Cyclamen Blooms over Leaves
Cyclamen Blooms over Leaves is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 48.7 × 56.8 mm with 3,488 stitches in 9 thread colors. Expect roughly 6 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
- 9
- Stitches
- 3,488
- Design Size
- 48.7 × 56.8 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~6 min
- Color Changes
- 8
- Trims
- 9
- 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 | 019 · 32 | 693 |
| 2 | 323 · 26 | 266 |
| 3 | 534 · 3 | 600 |
| 4 | 707 · 23 | 710 |
| 5 | 019 · 32 | 153 |
| 6 | 085 · 43 | 208 |
| 7 | 010 · 18 | 301 |
| 8 | 534 · 3 | 46 |
| 9 | 707 · 23 | 475 |
About This Design
This cyclamen design stitches out at 48.7 × 56.8 mm (1.9 × 2.2 in) and uses 9 thread colors across 8 color changes. Total count is 3,488 stitches at a density of about 126.1 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~6 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 8, automatic trims: 9
- 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 126.1 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 48.7 × 56.8 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 9 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 019 32
- 323 26
- 534 3
- 707 23
- 019 32
- 085 43
- 010 18
- 534 3
- 707 23
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. 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.
