Cornflower with Butterfly
Cornflower with Butterfly is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 59.7 × 87.0 mm with 3,824 stitches in 8 thread colors. Expect roughly 6 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
- 8
- Stitches
- 3,824
- Design Size
- 59.7 × 87 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~6 min
- Color Changes
- 7
- Trims
- 4
- 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 | 027 · 61 | 889 |
| 2 | 534 · 3 | 717 |
| 3 | 058 · 24 | 795 |
| 4 | 007 · 1 | 577 |
| 5 | 107 · 51 | 109 |
| 6 | 810 · 8 | 105 |
| 7 | 208 · 12 | 280 |
| 8 | 058 · 24 | 328 |
About This Design
This cornflower with butterfly design stitches out at 59.7 × 87.0 mm (2.4 × 3.4 in) and uses 8 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 3,824 stitches at a density of about 73.6 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~6 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 7, 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 73.6 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 59.7 × 87.0 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 8 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 027 61
- 534 3
- 058 24
- 007 1
- 107 51
- 810 8
- 208 12
- 058 24
Stitching Notes
8 colors across 7 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.
