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Details
- Size
- 69 × 70 mm
- Stitches
- 11,708
- Colours
- 5
- Stitching time
- ≈ 21 min (700 stitches/min)
- Recommended hoop
- 10 × 10 cm
- Formats
- PES · JEF · VP3 · DST · EXP · HUS
- Category
- Flowers and leaves
Threads to prepare
- Sage green #92ac81
- Light grey #ccc1d0
- Cream #f8f2c9
- Plum #60455f
- White #ffffff
About this design
Purple Flower shows a single flowering stem, carefully drawn: a wide open bloom with lavender grey petals outlined in plum and a small cream centre, along with a closed bud and a second bud at the top of the stem. The long, toothed sage green leaves are edged in dark thread, in the spirit of an old botanical plate.
At 69 × 70 mm, it sits well on a pouch, a light canvas tote bag or the corner of a linen tea towel. Use a medium weight fabric with tear away stabiliser, and pick an ecru or very pale grey background so the petals keep their definition. A friendly piece of machine embroidery.
How to stitch it
- Prepare 5 threads: sage green, light grey, cream, plum, white. 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: sage green → light grey → cream → plum → sage green → white → cream. The machine stops at each thread change (6 changes, 39 trims).
- Allow about 21 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 11,708 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 2026-10-15.