Card Suits Border
Card Suits Border is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 94.9 × 12.8 mm with 444 stitches in 4 thread colors. Expect roughly 1 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
- 444
- Design Size
- 94.9 × 12.8 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~1 min
- Color Changes
- 3
- Trims
- 0
- 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 | 54 · Emerald Green | 135 |
| 2 | 5 · Red | 93 |
| 3 | 52 · Tangerine | 100 |
| 4 | 2 · Blue | 108 |
About This Design
This card suit symbols border design stitches out at 94.9 × 12.8 mm (3.7 × 0.5 in) and uses 4 thread colors across 3 color changes. Total count is 444 stitches at a density of about 36.6 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~1 minute at 600 spm
- Color changes: 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 36.6 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 94.9 × 12.8 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 4 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 54 Emerald Green
- 5 Red
- 52 Tangerine
- 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
A border repeats well along table runners, pillowcase edges, curtain hems and quilt sashing. Stitch one repeat on scrap and measure it, then work out how many repeats your piece needs before you hoop the real fabric.
