Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
Red and Green Kangaroo Paw is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 73.8 × 95.4 mm with 7,942 stitches in 8 thread colors. Expect roughly 13 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
- 8
- Stitches
- 7,942
- Design Size
- 73.8 × 95.4 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~13 min
- Color Changes
- 7
- Trims
- 14
- 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 | 010 · 18 | 352 |
| 2 | 307 · 42 | 955 |
| 3 | 800 · 5 | 1,385 |
| 4 | 010 · 18 | 272 |
| 5 | 027 · 61 | 447 |
| 6 | 502 · 10 | 2,501 |
| 7 | 515 · 56 | 1,686 |
| 8 | 205 · 13 | 300 |
About This Design
This kangaroo paw design stitches out at 73.8 × 95.4 mm (2.9 × 3.8 in) and uses 8 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 7,942 stitches at a density of about 112.8 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~13 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 7, automatic trims: 14
- 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 112.8 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 73.8 × 95.4 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 8 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 010 18
- 307 42
- 800 5
- 010 18
- 027 61
- 502 10
- 515 56
- 205 13
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. 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.
