Purple Peony with Yellow Fern
Purple Peony with Yellow Fern is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 94.1 × 77.8 mm with 9,850 stitches in 17 thread colors. Expect roughly 16 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
- 17
- Stitches
- 9,850
- Design Size
- 94.1 × 77.8 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~16 min
- Color Changes
- 16
- Trims
- 22
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Download Files
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Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 · Cream Brown | 597 |
| 2 | 57 · Flesh Pink | 101 |
| 3 | 32 · Sky Blue | 760 |
| 4 | 61 · Fresh Green | 1,311 |
| 5 | 42 · Flesh Pink | 858 |
| 6 | 55 · Purple | 885 |
| 7 | 9 · Lilac | 213 |
| 8 | 42 · Flesh Pink | 318 |
| 9 | 57 · Flesh Pink | 448 |
| 10 | 9 · Lilac | 136 |
About This Design
This peony and fern design stitches out at 94.1 × 77.8 mm (3.7 × 3.1 in) and uses 17 thread colors across 16 color changes. Total count is 9,850 stitches at a density of about 134.5 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~16 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 16, automatic trims: 22
- 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 134.5 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 94.1 × 77.8 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 17 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 18 Cream Brown
- 57 Flesh Pink
- 32 Sky Blue
- 61 Fresh Green
- 42 Flesh Pink
- 55 Purple
- 9 Lilac
- 42 Flesh Pink
- 57 Flesh Pink
- 9 Lilac
- 57 Flesh Pink
- 43 Pink
…plus 5 more in the full color sequence above.
Stitching Notes
At 17 colors and 16 changes this is a long session. Sort and label the spools in sequence order, and pick a stopping point in advance so you can step away mid-design without losing your place. 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.
