Birdhouse with Flowers
Birdhouse with Flowers is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 123.8 × 146.7 mm with 15,683 stitches in 14 thread colors. Expect roughly 26 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
- 14
- Stitches
- 15,683
- Design Size
- 123.8 × 146.7 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 5" × 7" (130 × 180 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~26 min
- Color Changes
- 13
- Trims
- 17
- Difficulty
- Advanced
Download Files
Free for personal use. Need another format (DST, JEF, EXP…)? More formats are on the way.
Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 843 · 47 | 4,363 |
| 2 | 339 · 36 | 1,964 |
| 3 | 323 · 26 | 1,727 |
| 4 | 058 · 24 | 446 |
| 5 | 515 · 56 | 1,857 |
| 6 | 307 · 42 | 1,106 |
| 7 | 079 · 27 | 373 |
| 8 | 323 · 26 | 1,749 |
| 9 | 017 · 53 | 747 |
| 10 | 027 · 61 | 96 |
About This Design
This birdhouse with flowers design stitches out at 123.8 × 146.7 mm (4.9 × 5.8 in) and uses 14 thread colors across 13 color changes. Total count is 15,683 stitches at a density of about 86.4 stitches/cm².
Hooping & Stabilizer
The design fits a 5" x 7" (130 x 180 mm) hoop. Use a medium-weight cutaway stabilizer for knits and stretchy fabrics, or tear-away for stable wovens. Hoop the fabric drum-tight without stretching it.
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~26 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 13, automatic trims: 17
- Follow the color sequence table above — thread numbers refer to the chart programmed in the file; match them to your brand by color.
Project Ideas
Designs like this birdhouse with flowers work beautifully on kids' clothing, towels, tote bags, quilt blocks and nursery decor. Stitch a test on scrap fabric first to dial in tension and stabilizer.
