Strawberry Pair with Blossoms

About This Design

This strawberry design stitches out at 124.8 × 40.4 mm (4.9 × 1.6 in) and uses 9 thread colors across 9 color changes. Total count is 5,801 stitches at a density of about 115.1 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~10 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 9, 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 115.1 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 124.8 × 40.4 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.

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:

• 958 Dark Sea Green
• 780 Ultra Very Dark Topaz
• 776 Medium Pink
• 561 Very Dark Jade
• 3607 Light Plum
• 3705 Dark Melon
• 702 Kelly Green
• 208 Very Dark Lavender
• 321 Red

Stitching Notes

9 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.