Egg and Paintbrush
Egg and Paintbrush is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 35.5 × 51.1 mm with 1,941 stitches in 7 thread colors. Expect roughly 3 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
- 1,941
- Design Size
- 35.5 × 51.1 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~3 min
- Color Changes
- 6
- Trims
- 8
- 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 | 704 · Bright Chartreuse | 923 |
| 2 | 807 · Peacock Blue | 357 |
| 3 | 208 · Very Dark Lavender | 73 |
| 4 | 738 · Very Light Tan | 115 |
| 5 | 815 · Medium Garnet | 88 |
| 6 | 721 · Medium Orange Spice | 113 |
| 7 | 702 · Kelly Green | 250 |
About This Design
This easter egg with paintbrush design stitches out at 35.5 × 51.1 mm (1.4 × 2.0 in) and uses 7 thread colors across 6 color changes. Total count is 1,941 stitches at a density of about 107.0 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~3 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 6, automatic trims: 8
- 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 107.0 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 35.5 × 51.1 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:
- 704 Bright Chartreuse
- 807 Peacock Blue
- 208 Very Dark Lavender
- 738 Very Light Tan
- 815 Medium Garnet
- 721 Medium Orange Spice
- 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.
- 704Bright Chartreuse
- 807Peacock Blue
- 208Very Dark Lavender
- 738Very Light Tan
- 815Medium Garnet
- 721Medium Orange Spice
- 702Kelly Green
