I look like a rag doll with a big beard….When it’s ‘ready’ just look me up, I might buy it.
I take an XXL shirt tho…Towels, no problem—in fact, I need some towels.
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ravenstalin Reputation: 152 See ravenstalin's booth |
I have removed monograms and use a seam ripper as well.
If your very careful, you can ever use a razor blade.
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ShamelessPleasures Reputation: 72 See ShamelessPleasures' booth |
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