Floral Chinese Knot Panel

About This Design

This floral knot design stitches out at 179.4 × 368.4 mm (7.1 × 14.5 in) and uses 7 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 34,567 stitches at a density of about 52.3 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~58 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 7, automatic trims: 45
• 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 52.3 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 179.4 × 368.4 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:

• 550 Very Dark Violet
• 820 Very Dark Royal Blue
• 958 Dark Sea Green
• 702 Kelly Green
• 743 Medium Yellow
• 3716 Very Light Dusty Rose
• 815 Medium Garnet

Stitching Notes

7 colors across 7 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.