Butterfly with Hydrangea
Butterfly with Hydrangea is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 78.6 × 79.4 mm with 7,641 stitches in 12 thread colors. Expect roughly 13 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
- 12
- Stitches
- 7,641
- Design Size
- 78.6 × 79.4 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~13 min
- Color Changes
- 11
- Trims
- 0
- 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 | 515 · 56 | 908 |
| 2 | 027 · 61 | 1,666 |
| 3 | 513 · 14 | 343 |
| 4 | 058 · 24 | 669 |
| 5 | 208 · 12 | 157 |
| 6 | 070 · 4 | 284 |
| 7 | 019 · 32 | 487 |
| 8 | 209 · 52 | 842 |
| 9 | 208 · 12 | 615 |
| 10 | 800 · 5 | 19 |
About This Design
This butterfly with hydrangea design stitches out at 78.6 × 79.4 mm (3.1 × 3.1 in) and uses 12 thread colors across 11 color changes. Total count is 7,641 stitches at a density of about 122.4 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~13 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 11
- 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 122.4 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 78.6 × 79.4 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 12 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 515 56
- 027 61
- 513 14
- 058 24
- 208 12
- 070 4
- 019 32
- 209 52
- 208 12
- 800 5
- 405 2
- 900 20
Stitching Notes
12 colors across 11 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.
