Choose Happiness in DMC - PAT0397 - Downloadable PDF

Choose Happiness Embroidery Pattern by DMC (PAT0397) – Free Downloadable PDF

The Choose Happiness / Choisir le Bonheur embroidery pattern is a charming collaborative design from Gulush Threads x DMC, available as a free downloadable PDF. This intermediate-level embroidery project guides stitchers through creating a decorative motif built around an uplifting sentiment, rendered in carefully charted thread colours and stitch types. The pattern is presented bilingually in English and French, reflecting DMC's global reach and the international spirit of the Gulush Threads collaboration.

What Is Being Made

Stitchers will create a finished embroidery piece featuring the Choose Happiness design — a decorative motif incorporating lettering and illustrative elements. The design is suitable for display as a framed piece, applied to fabric accessories, or incorporated into home décor projects. The finished work is built up from a series of labelled sections (referenced as A and B zones on the chart) that guide the embroiderer through colour placement and stitch selection in a logical, structured sequence.

Pattern Format and Chart Details

The PDF spans five pages and includes two primary visual references to support the stitcher:

• An embroidery chart with lines, letters, and numbers referencing specific stitch types and DMC thread colours — letters indicate the type of stitch to be used in each area, while numbers reference both the DMC colour code and the number of strands to be threaded.
• A black-and-white design sheet intended for use with the transfer pen method, allowing stitchers to transfer the motif cleanly onto their chosen fabric before beginning to stitch.

The chart references multiple labelled sections — including B1 through B7 and A8 — each specifying two strands of thread, making strand count consistent and straightforward for this design.

Techniques Used

As an intermediate embroidery pattern, Choose Happiness assumes a working knowledge of basic hand embroidery techniques. The chart employs multiple stitch types across the different zones of the design, with each area clearly labelled to indicate which technique applies. The use of the transfer pen method for design placement is a practical and widely used technique in hand embroidery, where a heat- or water-erasable pen is used to trace the printed design sheet directly onto fabric, creating a clean stitching guide.

Stitches Used

The specific stitch types are encoded within the chart using letter references (for example, the A and B designations correspond to distinct stitch types as defined in the chart key). While the PDF chart encodes stitch names via letter codes rather than spelling them out in the extracted content, the design incorporates a variety of stitch types across its labelled sections, consistent with an intermediate-level embroidery project that would typically include techniques such as outline stitches for lettering and fill or decorative stitches for motif areas.

Materials Required

• DMC Mouliné Spécial embroidery thread (117MC) — the specified thread range for this pattern, used at 2 strands throughout the charted sections
• Fabric of your choice — the pattern allows flexibility in fabric selection, with needle size recommended to be matched accordingly
• Embroidery needle — chosen to suit the selected fabric weight and weave
• A transfer pen for applying the black-and-white design sheet to fabric prior to stitching

About the Collaboration

This pattern is a product of the Gulush Threads x DMC collaboration, combining the creative vision of Gulush Threads with the trusted thread expertise and colour systems of DMC, one of the world's most established embroidery thread manufacturers. The use of DMC Mouliné Spécial thread ensures stitchers have access to a vast, standardised colour palette, making thread sourcing straightforward regardless of location. The pattern is offered entirely free of charge as a downloadable PDF from DMC.