Symmetric Floral Arch
Symmetric Floral Arch is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 214.0 × 161.0 mm with 8,180 stitches in 10 thread colors. Expect roughly 14 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
- 10
- Stitches
- 8,180
- Design Size
- 214 × 161 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 8" × 12" (200 × 300 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~14 min
- Color Changes
- 9
- Trims
- 23
- 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 | 3746 · Dark Blue Violet | 3,148 |
| 2 | 721 · Medium Orange Spice | 387 |
| 3 | 3607 · Light Plum | 317 |
| 4 | 444 · Dark Lemon | 1,292 |
| 5 | 434 · Light Brown | 1,687 |
| 6 | 702 · Kelly Green | 404 |
| 7 | 415 · Pearl Gray | 295 |
| 8 | 3013 · Light Khaki Green | 85 |
| 9 | 321 · Red | 68 |
| 10 | 996 · Medium Electric Blue | 22 |
About This Design
This floral arch design stitches out at 214.0 × 161.0 mm (8.4 × 6.3 in) and uses 10 thread colors across 9 color changes. Total count is 8,180 stitches at a density of about 23.7 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~14 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 9, automatic trims: 23
- 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 23.7 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 214.0 × 161.0 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:
- 3746 Dark Blue Violet
- 721 Medium Orange Spice
- 3607 Light Plum
- 444 Dark Lemon
- 434 Light Brown
- 702 Kelly Green
- 415 Pearl Gray
- 3013 Light Khaki Green
- 321 Red
- 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.
Categories
Thread Palette
10 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 3746Dark Blue Violet
- 721Medium Orange Spice
- 3607Light Plum
- 444Dark Lemon
- 434Light Brown
- 702Kelly Green
- 415Pearl Gray
- 3013Light Khaki Green
