Yellow Blue Iris Spray
Yellow Blue Iris Spray is a free machine embroidery design digitized at 35.1 × 100.0 mm with 5,426 stitches in 11 thread colors. Expect roughly 9 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
- 11
- Stitches
- 5,426
- Design Size
- 35.1 × 100 mm
- Recommended Hoop
- 4" × 4" (100 × 100 mm)
- Est. Stitch-Out Time
- ~9 min
- Color Changes
- 10
- 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 | 61 · Fresh Green | 1,257 |
| 2 | 42 · Flesh Pink | 1,141 |
| 3 | 38 · Peacock Blue | 1,265 |
| 4 | 29 · White | 65 |
| 5 | 43 · Pink | 247 |
| 6 | 29 · White | 219 |
| 7 | 43 · Pink | 89 |
| 8 | 46 · Wisteria Violet | 428 |
| 9 | 29 · White | 359 |
| 10 | 42 · Flesh Pink | 171 |
About This Design
This iris flowers design stitches out at 35.1 × 100.0 mm (1.4 × 3.9 in) and uses 11 thread colors across 10 color changes. Total count is 5,426 stitches at a density of about 154.6 stitches/cm².
At The Machine
- Estimated stitch-out time: ~9 minutes at 600 spm
- Color changes: 10
- 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 154.6 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 35.1 × 100.0 mm reach for a 5×7 in hoop.
Thread Colors in This Design
The file carries 11 thread colors — these are the DMC references programmed into it:
- 61 Fresh Green
- 42 Flesh Pink
- 38 Peacock Blue
- 29 White
- 43 Pink
- 29 White
- 43 Pink
- 46 Wisteria Violet
- 29 White
- 42 Flesh Pink
- 18 Cream Brown
Stitching Notes
11 colors across 10 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.
