Ah, Monday! A perfect day to finish something!

Normally, I procrastinate until Mondays, when I begin things. It’s a bad habit – “I’ll start that on Monday….” – but for some reason, Mondays seem like good days to start things. It’s like the beginning of a new year, in miniature form. And since it happens 52 times a year (give or take), that’s a lot of opportunities for new beginnings!

But, today, we end. We end the Delicate Spray monogram alphabet with the last four letters: W, X, Y, and Z.

Here they are!

We talked before about how the W in a monogram alphabet is often left out, on the principle that the M can be flipped. Instead of flipping the M for this alphabet, I preferred combining two V’s.

The left side of the V makes up the left side of the W, and the right side of the V makes up the right side of the W, and then, where the two overlap, I turned a short loop into the center.

So that’s another alternative for manipulating a W out of an alphabet that doesn’t provide one. It works!

I like this X. It’s one of the less awkward-looking X’s out there.

The X in a monogram alphabet is probably the least-used letter. But when you need an X, it’s good to have a nice one.

And I think the Y is also very pretty – I like the way the smaller intersecting arm slopes gently into the main line of the letter, rather than scooping down like a U.

And, finally, the Z!

And that brings us to the end of a lovely alphabet!

You can find various suggestions for stitching these letters – as well as some beautiful embroidered examples – among the other letters in the alphabet, which you can find in this index of free monograms for hand embroidery.

Monograms for Hand Embroidery – Printables

Here are the PDFs for today’s monograms. The letters will print at 1.5″, 3″ and 4″ high if you choose no scaling (or a similar setting) on your printer. You can enlarge and reduce them by using the scaling feature on your printer or by using a photocopier.

Monogram for Hand Embroidery – Delicate Spray W (PDF)
Monogram for Hand Embroidery – Delicate Spray X (PDF)
Monogram for Hand Embroidery – Delicate Spray Y (PDF)
Monogram for Hand Embroidery – Delicate Spray Z (PDF)

You can find this monogram alphabet for hand embroidery and several other monogram alphabets available under Monograms for Hand Embroidery on the Patterns page here on Needle ‘n Thread.