Cactus Flower Cluster

About This Design

This cactus flower design stitches out at 524.5 × 345.2 mm (20.6 × 13.6 in) and uses 11 thread colors across 10 color changes. Total count is 61,093 stitches at a density of about 33.7 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~102 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 10, automatic trims: 276
• 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 33.7 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 524.5 × 345.2 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:

• 996 Medium Electric Blue
• 807 Peacock Blue
• 958 Dark Sea Green
• 3013 Light Khaki Green
• 561 Very Dark Jade
• 909 Very Dark Emerald
• 702 Kelly Green
• 704 Bright Chartreuse
• 472 Ultra Light Avocado
• 444 Dark Lemon
• 743 Medium Yellow

Stitching Notes

11 colors across 10 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.