Decorated Easter Egg
Decorated Easter Egg is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 52.3 × 71.6 mm with 10,162 stitches in 7 thread colors. Expect roughly 17 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in DST format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 7
- Stitches
- 10,162
- Design Size
- 52.3 × 71.6 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~17 min
- Color Changes
- 6
- Trims
- 11
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
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. This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 820 · Very Dark Royal Blue | 5,219 |
| 2 | 741 · Medium Tangerine | 892 |
| 3 | 738 · Very Light Tan | 675 |
| 4 | 958 · Dark Sea Green | 810 |
| 5 | 776 · Medium Pink | 1,348 |
| 6 | 3607 · Light Plum | 226 |
| 7 | 702 · Kelly Green | 956 |
About This Design
This easter design stitches out at 52.3 × 71.6 mm (2.1 × 2.8 in) and uses 7 thread colors across 6 color changes. Total count is 10,162 stitches at a density of about 271.4 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~17 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 6, automatic trims: 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 271.4 stitches/cm² this is a dense fill that pulls hard on the fabric. Back it with firm cut-away, add a water-soluble topping on towelling or fleece, and pick a stable woven over anything stretchy. At 52.3 × 71.6 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
DST files store stitch data but no thread information, so the colors below are our suggested DMC match. Swap in whatever you have in a similar shade:
- 820 Very Dark Royal Blue
- 741 Medium Tangerine
- 738 Very Light Tan
- 958 Dark Sea Green
- 776 Medium Pink
- 3607 Light Plum
- 702 Kelly Green
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. DST stores stitch data only, which is why the color list is a suggestion rather than the digitizer's original choice.
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.
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Thread Palette
7 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 820Very Dark Royal Blue
- 741Medium Tangerine
- 738Very Light Tan
- 958Dark Sea Green
- 776Medium Pink
- 3607Light Plum
- 702Kelly Green
