A small wizard and a black cat
Fifteen embroidery designs, from plain to pixel art to a deco badge, blue robe, black cat, ready to stitch on the Brother Persona PRS100 at the library. Pick the one you like and download its PES file.
1. The hat and the cat
The wizard has stepped away. The hat waits on the floor, the cat keeps an eye on it. Three colours plus the cat's eyes.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue (hat and robe) | Brother 405 Blue | 668 |
| 2 | Gold (stars, sparkle) | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 85 |
| 3 | Black (cat, outlines) | Brother 900 Black | 1,596 |
| 4 | Green (cat eyes) | Brother 509 Leaf Green | 24 |
2. The young wizard
Round face, two dot eyes, a small smile, hands at the sides. Blue robe and hat, cat beside.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue (hat and robe) | Brother 405 Blue | 1,487 |
| 2 | Flesh pink (face, hands) | Brother 079 Flesh Pink | 226 |
| 3 | Gold (stars, sparkle) | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 82 |
| 4 | Black (cat, outlines) | Brother 900 Black | 1,908 |
| 5 | Green (cat eyes) | Brother 509 Leaf Green | 18 |
3. Stargazers
Seen from behind, hood down, hat on, looking up at six stars with the cat. No face, so no age. Only three colours.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue (hat and robe) | Brother 405 Blue | 1,475 |
| 2 | Gold (stars, sparkle) | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 181 |
| 3 | Black (cat, outlines) | Brother 900 Black | 1,604 |
4. Hooded
Hood up, face in shadow, two gold eyes, a staff with an orb. Could be nine or ninety.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue (hat and robe) | Brother 405 Blue | 1,275 |
| 2 | Black (cat, outlines) | Brother 900 Black | 1,937 |
| 3 | Green (cat eyes) | Brother 509 Leaf Green | 18 |
| 4 | Gold (stars, sparkle) | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 176 |
5. The sparkle
Wand raised, one four-point sparkle, the cat looking up at it.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue (hat and robe) | Brother 405 Blue | 1,460 |
| 2 | Flesh pink (face, hands) | Brother 079 Flesh Pink | 198 |
| 3 | Gold (stars, sparkle) | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 112 |
| 4 | Black (cat, outlines) | Brother 900 Black | 1,957 |
| 5 | Green (cat eyes) | Brother 509 Leaf Green | 18 |
6. Pixel
8-bit sprite. Chunky squares, like an old video game. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvest Gold | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 192 |
| 2 | Flesh | Brother 124 Flesh | 631 |
| 3 | Ultramarine | Brother 406 Ultramarine | 2,626 |
| 4 | Dark Brown | Brother 513 Dark Brown | 467 |
| 5 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 41 |
| 6 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 4,214 |
7. Paper cut-out
Matisse-style flat shapes, no outlines at all. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep Gold | Brother 214 Deep Gold | 1,921 |
| 2 | Ultramarine | Brother 406 Ultramarine | 3,076 |
| 3 | Ultramarine | Brother 406 Ultramarine | 213 |
| 4 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 1,082 |
8. Linocut
Carved-print look, black and one blue. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peacock Blue | Brother 415 Peacock Blue | 1,845 |
| 2 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 4,645 |
9. Kawaii
Huge head, tiny body, rosy cheeks. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cream | Brother 010 Cream | 651 |
| 2 | Cornflower Blue | Brother 070 Cornflower Blue | 1,992 |
| 3 | Brown | Brother 058 Brown | 996 |
| 4 | Blue | Brother 405 Blue | 395 |
| 5 | Dark Brown | Brother 513 Dark Brown | 1,003 |
| 6 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 2,944 |
10. Geometric
Circles, triangles and rectangles only, mid-century style. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flesh | Brother 124 Flesh | 423 |
| 2 | Harvest Gold | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 272 |
| 3 | Brown | Brother 058 Brown | 224 |
| 4 | Peacock Blue | Brother 415 Peacock Blue | 1,943 |
| 5 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 1,185 |
11. Deco badge
Art deco emblem in a ring, navy, gold and cream. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep Gold | Brother 214 Deep Gold | 3,769 |
| 2 | Ultramarine | Brother 406 Ultramarine | 983 |
| 3 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 3,821 |
12. Folk art
Scandinavian folk pattern with flowers and stars. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cream | Brother 010 Cream | 1,247 |
| 2 | Red | Brother 800 Red | 1,883 |
| 3 | Ultramarine | Brother 406 Ultramarine | 2,856 |
| 4 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 2,421 |
13. Broomstick
Flying on a broom with the cat behind, under a gold moon. Drawn by an image model, traced into stitches.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvest Gold | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 1,530 |
| 2 | Deep Gold | Brother 214 Deep Gold | 665 |
| 3 | Ultramarine | Brother 406 Ultramarine | 1,495 |
| 4 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 1,357 |
| 5 | Black | Brother 900 Black | 3,210 |
14. Redwork
Line art only, a single navy thread, nothing filled. Fast and light.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navy blue (one thread for everything) | Brother 406 Ultramarine | 1,523 |
15. Moon silhouette
Black wizard and cat cut out of a gold full moon. Two colours.
| # | Colour | Closest Brother thread | Stitches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold (moon) | Brother 206 Harvest Gold | 4,140 |
| 2 | Black (silhouette) | Brother 900 Black | 3,046 |
At the library, step by step
- Put the file on a USB stick. Download the .pes file of the version you chose and copy it into the top folder of a USB stick (FAT32, which almost every stick already is). The Persona reads PES straight from the stick.
- Pick fabric and stabilizer. Medium-weight cotton, canvas, a tote bag or a denim pocket all work well. Hoop medium cut-away or tear-away stabilizer under the fabric, drum tight. For a t-shirt or anything stretchy use cut-away. Ask the staff which stabilizer they stock.
- Hoop it. Every version is under 80 millimetres, so even the Persona's small frame holds it. Centre the fabric where you want the wizard to land.
- Load the design. On the touch screen choose the USB icon, pick the file, and confirm. You should see the preview on screen with the colour list and the stitch count.
- Thread colour 1 from the table (blue), fit a size 75/11 embroidery needle and a filled bobbin, press start. When the machine stops, thread the next colour and press start again.
- Finish. The file asks the machine to trim its jump threads; snip any that remain, tear or cut away the stabilizer on the back, and press from the back with a cloth over it.
Good to know
⚠️ The files have been checked in software but not yet sewn on a real machine. Stitch one on a scrap of the same fabric before the piece that matters. If the outlines land a little off the fills, the fabric is pulling: hoop tighter or use a heavier stabilizer.
How they are made: versions 1 to 5, 14 and 15 are drawn as a few dozen shapes in millimetres, filled with staggered rows of 2.8 millimetre stitches (tatami fill, 0.4 millimetres between rows, with an edge-walk underlay under the larger shapes), satin columns for staffs, wands and tails, and bean-stitch outlines (every outline segment sewn three times) so the cartoon lines read bold. Versions 6 to 13 started as pictures from an image model (gpt-image-2, asked for flat colours and a white background), then every colour's regions were traced into polygons and filled the same way; black sews last so the lines sit on top. The deco badge leaves its cream centre as bare fabric. The Brother thread numbers are the closest standard match; pick by eye from the drawer. The first draft, a purple bearded wizard, is still at first/wizard-cat.pes (preview).
