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Details
- Size
- 68 × 69 mm
- Stitches
- 7,833
- Colours
- 3
- Stitching time
- ≈ 15 min (700 stitches/min)
- Recommended hoop
- 10 × 10 cm
- Formats
- PES · JEF · VP3 · DST · EXP · HUS
- Category
- Shapes and frames
Threads to prepare
- Cream #e9e8c6
- Sage green #8b9b6d
- Black #0b0b0a
About this design
Scrolling Foliage Border shows a slender stem running on the diagonal, curling into scrolls and dotted with cut leaves and small elongated buds. Three colours, cream, sage green and black, give quiet depth and a crisp outline, in an old-fashioned ornamental spirit close to engraved friezes. At 68 × 69 mm it stays light and sits neatly in a corner.
It suits the corner of a tea towel, the flap of a pouch or one side of a cushion, and repeats well along a tote bag. On a slightly heavy cotton canvas, use a tear-away stabiliser. A natural or linen background flatters the sage green, though this machine embroidery also works on darker fabrics.
How to stitch it
- Prepare 3 threads: cream, sage green, black. 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: cream → sage green → black → sage green → cream. The machine stops at each thread change (4 changes, 38 trims).
- Allow about 15 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 7,833 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.
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Updated 2026-10-17.