Blue Iris Blooms
Blue Iris Blooms is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 96.0 × 92.7 mm with 5,740 stitches in 6 thread colors. Expect roughly 10 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in PES format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 6
- Stitches
- 5,740
- Design Size
- 96 × 92.7 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~10 min
- Color Changes
- 5
- Trims
- 8
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Download Files
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Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 · Mint Green | 670 |
| 2 | 3 · Teal Green | 866 |
| 3 | 10 · Mint Green | 296 |
| 4 | 32 · Sky Blue | 1,678 |
| 5 | 2 · Blue | 1,583 |
| 6 | 12 · Orange | 619 |
About This Design
This iris flowers design stitches out at 96.0 × 92.7 mm (3.8 × 3.6 in) and uses 6 thread colors across 5 color changes. Total count is 5,740 stitches at a density of about 64.5 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~10 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 5, automatic trims: 8
- 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 96.0 × 92.7 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 6 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 10 Mint Green
- 3 Teal Green
- 10 Mint Green
- 32 Sky Blue
- 2 Blue
- 12 Orange
Stitching Notes
With 6 colors and 5 changes you can pre-wind the whole set before you start and never leave the machine. Being a PES file, the thread assignments come embedded, so most machines will display the color list for you.
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.
