Lily of the Valley Posy with Bow
Lily of the Valley Posy with Bow is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 64.3 × 95.2 mm with 5,152 stitches in 5 thread colors. Expect roughly 9 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
- 5
- Stitches
- 5,152
- Design Size
- 64.3 × 95.2 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~9 min
- Color Changes
- 4
- Trims
- 2
- 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.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56 · Moss Green | 2,361 |
| 2 | 26 · Light Brown | 599 |
| 3 | 18 · Cream Brown | 998 |
| 4 | 42 · Flesh Pink | 557 |
| 5 | 27 · Salmon Pink | 623 |
About This Design
This lily of the valley design stitches out at 64.3 × 95.2 mm (2.5 × 3.7 in) and uses 5 thread colors across 4 color changes. Total count is 5,152 stitches at a density of about 84.2 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~9 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 4, automatic trims: 2
- 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 84.2 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 64.3 × 95.2 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 5 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 56 Moss Green
- 26 Light Brown
- 18 Cream Brown
- 42 Flesh Pink
- 27 Salmon Pink
Stitching Notes
With 5 colors and 4 changes you can pre-wind the whole set before you start and never leave the machine. 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.
