Apples and Butterfly Motif
Apples and Butterfly Motif is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 95.3 × 157.5 mm with 7,694 stitches in 6 thread colors. Expect roughly 13 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
- 7,694
- Design Size
- 95.3 × 157.5 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 5" × 7" (130 × 180 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~13 min
- Color Changes
- 5
- Trims
- 24
- 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 | 743 · Medium Yellow | 1,285 |
| 2 | 321 · Red | 327 |
| 3 | 3607 · Light Plum | 1,709 |
| 4 | 958 · Dark Sea Green | 1,784 |
| 5 | 741 · Medium Tangerine | 1,106 |
| 6 | 310 · Black | 1,316 |
About This Design
This apple design stitches out at 95.3 × 157.5 mm (3.8 × 6.2 in) and uses 6 thread colors across 5 color changes. Total count is 7,694 stitches at a density of about 51.3 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~13 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 5, automatic trims: 24
- 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 51.3 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 95.3 × 157.5 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:
- 743 Medium Yellow
- 321 Red
- 3607 Light Plum
- 958 Dark Sea Green
- 741 Medium Tangerine
- 310 Black
Stitching Notes
With 6 colors and 5 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.
