I cannot get my monogrammed letters to come out clear. what am I doing wrong?

Depends on your machine, but remember if your machine has a 5mm needleplate opening, that limits the size of the lettering you will be able to produce. Unfortunately, to get larger output, you would need to upgrade to an embroidery machine or do the lettering manually with a satin stitch. You can, after practicing, do monogramming free hand with your machine and a satin stitch. However, remember, if the stitch width is limited, even satin stitch will still be limited by that stitch width.

How to Monogram with Basic Sewing Machine (be sure to use a stabilizer behind the fabric. Layer the fabric, then stabilizer, and put in an upside-down embroidery hoop--that way the fabric will be on the top and everything will be flat against the machine's sewing surface. )

How To Do Free Hand Machine Embroidery
(in this video, she puts the stabilizer on the top of the fabric, but it is wash-away stabilizer. If using a tear-away or permanent stabilizer, be sure to put it under the fabric.)

Sewing Perfect Satin Stitch Wildly Wonderful Wearables Patterns Notions...

Machine Appliqu Basics 5 Stitching irregular shapes using satin stitch...

How to Use Satin Stitch Foot

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Sometimes you also need to change the foot as well for monogramming. Do check this in the manual.

Perhaps you should run your bobbin thread through the small hole on the lever that moves in and out. That is what you do when you sew a buttonhole, which is the kind of stitch a monogram makes. I haven't tried it because I don't do monograms, but it makes sense. Also experiement with the tension settings.

Applique and Letters (MONOGRAMMING) are two different things

Check pages 67 & 80 of your manual

Letter size is fixed, not variable

Check your needle for burrs or bends. If your needle is bent it will hit the plate. Try changing the needle

In The design part of your program, you should be able to add another design using your tool bar.
Just check the various tools until you find the one to add a design.

My advice is to try going to a shop that sells machines and gives lessons for free. I bought from JoAnn's and they gave me lessons on it. I bought a Brother for $549 and I am not sorry because I actually know how to use it thanks to the girls at JoAnn's. I would not be using all of the features if I didn't have the hands on instruction. The manual is great for a refresher but nothing beats doing it and someone answering your questions. Think about it before you buy online, you may save a few bucks but in the long run you will be happy to have a relationship with people who care if you have a problem and can help you.

the two sizes of monograms letters are upper and lower case

The one thing I've found is that when using the fonts stored in the machine, you need to treat each as a separate design. Then you would change the size of the Center Letter. I, too, wish the manual was more instructive. It is much easier to use a separate software program where you can create lettering and monograming. Do you have PED Basic, the program that allows you to download from your computer? That is a very good investment (about $150) and you can get free designs and download purchased lettering from different web sites. There is also a good site www.embroiderydk.com where you can join for a small monthly fee and create lettering and monograming. You also have access to over 7000 designs that you can download free whenever you want. It is well worth the price of $9.00 per month and you don't have to be limited to a bunch of emboidery cards or just the built in designs on your machine. One final idea...go the Brother.com and request more instruction on the embroidery portion.