Heart & Treble Clef Music Embroidery Design, Instant Download

Set this one up so the treble clef and the heart share a single line, they dont exist as separate shapes. The treble clef's lower curl loops around to form the heart's lower bump, and the long vertical stem of the clef sweeps up through the middle. Inside that shared loop theres a curved segment of musical staff, 3 colours worth of notes and ledger lines scattered across it like a real score excerpt. The whole thing reads as music at first and heart second, which is the point.

And its 1 colour throughout, a single black thread run, no changes. The interior score lines use running stitch so they stay fine and delicate rather than bulky. The outer clef-heart outline gets a wider satin column, roughly 3 and nine times the weight of those inner lines, so theres a genuine visual hierarchy even in one colour. Stitch range is 4,121 at 4 inch up to 7,810 at the 7-inch hoop which is a lil bunch of detail for a single colour design.

Specs: 4 sizes at 4, 5, 6 and 7 inch. Color changes 0, stops 1, trims 33 to 34. Digitised in Wilcom EmbroideryStudio with directional satin on the outline and running stitch underlay on the staff section. Use a cutaway stabiliser if youre hooping knit or jersey. Tearaway works fine on woven cotton and canvas. Topping helps on polar fleece so the running stitch staff lines dont sink into the pile. Best on medium to dark fabrics where a single black line pops with proper contrast.

I get messages about this design from music teachers and parents of young musicians more than anyone else. Last autumn a customer told me shed stitched 30 of em onto tote bags for a school concert raffle. Its gone onto bag tags, music folders, and sweatshirts. The 4-inch size on natural linen looks realy clean when sewn onto a canvas zipper pouch.