Slim Wildflower Stems
Slim Wildflower Stems is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 55.6 × 48.3 mm with 1,531 stitches in 12 thread colors. Expect roughly 3 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in DST format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 12
- Stitches
- 1,531
- Design Size
- 55.6 × 48.3 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~3 min
- Color Changes
- 12
- Trims
- 7
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Download Files
Free for personal stitching. Need another format (DST, JEF, EXP…)? More formats are on the way. Design License →
Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine. This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3013 · Light Khaki Green | 449 |
| 2 | 776 · Medium Pink | 52 |
| 3 | 3777 · Very Dark Terra Cotta | 77 |
| 4 | 561 · Very Dark Jade | 49 |
| 5 | 899 · Medium Rose | 60 |
| 6 | 3607 · Light Plum | 41 |
| 7 | 909 · Very Dark Emerald | 450 |
| 8 | 3705 · Dark Melon | 52 |
| 9 | 550 · Very Dark Violet | 77 |
| 10 | 702 · Kelly Green | 49 |
About This Design
This wildflower design stitches out at 55.6 × 48.3 mm (2.2 × 1.9 in) and uses 12 thread colors across 12 color changes. Total count is 1,531 stitches at a density of about 57.0 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~3 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 12, automatic trims: 7
- 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 57.0 stitches/cm² this is an open, low-density fill, so it sits happily on quilting cotton, linen or lightweight shirting with a single layer of tear-away behind it. At 55.6 × 48.3 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
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:
- 3013 Light Khaki Green
- 776 Medium Pink
- 3777 Very Dark Terra Cotta
- 561 Very Dark Jade
- 899 Medium Rose
- 3607 Light Plum
- 909 Very Dark Emerald
- 3705 Dark Melon
- 550 Very Dark Violet
- 702 Kelly Green
- 815 Medium Garnet
- 208 Very Dark Lavender
Stitching Notes
12 colors across 12 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.
Categories
Thread Palette
12 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 3013Light Khaki Green
- 776Medium Pink
- 3777Very Dark Terra Cotta
- 561Very Dark Jade
- 899Medium Rose
- 3607Light Plum
- 909Very Dark Emerald
- 3705Dark Melon
