I am a fairly beginning embroiderer.  How does one manage a monagram when the last name is two words like "von Winters" or "Del Toro"?  I am grateful for any advice.  Thank you.

This is one suggestion ,maybe somebody else have other ideas but in this case I have seen people leave off the middle name and use the 2 initials from last name for example Mary Del Toro becomes MDT.

Thank you

Annthegran Support

Thank you.  I want to monogram towels for a recently married couple.  I was going to place the first initial of each person on either side of the last name.  My daughter suggested I use the wifes first initial with DT on one towel and the husbands on the other.  That does sound like the simplest idea.  Thanks again.  mm

I think I would simply ask them how they want it to appear.  That won't work for a surprise gift, but the multiple letter names seem to be more common today.

I have seen the to initials in the middle and the first initials on either side. ex:    

K DT M

with more people choosing to keep their maiden name and also using a hyphen, it would be wise to ask the receipient what their preference is.

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Pat

Thank you to all who offered ideas.  I found a font in my 3D Embroidery software that was each individual letter within a diamond frame.  Very pretty when I stitched out a test.  I placed the letters with the husbands initial on the left and wifes on the right with the last name letters on top and bottom.  The diamonds fit together to make a larger diamond and the over all effect was good.  I was proud of the result and the couple raved about their towels.  If the situation comes up again, though, I think I will just ask.  It would have saved time and strain on my brain, but I would not have discovered an interesting font.

Thanks again.  mm

That was very clever to put the last name letters the way you did!!  How very creative!!

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I have friends who are finally getting married.  I wanted to use my new "Perfect Towel" program that I bought at the Community Circle event.  However, the bride is keeping her last name...  Now what?

The only thing I can think of is to do one set of towels in her name and one set in his name, kind of like a hers & his'.

Any other thoughts, suggestions would be appreciated.

Sue 

Two separate monagrams are a good idea.  You could also just use the two last initials.