Purple Thistle Plant
Purple Thistle Plant is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 58.7 × 83.4 mm with 8,161 stitches in 7 thread colors. Expect roughly 14 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
- 7
- Stitches
- 8,161
- Design Size
- 58.7 × 83.4 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~14 min
- Color Changes
- 6
- Trims
- 3
- 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 | 027 · 61 | 1,709 |
| 2 | 323 · 26 | 1,080 |
| 3 | 519 · 50 | 1,796 |
| 4 | 707 · 23 | 2,835 |
| 5 | 612 · 9 | 301 |
| 6 | 707 · 23 | 134 |
| 7 | 614 · 55 | 286 |
About This Design
This thistle plant design stitches out at 58.7 × 83.4 mm (2.3 × 3.3 in) and uses 7 thread colors across 6 color changes. Total count is 8,161 stitches at a density of about 166.7 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~14 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 6, automatic trims: 3
- 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 166.7 stitches/cm² this is a dense fill that pulls hard on the fabric. Back it with firm cut-away, add a water-soluble topping on towelling or fleece, and pick a stable woven over anything stretchy. At 58.7 × 83.4 mm a 4×4 in hoop is plenty.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 7 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 027 61
- 323 26
- 519 50
- 707 23
- 612 9
- 707 23
- 614 55
Stitching Notes
7 colors across 6 changes makes this a real thread-management job: lay the spools out in sequence order first and keep the color chart to hand. 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.
