Blue and Magenta Iris Spray

About This Design

This iris cluster design stitches out at 94.9 × 95.5 mm (3.7 × 3.8 in) and uses 12 thread colors across 11 color changes. Total count is 8,034 stitches at a density of about 88.6 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~13 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 11, automatic trims: 1
• 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 88.6 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 94.9 × 95.5 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:

• 550 Very Dark Violet
• 900 Dark Burnt Orange
• 931 Medium Antique Blue
• 899 Medium Rose
• 996 Medium Electric Blue
• 321 Red
• 3013 Light Khaki Green
• 415 Pearl Gray
• 702 Kelly Green
• 434 Light Brown
• 444 Dark Lemon
• 3607 Light Plum

Stitching Notes

12 colors across 11 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.