Purple Ornamental Mandala

About This Design

This mandala design stitches out at 84.1 × 85.4 mm (3.3 × 3.4 in) and uses 9 thread colors across 8 color changes. Total count is 25,844 stitches at a density of about 359.8 stitches/cm².

At The Machine

• Estimated stitch-out time: ~43 minutes at 600 spm
• Color changes: 8, automatic trims: 1
• 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 359.8 stitches/cm² this is a very heavy fill, near the limit of what a domestic machine handles comfortably. Use two layers of firm cut-away, drop to roughly 400 spm, and expect a stiff finished patch — keep it off garments that need to drape. At 84.1 × 85.4 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:

• 321 Red
• 415 Pearl Gray
• 434 Light Brown
• 3607 Light Plum
• 3746 Dark Blue Violet
• 798 Dark Delft Blue
• 958 Dark Sea Green
• 909 Very Dark Emerald
• 472 Ultra Light Avocado

Stitching Notes

9 colors across 8 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.