Autumn Leaf Border

About This Design

This leaf border design stitches out at 321.0 × 94.9 mm (12.6 × 3.7 in) and uses 10 thread colors across 10 color changes. Total count is 19,661 stitches at a density of about 64.5 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~33 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 10, automatic trims: 20
• Follow the color sequence table above — thread numbers refer to the chart programmed in the file; match them to your brand by color.

Fabric & Hooping

At about 64.5 stitches/cm² the fill is moderate: one layer of medium-weight cut-away handles most wovens, while knits want a second layer or a fusible backing. At 321.0 × 94.9 mm this needs a large-format hoop, or splitting across several hoopings with alignment marks — check it against your machine's maximum field first.

Thread Colors in This Design

DST files store stitch data but no thread information, so the colors below are our suggested DMC match. Swap in whatever you have in a similar shade:

• 899 Medium Rose
• 3777 Very Dark Terra Cotta
• 3013 Light Khaki Green
• 3716 Very Light Dusty Rose
• 434 Light Brown
• 807 Peacock Blue
• 721 Medium Orange Spice
• 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
• 798 Dark Delft Blue
• 743 Medium Yellow

Stitching Notes

10 colors across 10 changes makes this a real thread-management job: lay the spools out in sequence order first and keep the color chart to hand. DST stores stitch data only, which is why the color list is a suggestion rather than the digitizer's original choice.

What to Make With It

Motifs like this scatter well — single placements on pockets and yokes, or repeated across a quilt block, a set of napkins or a child's blanket. It reads the same at any orientation, so placement is forgiving.