Details

Size: 67 × 70 mm
Stitches: 11,341
Colours: 7
Stitching time: ≈ 22 min (700 stitches/min)
Recommended hoop: 10 × 10 cm
Formats: PES · JEF · VP3 · DST · EXP · HUS
Category: Cute animals

Threads to prepare

Sky blue #a0c3d8
Pale pink #e8aea5
White #fffffe
Grey #676771
Black #2c2a29
Pale pink #c18b89
Slate blue #7e9eb5

About this design

Koala shows a little koala sitting face on, with a blue-grey body and big round ears lined in pale pink. The dark eyes, grey nose and light tummy give it a curious, slightly shy look. Bold black outlines and flat colour areas keep it close to a cartoon style, with no fussy detail.

At 67 × 70 mm it sits nicely on a bib, a tote bag pocket or the front of a small sweatshirt. On knit fabric, use a cut-away stabiliser, and choose a light background such as cream or soft grey so the blue coat stands out in your machine embroidery.

How to stitch it

Prepare 7 threads: sky blue, pale pink, white, grey, black, pale pink, slate blue. The names give the closest shade; pick the one you like in your thread brand.
Hoop the fabric in a 10 × 10 cm hoop with a stabiliser: tear-away for woven fabric (cotton, linen, canvas), cut-away for stretchy fabric (T-shirt, sweatshirt, bodysuit).
Stitch the colours in this order: sky blue → pale pink → white → grey → black → sky blue → pale pink → grey → white → slate blue → pale pink. The machine stops at each thread change (10 changes, 35 trims).
Allow about 22 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 11,341 stitches in all.
For another size, open the design in the studio rather than enlarging it on the machine: the stitches are recalculated and the density stays right.