Gotta tell you something humourous…….So, this morning I wished him Happy Valentine’s Day. His reply was “Oh, is that what it is today?” I just laughed.  In all fairness, he had only just woken up and had not yet drunk his coffee! I might get chocolate yet, fingers crossed…..the day is young.

Thought I would give you some Valentine’s EYE candy today.

The table runner/wall hanging above was a fun project to make. The L-O-V-E was embroidered on our Janome embroidery machine ( the Janome MC15000). The designs used are just lovely: Artistic Embroidery Collection – Fontastic by Michael Miller. Check out the detail in the large size alphabet/monograms. Each design is at least 3 inches high – not so easy to find large monograms. Look no more……your Local Janome or Artistic Creative Products dealer can order these for you. I know we have inventory of this design CD here in Canada and check out this link to a previous janomelife post about these collections of designs.  

The quilting was done exclusively IN-THE-HOOP using the Janome Acufil quilting system on the Janome Mc15000 (Also available for Janome MC12000 and MC500E).  Here is a close up of …….you guessed right: quilted heart!

Not so easy to see it. Maybe I should have used a darker thread colour but I did not want to “overpower” the font embroidery.

Never have got around to binding this wall hanging……naughty me. But I do like it as it is a collection of many appliqued hearts  with  well over 6 different techniques for both the applique and the quilting. I used Janome Digitizer MBX for the digitizing of several different quilting-in-the-hoop techniques :echo, stippling, ambiance quilting, etc + Acufil quilting + regular free motion stippling and more.

Raw edge fusible web applique, echo/outline quilting + free motion in between the hearts.

raw edge machine applique, micro stippling around the heart using Janome Digitizer MBX Ambiance quilting function + heart dec stitching above in the border

Trite but cute? Machine hoop embroidery and dec stitching. I have always been a fan of the satin stitch hearts on many of our Janome sewing machines!

Well that is probably about enough cute-sie valentines stuff for one day……still waiting for the chocolate!