Floral Spray with Butterfly
Floral Spray with Butterfly is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 59.7 × 33.5 mm with 5,666 stitches in 9 thread colors. Expect roughly 9 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in DST 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. This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3607 · Light Plum | 659 |
| 2 | 310 · Black | 259 |
| 3 | 721 · Medium Orange Spice | 269 |
| 4 | 561 · Very Dark Jade | 162 |
| 5 | 3746 · Dark Blue Violet | 58 |
| 6 | 645 · Very Dark Beaver Gray | 1,941 |
| 7 | 776 · Medium Pink | 562 |
| 8 | 704 · Bright Chartreuse | 491 |
| 9 | 798 · Dark Delft Blue | 218 |
About This Design
This flowers design stitches out at 59.7 × 33.5 mm (2.4 × 1.3 in) and uses 9 thread colors across 9 color changes. Total count is 5,666 stitches at a density of about 283.3 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~9 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 9, automatic trims: 5
- 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 283.3 stitches/cm² this is a dense fill that pulls hard on the fabric. Back it with firm cut-away, add a water-soluble topping on towelling or fleece, and pick a stable woven over anything stretchy. At 59.7 × 33.5 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:
- 3607 Light Plum
- 310 Black
- 721 Medium Orange Spice
- 561 Very Dark Jade
- 3746 Dark Blue Violet
- 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 776 Medium Pink
- 704 Bright Chartreuse
- 798 Dark Delft Blue
Stitching Notes
9 colors across 9 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.
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Thread Palette
9 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 3607Light Plum
- 310Black
- 721Medium Orange Spice
- 561Very Dark Jade
- 3746Dark Blue Violet
- 645Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 776Medium Pink
- 704Bright Chartreuse