Red Bottlebrush Branch
Red Bottlebrush Branch is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 95.0 × 86.7 mm with 8,821 stitches in 13 thread colors. Expect roughly 15 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
- 13
- Stitches
- 8,821
- Design Size
- 95 × 86.7 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~15 min
- Color Changes
- 12
- Trims
- 8
- 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 | 323 · 26 | 221 |
| 2 | 058 · 24 | 178 |
| 3 | 507 · 54 | 1,465 |
| 4 | 010 · 18 | 239 |
| 5 | 515 · 56 | 1,674 |
| 6 | 507 · 54 | 1,265 |
| 7 | 107 · 51 | 851 |
| 8 | 086 · 25 | 384 |
| 9 | 800 · 5 | 1,977 |
| 10 | 010 · 18 | 144 |
About This Design
This bottlebrush design stitches out at 95.0 × 86.7 mm (3.7 × 3.4 in) and uses 13 thread colors across 12 color changes. Total count is 8,821 stitches at a density of about 107.1 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~15 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 12, automatic trims: 8
- 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 107.1 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 95.0 × 86.7 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 13 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 323 26
- 058 24
- 507 54
- 010 18
- 515 56
- 507 54
- 107 51
- 086 25
- 800 5
- 010 18
- 515 56
- 507 54
…plus 1 more in the full color sequence above.
Stitching Notes
13 colors across 12 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.
