Beaded Flower Border
Beaded Flower Border is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 291.1 × 135.9 mm with 11,864 stitches in 8 thread colors. Expect roughly 20 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in DST format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 8
- Stitches
- 11,864
- Design Size
- 291.1 × 135.9 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 8" × 12" (200 × 300 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~20 min
- Color Changes
- 8
- Trims
- 66
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Download Files
Free for personal stitching. Need another format (DST, JEF, EXP…)? More formats are on the way. Design License →
Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine. This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3013 · Light Khaki Green | 4,552 |
| 2 | 208 · Very Dark Lavender | 1,327 |
| 3 | 415 · Pearl Gray | 1,276 |
| 4 | 3716 · Very Light Dusty Rose | 1,117 |
| 5 | 702 · Kelly Green | 659 |
| 6 | 820 · Very Dark Royal Blue | 599 |
| 7 | 434 · Light Brown | 1,123 |
| 8 | 3705 · Dark Melon | 174 |
About This Design
This flower border design stitches out at 291.1 × 135.9 mm (11.5 × 5.4 in) and uses 8 thread colors across 8 color changes. Total count is 11,864 stitches at a density of about 30.0 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~20 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 8, automatic trims: 66
- 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 30.0 stitches/cm² this is an open, low-density fill, so it sits happily on quilting cotton, linen or lightweight shirting with a single layer of tear-away behind it. At 291.1 × 135.9 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:
- 3013 Light Khaki Green
- 208 Very Dark Lavender
- 415 Pearl Gray
- 3716 Very Light Dusty Rose
- 702 Kelly Green
- 820 Very Dark Royal Blue
- 434 Light Brown
- 3705 Dark Melon
Stitching Notes
8 colors across 8 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
A border repeats well along table runners, pillowcase edges, curtain hems and quilt sashing. Stitch one repeat on scrap and measure it, then work out how many repeats your piece needs before you hoop the real fabric.
Categories
Thread Palette
8 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 3013Light Khaki Green
- 208Very Dark Lavender
- 415Pearl Gray
- 3716Very Light Dusty Rose
- 702Kelly Green
- 820Very Dark Royal Blue
- 434Light Brown
- 3705Dark Melon
