Small Iris Pair

About This Design

This iris design stitches out at 231.3 × 63.5 mm (9.1 × 2.5 in) and uses 10 thread colors across 10 color changes. Total count is 7,363 stitches at a density of about 50.1 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~12 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 10, 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 50.1 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 231.3 × 63.5 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:

• 899 Medium Rose
• 996 Medium Electric Blue
• 321 Red
• 3013 Light Khaki Green
• 415 Pearl Gray
• 702 Kelly Green
• 434 Light Brown
• 444 Dark Lemon
• 3607 Light Plum
• 721 Medium Orange Spice

Stitching Notes

10 colors across 10 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.