Red Waratah Bloom
Red Waratah Bloom is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 95.8 × 83.5 mm with 12,972 stitches in 8 thread colors. Expect roughly 22 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
- 8
- Stitches
- 12,972
- Design Size
- 95.8 × 83.5 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~22 min
- Color Changes
- 7
- Trims
- 0
- 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 | 2,035 |
| 2 | 513 · 14 | 1,862 |
| 3 | 515 · 56 | 1,637 |
| 4 | 001 · 29 | 905 |
| 5 | 107 · 51 | 1,932 |
| 6 | 800 · 5 | 2,573 |
| 7 | 208 · 12 | 853 |
| 8 | 030 · 28 | 1,159 |
About This Design
This waratah design stitches out at 95.8 × 83.5 mm (3.8 × 3.3 in) and uses 8 thread colors across 7 color changes. Total count is 12,972 stitches at a density of about 162.2 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~22 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 7
- 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 162.2 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 95.8 × 83.5 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 8 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 027 61
- 513 14
- 515 56
- 001 29
- 107 51
- 800 5
- 208 12
- 030 28
Stitching Notes
8 colors across 7 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.
