Purple Pink Iris Flower

About This Design

This iris flower design stitches out at 127.7 × 234.9 mm (5.0 × 9.2 in) and uses 10 thread colors across 9 color changes. Total count is 23,630 stitches at a density of about 78.8 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~39 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 9, automatic trims: 11
• 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 78.8 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 127.7 × 234.9 mm plan on 6×10 in or larger, and mark your centre lines before hooping.

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:

• 550 Very Dark Violet
• 815 Medium Garnet
• 704 Bright Chartreuse
• 3746 Dark Blue Violet
• 310 Black
• 444 Dark Lemon
• 820 Very Dark Royal Blue
• 415 Pearl Gray
• 741 Medium Tangerine
• 996 Medium Electric Blue

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.