Butterfly Mandala

About This Design

This mandala design stitches out at 201.9 × 101.1 mm (7.9 × 4.0 in) and uses 8 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 7,598 stitches at a density of about 37.2 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~13 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 7, automatic trims: 5
• 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 37.2 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 201.9 × 101.1 mm plan on 6×10 in or larger, and mark your centre lines before hooping.

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
• 321 Red
• 807 Peacock Blue
• 815 Medium Garnet
• 996 Medium Electric Blue
• 3705 Dark Melon
• 798 Dark Delft Blue
• 899 Medium Rose

Stitching Notes

8 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.