Chrysanthemums

About This Design

This chrysanthemum flowers design stitches out at 51.5 × 51.6 mm (2.0 × 2.0 in) and uses 9 thread colors across 8 color changes. Total count is 10,161 stitches at a density of about 382.4 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~17 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 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 382.4 stitches/cm² this is a very heavy fill, near the limit of what a domestic machine handles comfortably. Use two layers of firm cut-away, drop to roughly 400 spm, and expect a stiff finished patch — keep it off garments that need to drape. At 51.5 × 51.6 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.

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:

• 721 Medium Orange Spice
• 702 Kelly Green
• 996 Medium Electric Blue
• 550 Very Dark Violet
• 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
• 3705 Dark Melon
• 741 Medium Tangerine
• 909 Very Dark Emerald
• 798 Dark Delft Blue

Stitching Notes

9 colors across 8 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.