Spend a few inspiring minutes browsing embroidery boards on Pinterest and you’ll spot a monogrammed shirt pocket. Define your search a bit to monogrammed pockets and you’ll find dozens, maybe hundreds of images. Inspiration abounds!
Here’s how to add a monogram to a pocket. And yes, it does involve a seam ripper. Remove the pocket from the shirt. Leave the stitches at the top left pocket in place to make it easier to align after the embroidery. Find and mark the center of the pocket. I used a target ruler and target sticker.
Hoop adhesive tear-away stabilizer or water-activated tear-away, I used water activated tear-away. Sponge a little water over the hooped surface to activate the adhesive. Place the hoop under PAL, the Perfect Alignment Laser, aligning the laser crosshair with the hoop’s horizontal and vertical center marks. Slide the pocket onto the stabilizer, aligning the target sticker with the laser crosshair. Smooth the pocket onto the sticky surface.
Gently lift and carry the hoop to the machine. Attach the hoop to the machine and support the weight of the shirt on the machine table. Do not let the shirt extend over the table. As the monogram stitches, make sure the shirt stays out of the sewing field.
Remove the hoop from the machine.
Carefully remove the excess stabilizer. Press the pocket and reposition it on the shirt. Topstitch the pocket to the shirt in matching thread.
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48 COMMENTS
Frances Powell
6 years agoI would love to have either the Debra Jones DVDs for stabilizing or hooping. I have no problem with stabilizing for applique, but for regular embroidery on woven fabrics I sometimes have problems.
Chris Carter
6 years agoLove the font that was used for the shirt pocket monogram. Where can it be purchased? Thanks.
Valerie Gwara
6 years agoBooks!!! “Ask the expert”
“Contemporary Machine Embroider Fashions”
“Contemporary Machine Embroider Accessories”
“Travel Gear Made Easy”
“Nancy Zimmermans Machine Embroidery with Confidence”
and more!
Cindy Garner
6 years agoI want the laser for lining up in the machine. The photo you showed makes it look like a definitely needed item in my sewing room.
Janie Mason
6 years agoIs the sticky stabilizer enough ? And what size needle is best to use? I love your blog
Aurore Stubbs
6 years agoYour “Snap Hoop Monster” is on my wish list…
This would be such a help for bath towels embroidery and monograms.
Thank you for all your posts and for all the tutorials.
Kind regards,
Monica
6 years ago<3 the PINK 🙂
Sue
6 years agoI would love the monster hoop in a large size. I want to do my quilts with it. Currently I use a small magnet hoop (not one of yours) that I got for my machine but it isn’t big enough for everything I want to do. I like to do the boarders and I want it to be able to stitch continuous designs or more than one in a hooping. With my small magnet hoop it makes it very difficult. At the full price of the monster hoop is $189.00. My hubby would have a heart attack if I spent that much on a hoop!
Charlee Turner
6 years agoThe “Designer Necklines” is way cool…the tools (rulers, especially) would get a workout…I guess I just like/want/wish for everything! 🙂
Linda W
6 years agoThere are several products I’d like to have, but Perfect Alignment Software would be my first choice.
Joyce Hardiman
6 years agoquick snap for multi needle machine.
Virginia Frazier
6 years agoI would love either the perfect placement software or the t-shirt placement collection.It is always so difficult to get designs correct on t-shits.
susanj
6 years agoI stocked up at a recent Stitching Sisters event, but that was before the Hoop Guard was introduced, so now that is on my wish list.
Jane Jarvis
6 years agoPAL, I stress over placement. Your perfect placement templates are my favorites. I use them all the time.
jennifer allen
6 years ago1st of all, Virginia Fraziers Mispelled word cracks me up bc im ALWAYS afraid I will spell it like that. Lol! Thanks for a good laugh tonight.
I would love the Pal to make alignment a breeze!
Gwynn McKenzie
6 years agoI would love the PAL 2. My alignment is getting better but this would really take some of the pressure off me!
CarolKE
6 years agoI love the stipple designs . Also designer knock off bags.
becky3580
6 years agoI would love a 2 or 3 year subscription to Designs in Machine Embroidery on a special; that way I have a little of everything and I LOVE EVERY ISSUE!!
Bonnie Gray
6 years agoSnap Hoop for my Bernina artista 630
Laurie
6 years agoMy wish list is for the quick snap extension arm! For my six needle machine. I love my monster hoop and I think the extension arm will help give me somemore support.
Tracy Payne
6 years agoThe Perfect Alignment Laser would be first on my list.
Kay
6 years agoI love the Quick-Snap frames for multi-needle machines. I probably have some of the first sets made and replaced adaptors several times. But they are still the hoops I use the most. Of course I have two of the monster hoops, too and am anxiously waiting to see what Eileen will come up with next. I have the support arm, too and it is a very good investment. It is excellent for a machine that has no support table. And speaking of placement kits, I have the multi-purpose one and the children’s. They are both well-worn.
Sandy Roberts
6 years agoMy dream item from the DME site is QuickSnap for the Babylock 6-needle machine. That would make my life so much easier and really provide relief from the pain and awkwardness rheumatoid arthritis has caused in my hands. Some days traditional hoops are more than I can handle, and the ease of use of the QuickSnap would be heavenly.
Carolyn H
6 years agoThe book-Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Accessories
Jeanne Raffaele
6 years agoI would love the Perfect Alignment Laser so I can be sure my designs would be positioned properly. Thank you for you great tutorials!
Wanda H Leffingwell
6 years agoI would love to have the placement tool! I need all the help I can to align my designs!
Donna G.
6 years agoI ‘d love the handbag set. It looks like so much fun!
Gail
6 years agoPAL – as I am new to machine embroidery, there are a lot of goodies I would like to have but this is one item that is going to be a near future purchase! Love your talent Eileen!
Nancy Weber
6 years agoI am very interested in the latest product, the neckline projects. I find cutting into a shirt a bit daunting and would love to learn the correct technique and also new ideas so I can do different designs on my shirts. Hugs. Nan
Patty Schrock
6 years agoI have a HUGE wish list but since I have so many grandchildren to sew for the monster hoop would be first. thanks
Betty
6 years agoMagna Hoop Jumbo for Ellisimo! Bought one for Ellegante, now it
sits all alone…can’t use it. Miss the easiest way to embroidery
towels and bulky items.
Sheila
6 years agoQuickSnap for the Babylock 6-needle would be fantastic!
Anne Henry
6 years agoI wish to purchase an Embroidery Tool Kit I will pay either by Pay Pal or a U.K. credit card and have the article sent to U.K.address. Can you advise additional postal/courier cost.
I can be contacted at pixthie@aol.com
Thanks
Odette
6 years agoThe perfect alignement laser looks like a must have !;-)
Teresa Rizzo
6 years agoI want so many things but top of my list is the PAL.
Teresa Rizzo
6 years agoThank You, Thank You! I can’t wait to get my PAL!
Becky
6 years agoI haven’t purchased any of the Deborah Jones’ DVD’s yet but I would love to have them all. Her classes on Craftsy are very informative. I love your magazine and have subscribed for years. I would love to win a free year.
Judy G
6 years agoI would dearly love a Monster Snap Hoop.
Donna N.
6 years agoI think the Designer Necklines would be helpful.
Carole D
6 years agoI would love to have the magna hoop 8×8 for my Ellismo Gold.
LeAnne L
6 years agoSnap Hoops and PAL are on my wish list.
Debe
6 years agoI would like to try the Snap hoop. I looks like a great product.
Vicki Becker
6 years agoCalligraphy Project Designer – and it’s on special!
Clem
6 years agoI can’t remember the difference between the snap hoop and the quick hoop? I would love either one of these for my 10 needle. I would also love the designer neckline. Do you have anything for placement for above shirt pockets or shirts without pockets? I have seen one or two, but it seems the sizes only go as large as the xl. I know several people who are 3x and 4x. Thanks
Tonya Taylor
6 years agoI bought a lot of things at the Stitching Sisters show in Augusta Ga. But did not get the Childrens Perfect Placement Kit & Embroiderer’s Helper Bundle. Would love to have these.
Kristal
6 years agoI have to choose just one?! 🙂 Since I am fairly new to machine
embroidery, I would say my top five are 1) Perfect Placement Kit, 2)
Perfect Alignment Laser 3) Target Stickers 4) the book Machine Embroidery in 6 Easy
Lessons and 5) the book Embroidery Studio Organization in 6 Easy Steps.
Thanks for all the great information on your blog. You are my number one
go-to site for great information and inspiration!!
joyce
6 years agoMy wish list includes the new Calligraphy software or the designer neckline placement kit.
Emily Maybank
6 years agoI love the font and find it so interesting how different fonts appeal to different people. I own an Ety shop called Southern-Linens and so far my work only includes monogrammed linens of all kinds. I haven’t attempted a shirt pocket yet, but you make it look pretty doable.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SouthernLinen