Those beautiful decorator pillows displayed in home stores and catalogs often come with price tags of $60 to $100 and more. The same look can be created with the right combination of fabrics and the built-in stitches on any Janome Memory Craft machine. Janome Digest shows how.

The framing of special photos and other precious mementos has become very popular, and Janome Digest has come up with a fun, new matte idea: embroidery. Using the advanced capabilities of the Digitizer 10000 embroidery software, readers can create a completely embroidered, completely custom matte.

This issue features a beautiful quilt created entirely on the Memory Craft 10000 by Swedish Janome dealer, Mia Ohberg. Accompanying quilt designs are offered as free downloads on the official Janome website, www.janome.com.

Jeanine Twig, author of the book, Embroidery Machine Essentials, is featured as Guest Editor. She shares a few of her basic secrets for successful embroidery, and provides some great ideas for how to use all those test-stitch samples.

Readers can also take a step-by-step course at "Clothsetter U." Or, make a trio of Valentine Tidbits: precious pocket toppers, cute removable collars, and pretty little purses. Even learn the tips and techniques for a pair of jazzy, patchwork jackets.