Heart of Vines
Heart of Vines is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 77.6 × 96.0 mm with 26,224 stitches in 10 thread colors. Expect roughly 44 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
- 10
- Stitches
- 26,224
- Design Size
- 77.6 × 96 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~44 min
- Color Changes
- 9
- Trims
- 17
- Difficulty
- Advanced
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 | 996 · Medium Electric Blue | 5,319 |
| 2 | 958 · Dark Sea Green | 1,309 |
| 3 | 561 · Very Dark Jade | 8,721 |
| 4 | 702 · Kelly Green | 24 |
| 5 | 472 · Ultra Light Avocado | 3,019 |
| 6 | 743 · Medium Yellow | 2,620 |
| 7 | 721 · Medium Orange Spice | 1,506 |
| 8 | 3716 · Very Light Dusty Rose | 2,050 |
| 9 | 899 · Medium Rose | 1,371 |
| 10 | 815 · Medium Garnet | 130 |
About This Design
This heart made of vines design stitches out at 77.6 × 96.0 mm (3.1 × 3.8 in) and uses 10 thread colors across 9 color changes. Total count is 26,224 stitches at a density of about 352.0 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~44 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 9, automatic trims: 17
- 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 352.0 stitches/cm² this is a very heavy fill, near the limit of what a domestic machine handles comfortably. Use two layers of firm cut-away, drop to roughly 400 spm, and expect a stiff finished patch — keep it off garments that need to drape. At 77.6 × 96.0 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
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:
- 996 Medium Electric Blue
- 958 Dark Sea Green
- 561 Very Dark Jade
- 702 Kelly Green
- 472 Ultra Light Avocado
- 743 Medium Yellow
- 721 Medium Orange Spice
- 3716 Very Light Dusty Rose
- 899 Medium Rose
- 815 Medium Garnet
Stitching Notes
10 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
10 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 996Medium Electric Blue
- 958Dark Sea Green
- 561Very Dark Jade
- 702Kelly Green
- 472Ultra Light Avocado
- 743Medium Yellow
- 721Medium Orange Spice
- 3716Very Light Dusty Rose
