Wildflowers
Wildflowers is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 69.9 × 82.1 mm with 4,313 stitches in 11 thread colors. Expect roughly 7 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in PES format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 11
- Stitches
- 4,313
- Design Size
- 69.9 × 82.1 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~7 min
- Color Changes
- 10
- Trims
- 3
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Download Files
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Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 027 · 61 | 672 |
| 2 | 515 · 56 | 961 |
| 3 | 339 · 36 | 348 |
| 4 | 810 · 8 | 362 |
| 5 | 010 · 18 | 150 |
| 6 | 070 · 4 | 891 |
| 7 | 058 · 24 | 225 |
| 8 | 027 · 61 | 125 |
| 9 | 339 · 36 | 183 |
| 10 | 070 · 4 | 86 |
About This Design
This wildflowers with butterfly design stitches out at 69.9 × 82.1 mm (2.8 × 3.2 in) and uses 11 thread colors across 10 color changes. Total count is 4,313 stitches at a density of about 75.2 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~7 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 10, automatic trims: 3
- 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 75.2 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 69.9 × 82.1 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 11 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 027 61
- 515 56
- 339 36
- 810 8
- 010 18
- 070 4
- 058 24
- 027 61
- 339 36
- 070 4
- 058 24
Stitching Notes
11 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. Being a PES file, the thread assignments come embedded, so most machines will display the color list for you.
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.
