Edelweiss Embroidery · Houston, Texas

230 colours.
One pair
of hands.

Appliqué monograms and names, stitched to order from the full Cotton Couture colour card. The machine stitches the shape, I hand-cut each one free, the machine finishes the edge. Here is exactly how.

Every personalized order is proofed before it is sewn. Nothing is stitched until you have seen it.

The colour card · Michael Miller Cotton Couture

230 solids

Hover a colour to read its number.
Ticked = orderable in this prototype (24 colours)
Macro view of a sewing-machine needle mid-stitch on the satin-finished edge of an appliqué shape.

Fig. 01 — Appliqué, satin edge in progress. The needle finishing a hand-cut shape.

Houston · 2026

Two ways to order

01 · Quick Ship

Pre-made blanks, personalized fast.

Ivory Cotton Couture blanks I keep ready. You add the monogram or name; I stitch and ship. 3–5 business days.

See Quick Ship pieces →

02 · Custom

Made to order, your colours.

You choose the body fabric and welting from the full colour card; I match thread to fabric by eye. About 2–3 weeks.

Start a custom piece →

Selected work · the pillow shams

Quick Ship A 20-inch ivory Cotton Couture pillow sham, shown blank and ready to personalize. № 01 · 20″ sham 20″ Monogram Pillow Sham Appliqué monogram · f · L · m $145Personalize → Quick Ship A stitched letter sampler laid flat with scissors and thread — the lettering shown as a name. № 02 · 20″ sham 20″ Name Pillow Sham Appliqué name · natural order $135Personalize → Custom Stacked folds of Cotton Couture fabric swatches in many solid colours. № 03 · made to order Custom Sham Your fabric + welt · 230 colours from $165Configure →

Prices shown are placeholders pending confirmation. The full range of shapes and sizes lives in the shop.

The proof step

Nothing is stitched
until you've seen it.

Because every piece is personalized, all sales are final — so I make sure it's right first. You'll approve a stitched-layout proof of your exact letters, thread, and placement before I sew a single stitch.

How the proof works →

Hands trimming an appliqué shape free with small scissors before the satin edge is stitched.

Fig. 02 — Hand-cutting the appliqué shape.

The workroom by a window, where the embroidery is stitched.

Fig. 03 — The workroom, by the window.

The maker

A nurse who stitches.

I built Edelweiss over five years, alongside a nursing career, in Houston. Appliqué is my signature — the more refined form of embroidery, and the one I keep returning to. One pair of hands, one worktable, and a colour card I know by eye.

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