Blooming Rose Applique

About This Design

This rose design stitches out at 100.2 × 119.2 mm (3.9 × 4.7 in) and uses 7 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 14,437 stitches at a density of about 120.9 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~24 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 7, automatic trims: 6
• 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 120.9 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 100.2 × 119.2 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.

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:

• 958 Dark Sea Green
• 317 Pewter Gray
• 909 Very Dark Emerald
• 738 Very Light Tan
• 472 Ultra Light Avocado
• 3777 Very Dark Terra Cotta
• 741 Medium Tangerine

Stitching Notes

7 colors across 7 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.