Water Lily Pond
Water Lily Pond is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 131.2 × 145.7 mm with 9,136 stitches in 6 thread colors. Expect roughly 15 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
- 6
- Stitches
- 9,136
- Design Size
- 131.2 × 145.7 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 6" × 10" (160 × 260 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~15 min
- Color Changes
- 7
- Trims
- 9
- 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 | 704 · Bright Chartreuse | 1,709 |
| 2 | 738 · Very Light Tan | 608 |
| 3 | 702 · Kelly Green | 2,830 |
| 4 | 645 · Very Dark Beaver Gray | 1,160 |
| 5 | 909 · Very Dark Emerald | 2,540 |
| 6 | 415 · Pearl Gray | 157 |
About This Design
This water lily design stitches out at 131.2 × 145.7 mm (5.2 × 5.7 in) and uses 6 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 9,136 stitches at a density of about 47.8 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~15 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 7, automatic trims: 9
- 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 47.8 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 131.2 × 145.7 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:
- 704 Bright Chartreuse
- 738 Very Light Tan
- 702 Kelly Green
- 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 909 Very Dark Emerald
- 415 Pearl Gray
Stitching Notes
With 6 colors and 7 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.
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Thread Palette
6 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 704Bright Chartreuse
- 738Very Light Tan
- 702Kelly Green
- 645Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 909Very Dark Emerald
- 415Pearl Gray
