Pink Cooktown Orchid Spray
Pink Cooktown Orchid Spray is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 81.5 × 95.8 mm with 8,670 stitches in 6 thread colors. Expect roughly 14 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in PES format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 6
- Stitches
- 8,670
- Design Size
- 81.5 × 95.8 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~14 min
- Color Changes
- 5
- Trims
- 10
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Download Files
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Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 507 · 54 | 176 |
| 2 | 515 · 56 | 212 |
| 3 | 001 · 29 | 3,156 |
| 4 | 810 · 8 | 2,757 |
| 5 | 107 · 51 | 2,323 |
| 6 | 513 · 14 | 14 |
About This Design
This orchid spray design stitches out at 81.5 × 95.8 mm (3.2 × 3.8 in) and uses 6 thread colors across 5 color changes. Total count is 8,670 stitches at a density of about 111.0 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~14 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 5, automatic trims: 10
- 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 111.0 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 81.5 × 95.8 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 6 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 507 54
- 515 56
- 001 29
- 810 8
- 107 51
- 513 14
Stitching Notes
With 6 colors and 5 changes you can pre-wind the whole set before you start and never leave the machine. Being a PES file, the thread assignments come embedded, so most machines will display the color list for you.
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.
