Fern Palm with Fiddlehead Curl
Fern Palm with Fiddlehead Curl is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 121.6 × 122.3 mm with 13,669 stitches in 5 thread colors. Expect roughly 23 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
- 5
- Stitches
- 13,669
- Design Size
- 121.6 × 122.3 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 5" × 7" (130 × 180 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~23 min
- Color Changes
- 4
- Trims
- 9
- Difficulty
- Advanced
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 | 415 · Pearl Gray | 2,400 |
| 2 | 909 · Very Dark Emerald | 785 |
| 3 | 645 · Very Dark Beaver Gray | 6,139 |
| 4 | 702 · Kelly Green | 736 |
| 5 | 738 · Very Light Tan | 3,578 |
About This Design
This fern palm design stitches out at 121.6 × 122.3 mm (4.8 × 4.8 in) and uses 5 thread colors across 4 color changes. Total count is 13,669 stitches at a density of about 91.9 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~23 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 4, 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 91.9 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 121.6 × 122.3 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
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:
- 415 Pearl Gray
- 909 Very Dark Emerald
- 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 702 Kelly Green
- 738 Very Light Tan
Stitching Notes
With 5 colors and 4 changes you can pre-wind the whole set before you start and never leave the machine. 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.
