Blue Iris with Fern
Blue Iris with Fern is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 51.8 × 59.7 mm with 2,605 stitches in 4 thread colors. Expect roughly 4 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
- 4
- Stitches
- 2,605
- Design Size
- 51.8 × 59.7 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~4 min
- Color Changes
- 3
- Trims
- 4
- 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.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 · Fresh Green | 842 |
| 2 | 10 · Mint Green | 694 |
| 3 | 32 · Sky Blue | 699 |
| 4 | 2 · Blue | 354 |
About This Design
This iris and fern design stitches out at 51.8 × 59.7 mm (2.0 × 2.4 in) and uses 4 thread colors across 3 color changes. Total count is 2,605 stitches at a density of about 84.2 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~4 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 3, automatic trims: 4
- 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 84.2 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 51.8 × 59.7 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 4 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 61 Fresh Green
- 10 Mint Green
- 32 Sky Blue
- 2 Blue
Stitching Notes
With 4 colors and 3 changes you can pre-wind the whole set before you start and never leave the machine. 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.
