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Details
- Size
- 67 × 70 mm
- Stitches
- 9,109
- Colours
- 8
- Stitching time
- ≈ 21 min (700 stitches/min)
- Recommended hoop
- 10 × 10 cm
- Formats
- PES · JEF · VP3 · DST · EXP · HUS
- Category
- Christmas and winter
Threads to prepare
- Red #c92b2b
- Beige #d2cdb5
- White #ffffff
- Brown #8f6a49
- Gold #fdcd5e
- Burgundy #551009
- Burgundy #810c06
- Gold #ea9b2f
About this design
Saint Nicholas and his donkey shows the bishop in a red cope trimmed with gold, mitre on his head and long white beard, a golden crozier in hand and a brown sack over his shoulder. Beside him stands a small grey donkey carrying a strapped bundle on its back. The drawing is simple, with bold outlines and clear colours, rather like a picture-book illustration.
At 67 × 70 mm it suits a bib, a small pouch, a December tea towel or a festive cushion. Use cut-away stabiliser under the knit of a bodysuit or sweatshirt, and choose a pale background, ecru or soft grey, so the red and gold of this machine embroidery stand out.
How to stitch it
- Prepare 8 threads: red, beige, white, brown, gold, burgundy, burgundy, gold. 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: red → beige → white → brown → gold → burgundy → burgundy → burgundy → gold → gold → burgundy → red → brown → white. The machine stops at each thread change (13 changes, 55 trims).
- Allow about 21 minutes at 700 stitches per minute, 9,109 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.
The studio is free to draw, open and check designs. Your first machine file takes five minutes.
Updated 2026-10-18.