Clowns on Bikes
Clowns on Bikes is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 93.2 × 49.8 mm with 2,269 stitches in 7 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
- 7
- Stitches
- 2,269
- Design Size
- 93.2 × 49.8 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~4 min
- Color Changes
- 6
- Trims
- 9
- 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 | 42 · Flesh Pink | 90 |
| 2 | 14 · Lime Green | 455 |
| 3 | 26 · Light Brown | 428 |
| 4 | 24 · Dark Brown | 409 |
| 5 | 13 · Yellow | 148 |
| 6 | 5 · Red | 351 |
| 7 | 2 · Blue | 356 |
About This Design
This clowns on unicycles design stitches out at 93.2 × 49.8 mm (3.7 × 2.0 in) and uses 7 thread colors across 6 color changes. Total count is 2,269 stitches at a density of about 48.9 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~4 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 6, automatic trims: 9
- 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 48.9 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 93.2 × 49.8 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 7 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 42 Flesh Pink
- 14 Lime Green
- 26 Light Brown
- 24 Dark Brown
- 13 Yellow
- 5 Red
- 2 Blue
Stitching Notes
7 colors across 6 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
A picture-style design wants a flat, stable surface where it can be seen whole: a framed hoop piece, a quilt centre, a cushion front or the back of a jacket. Avoid stretchy garments, which distort the shape.
