New Year Children

About This Design

This two children on a bench with flowers design stitches out at 120.0 × 143.9 mm (4.7 × 5.7 in) and uses 11 thread colors across 10 color changes. Total count is 23,036 stitches at a density of about 133.4 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~38 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 10, 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 133.4 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 120.0 × 143.9 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:

• 561 Very Dark Jade
• 472 Ultra Light Avocado
• 721 Medium Orange Spice
• 899 Medium Rose
• 310 Black
• 738 Very Light Tan
• 3607 Light Plum
• 931 Medium Antique Blue
• 807 Peacock Blue
• 909 Very Dark Emerald
• 444 Dark Lemon

Stitching Notes

11 colors across 10 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.