Mountain Sunset Circle Badge

About This Design

This mountain sunset badge design stitches out at 64.7 × 45.1 mm (2.5 × 1.8 in) and uses 8 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 9,325 stitches at a density of about 319.6 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~16 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 7, automatic trims: 3
• 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 319.6 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 64.7 × 45.1 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:

• 3777 Very Dark Terra Cotta
• 3716 Very Light Dusty Rose
• 807 Peacock Blue
• 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
• 743 Medium Yellow
• 931 Medium Antique Blue
• 321 Red
• 702 Kelly Green

Stitching Notes

8 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.