Purple Floral Arch
Purple Floral Arch is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 90.3 × 15.7 mm with 1,107 stitches in 3 thread colors. Expect roughly 2 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
- 3
- Stitches
- 1,107
- Design Size
- 90.3 × 15.7 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~2 min
- Color Changes
- 2
- Trims
- 1
- Difficulty
- Beginner
Download Files
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Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 019 · 32 | 253 |
| 2 | 017 · 53 | 593 |
| 3 | 070 · 4 | 253 |
About This Design
This flower arch with bow design stitches out at 90.3 × 15.7 mm (3.6 × 0.6 in) and uses 3 thread colors across 2 color changes. Total count is 1,107 stitches at a density of about 78.1 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~2 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 2, automatic trims: 1
- 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 78.1 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 90.3 × 15.7 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 3 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 019 32
- 017 53
- 070 4
Stitching Notes
With 3 colors and 2 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.
