Trailing Floral Stem
Trailing Floral Stem is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 71.1 × 196.9 mm with 3,461 stitches in 5 thread colors. Expect roughly 6 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
- 5
- Stitches
- 3,461
- Design Size
- 71.1 × 196.9 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 6" × 10" (160 × 260 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~6 min
- Color Changes
- 4
- Trims
- 2
- Difficulty
- Beginner
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 | 3607 · Light Plum | 242 |
| 2 | 702 · Kelly Green | 151 |
| 3 | 321 · Red | 722 |
| 4 | 931 · Medium Antique Blue | 1,004 |
| 5 | 743 · Medium Yellow | 1,317 |
About This Design
This floral stem design stitches out at 71.1 × 196.9 mm (2.8 × 7.8 in) and uses 5 thread colors across 4 color changes. Total count is 3,461 stitches at a density of about 24.7 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~6 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 4, automatic trims: 2
- 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 24.7 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 71.1 × 196.9 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:
- 3607 Light Plum
- 702 Kelly Green
- 321 Red
- 931 Medium Antique Blue
- 743 Medium Yellow
Stitching Notes
With 5 colors and 4 changes you can pre-wind the whole set before you start and never leave the machine. 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.
