Halloween Witch

About This Design

This witch design stitches out at 181.1 × 208.3 mm (7.1 × 8.2 in) and uses 11 thread colors across 15 color changes. Total count is 15,436 stitches at a density of about 40.9 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~26 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 15, automatic trims: 19
• 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 40.9 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 181.1 × 208.3 mm plan on 6×10 in or larger, and mark your centre lines before hooping.

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:

• 807 Peacock Blue
• 310 Black
• 561 Very Dark Jade
• 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
• 704 Bright Chartreuse
• 780 Ultra Very Dark Topaz
• 815 Medium Garnet
• 743 Medium Yellow
• 958 Dark Sea Green
• 550 Very Dark Violet
• 317 Pewter Gray

Stitching Notes

11 colors across 15 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.