Large Emerald Floral Corner Machine Embroidery Design

Large Emerald Floral Corner is a dense ornamental machine embroidery design composed of purple flowers, layered green and turquoise leaves, curling stems and a spiral floral accent. The L-shaped composition is created with satin stitches, fill stitches and contrasting highlights rather than lightweight outline embroidery. At almost 20x20 cm, it is best suited to the corner of a large tablecloth, table topper, decorative pillow panel, bedspread or other substantial home décor project.

The design has open fabric between the individual branches, but the flowers, leaves and scrolls themselves are densely stitched. Choose a stable fabric weighing at least 180 g/m² or approximately 5.3 oz/yd². Lightweight satin, batiste, organza and loosely woven linen are not recommended for the original design size.

Design size, hoop and formats

Size: 196.6x199.0 mm (7.74x7.83 "), Stitches: 37967
Formats: .dst, .jef, .pec, .vip, .hus, .pes, .exp, .sew, .dat, .vp3, xxx
Required embroidery field: 200x200 mm (8x8")

Formats: .dst, .jef, .pec, .vip, .hus, .pes, .exp, .sew, .dat, .vp3, .xxx

The product page contains the exact stitch count of 37,967. The software-generated color chart displays approximately 37,400 stitches and an estimated upper-thread consumption of 160.42 m or approximately 175.4 yd.

Design character and stitch density

This is a large, multicolored and relatively dense floral corner. The flowers and sculptural leaves contain overlapping shades and substantial satin-stitch areas. The design is not intended for thin fabric simply because some background remains visible between the branches.

Embroider the design on a flat fabric panel before assembling or hemming the final item whenever possible. This makes accurate centering easier and prevents a thick seam or finished edge from interfering with hooping.

Recommended fabrics and stabilizer

Suitable fabrics include medium-heavy decorative cotton, cotton twill, denim, canvas, firm linen blends, upholstery fabric, faux suede, velveteen, velvet and substantial terry cloth. The fabric should be stable enough to carry almost 38,000 stitches without stretching or puckering.

A practical stabilizer calculation is:

Fabric weight ÷ 3 = minimum stabilizer weight

For example:

180 g/m² ÷ 3 = approximately 60 g/m² stabilizer
5.3 oz/yd² ÷ 3 = approximately 1.8 oz/yd² stabilizer

For stable cotton, linen, twill or canvas, use a medium-weight cut-away stabilizer of approximately 60–80 g/m². Apply a light coat of temporary embroidery adhesive to the stabilizer, attach it to the reverse of the fabric and hoop the fabric and stabilizer together. Tear-away stabilizer alone does not provide sufficient permanent support for this large, dense design.

Terry cloth, velvet and faux suede

• Terry cloth: use medium-heavy cut-away stabilizer underneath and water-soluble film on top. The topping keeps satin stitches and small floral details above the loops.
• Velvet or velveteen: avoid hooping the fabric directly because the hoop may crush the pile. Hoop the cut-away stabilizer, attach the velvet with temporary adhesive and a basting outline, and place lightweight water-soluble topping over the fabric.
• Faux suede: use cut-away stabilizer with temporary adhesive. Water-soluble topping is normally unnecessary on smooth faux suede but may help if the surface has a noticeable nap.

Use a new 75/11 sharp embroidery needle on firm woven fabrics. For heavy denim or thick terry cloth, test an 80/12 needle. Always test the complete fabric, stabilizer, needle and thread combination before stitching the final item.

Madeira Classic 40 color chart

The original palette uses eleven Madeira Classic 40 viscose rayon colors distributed across 25 color blocks. Several colors are repeated while the machine completes the upper vertical branch, lower horizontal branch and the spiral flower on the right.

Complete embroidery sequence

The file contains 25 color blocks and 24 thread changes. Follow the sequence supplied in the JPG color chart:

1074 → 1046 → 1248 → 1185 → 1311 → 1093 → 1134 → 1322 → 1071 → 1248 → 1074 → 1046 → 1248 → 1185 → 1311 → 1093 → 1134 → 1322 → 1071 → 1248 → 1322 → 1248 → 1301 → 1185 → 1004

Blocks 1–9 embroider the upper vertical floral branch. Block 10 adds the lime-green connecting scroll near the inner corner. Blocks 11–19 embroider the lower horizontal branch. Blocks 20–21 add the first green and purple details around the right-hand floral motif. Blocks 22–25 complete the surrounding green elements and the jade, dark teal and natural-white layers of the spiral flower.

The displayed colors in embroidery-machine software may differ from the intended palette. Use the Madeira numbers and JPG color chart supplied with the design. If you work with another thread brand, use the free Madeira thread converter to find close equivalents.

Practical embroidery tips

• Mark both axes and the finished corner position before hooping.
• Hoop the fabric and cut-away stabilizer firmly without stretching the fabric.
• Support the weight of a large tablecloth or bedspread so it cannot pull against the hoop.
• Use temporary adhesive only on the stabilizer, not directly on the embroidery-machine mechanism.
• Reduce the embroidery speed to approximately 600–700 stitches per minute when working on thick or piled fabric.
• Check the design after every color change for thread loops, fabric movement or lifting edges.
• Press the completed embroidery from the reverse on a padded surface to avoid flattening the satin stitches.

Coordinating Emerald designs

This large floral corner belongs to The Emerald Collection. Combine it with the Emerald Bloom Floral Border along the edge of a tablecloth or bedspread and use the smaller Emerald Flower as a coordinating central or individual accent.

Helpful embroidery guides

Read Perfecting Stitch Density, Fabric and Stabilizer Balance before selecting the project fabric. The guide How to Use a Color Chart for Machine Embroidery explains how to follow color blocks when machine software displays different thread names.

Digital machine embroidery file

This product is a digital machine embroidery design, not a finished tablecloth, pillow, patch or physical item. After purchase, the listed machine formats and color chart are supplied in a ZIP archive. Test the original file on matching fabric and stabilizer before embroidering the final project.