Thin Floral Border
Thin Floral Border is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 510.3 × 83.3 mm with 18,936 stitches in 8 thread colors. Expect roughly 32 minutes of stitch-out time on a home machine. Download it below in DST format, ready to transfer to your machine.
Pattern Details
- Craft
- Machine Embroidery
- Colors
- 8
- Stitches
- 18,936
- Design Size
- 510.3 × 83.3 mm
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~32 min
- Color Changes
- 8
- Trims
- 46
- Difficulty
- Advanced
Download Files
Free for personal stitching. Need another format (DST, JEF, EXP…)? More formats are on the way. Design License →
Stitching Color Sequence
Thread order as programmed in the file — follow along at your machine. This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
| # | Thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 472 · Ultra Light Avocado | 3,106 |
| 2 | 931 · Medium Antique Blue | 311 |
| 3 | 317 · Pewter Gray | 367 |
| 4 | 743 · Medium Yellow | 610 |
| 5 | 798 · Dark Delft Blue | 5,832 |
| 6 | 645 · Very Dark Beaver Gray | 4,046 |
| 7 | 721 · Medium Orange Spice | 2,514 |
| 8 | 807 · Peacock Blue | 1,400 |
About This Design
This flower border design stitches out at 510.3 × 83.3 mm (20.1 × 3.3 in) and uses 8 thread colors across 8 color changes. Total count is 18,936 stitches at a density of about 44.5 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~32 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 8, automatic trims: 46
- 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 44.5 stitches/cm² this is an open, low-density fill, so it sits happily on quilting cotton, linen or lightweight shirting with a single layer of tear-away behind it. At 510.3 × 83.3 mm this needs a large-format hoop, or splitting across several hoopings with alignment marks — check it against your machine's maximum field first.
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:
- 472 Ultra Light Avocado
- 931 Medium Antique Blue
- 317 Pewter Gray
- 743 Medium Yellow
- 798 Dark Delft Blue
- 645 Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 721 Medium Orange Spice
- 807 Peacock Blue
Stitching Notes
8 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
A border repeats well along table runners, pillowcase edges, curtain hems and quilt sashing. Stitch one repeat on scrap and measure it, then work out how many repeats your piece needs before you hoop the real fabric.
Categories
Thread Palette
8 colors — DMC floss
This file format doesn't store thread colors — the colors shown are a suggested palette. Swap in any threads you like.
- 472Ultra Light Avocado
- 931Medium Antique Blue
- 317Pewter Gray
- 743Medium Yellow
- 798Dark Delft Blue
- 645Very Dark Beaver Gray
- 721Medium Orange Spice
- 807Peacock Blue
