Fence with Roses
Fence with Roses is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 65.2 × 68.6 mm with 6,670 stitches in 13 thread colors. Expect roughly 11 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in PES format, ready to transfer to your machine.
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Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 843 · 47 | 2,547 |
| 2 | 515 · 56 | 171 |
| 3 | 534 · 3 | 637 |
| 4 | 515 · 56 | 224 |
| 5 | 704 · 19 | 497 |
| 6 | 707 · 23 | 212 |
| 7 | 323 · 26 | 505 |
| 8 | 515 · 56 | 204 |
| 9 | 058 · 24 | 841 |
| 10 | 070 · 4 | 102 |
About This Design
This fence with roses design stitches out at 65.2 × 68.6 mm (2.6 × 2.7 in) and uses 13 thread colors across 12 color changes. Total count is 6,670 stitches at a density of about 149.1 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~11 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 12, automatic trims: 4
- 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 149.1 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 65.2 × 68.6 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 13 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 843 47
- 515 56
- 534 3
- 515 56
- 704 19
- 707 23
- 323 26
- 515 56
- 058 24
- 070 4
- 010 18
- 107 51
…plus 1 more in the full color sequence above.
Stitching Notes
13 colors across 12 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.