Curved Flower Stem with Leaves
Curved Flower Stem with Leaves is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 143.7 × 286.6 mm with 10,699 stitches in 4 thread colors. Expect roughly 18 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in DST format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 4
- Stitches
- 10,699
- Design Size
- 143.7 × 286.6 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 8" × 12" (200 × 300 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~18 min
- Color Changes
- 5
- Trims
- 28
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Download Files
Free for personal stitching. Need another format (DST, JEF, EXP…)? More formats are on the way. Design License →
Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine. This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 561 · Very Dark Jade | 1,626 |
| 2 | 645 · Very Dark Beaver Gray | 2,971 |
| 3 | 704 · Bright Chartreuse | 4,601 |
| 4 | 780 · Ultra Very Dark Topaz | 1,197 |
About This Design
This simple stem motif design stitches out at 143.7 × 286.6 mm (5.7 × 11.3 in) and uses 4 thread colors across 5 color changes. Total count is 10,699 stitches at a density of about 26.0 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~18 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 5, automatic trims: 28
- 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 26.0 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 143.7 × 286.6 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:
- 561 Very Dark Jade
- 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 704 Bright Chartreuse
- 780 Ultra Very Dark Topaz
Stitching Notes
With 4 colors and 5 changes you can pre-wind the whole set before you start and never leave the machine. 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.
