Full-size line art
The whole design on a single A4 page at 2480 × 3508 px, so it stays sharp when you print it at 100%.
Hand embroidery finished sample · Hen Carrying Basket of Eggs · stitched in a hoop
Pattern L001
Hen Carrying Basket of Eggs
A hen carrying basket of eggs design from the ETSPIL studio, drawn as clean line art you can stitch in almost any colourway. The sheet prints on one A4 page at 100% and already carries the pattern size and DMC colour list.
- A4 · 210 × 297 mm
- 2480 × 3508 px
- 1 design per sheet
- 4 stitches
- 3:01 tutorial
JPG, 300 dpi. Print at 100% (do not use “fit to page”) so the pattern keeps its real size. Free for personal use.
About this design
A hen walks home with a basket of eggs while a chick follows along — an easy first project because almost the whole design is filled with satin stitch. The free pattern sheet carries the full-size line art, and the video tutorial walks through every stitch in three minutes.
A good first project
This design uses 4 stitches, all of them basics.
Before you start
- Satin stitch does the heavy lifting here: eggs, beak and basket all use it, so keep the stitches parallel and snug rather than long.
- The chick's head is a single French knot — wrap once, not twice, or it will sit too tall for the size of the bird.
The pattern sheet
What you print: one A4 page.
The finished hoop above was stitched from this sheet. Print the file at 100% and the design comes out at its real size — the sheet already carries the pattern dimensions and the DMC colour numbers, so there is nothing to work out before you start.
- A4 · 210 × 297 mm
- 2480 × 3508 px · 300 dpi
- DMC list on the sheet
How to stitch it
Stitch by stitch, one short video.
Watch the tutorial
Video: Chick Hand Embroidery for Beginners | Step-by-Step Tutorial + Free Tshirt Design Pattern
Stitch guide
- Stem Stitch
- Satin Stitch
- French Knot
- Straight Stitch
| Jump to | Stitch | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| 00:01 | Stem Stitch | For the chick’s body |
| 00:28 | Satin Stitch | For the chick’s eyes |
| 00:35 | French Knot | For the chick’s head |
| 00:47 | Satin Stitch | For the chick’s beak |
| 00:52 | Straight Stitch | For the chick’s feet |
| 00:59 | Satin Stitch | For the basket |
| 01:18 | Satin Stitch | For the eggs |
What you get
One sheet, nothing missing.
Size and DMC list
Pattern dimensions and the DMC colour numbers are printed on the sheet — no guessing which threads to buy.
Free for personal use
Print it as often as you like for your own projects. No sign-up, no email, no watermark over the artwork.
Common questions
Before you download it.
Do I need to know any stitches before I start?
No. The design uses 4 stitches — Stem Stitch, Satin Stitch, French Knot and Straight Stitch — and the video works through each one from the first loop.
Is there a video tutorial for this pattern?
Yes — it runs 3:01 and is split into 7 timestamped chapters, listed above. Each chapter jumps straight to the part of the video where that stitch is worked.
Can I get this design as a kit instead of a printable pattern?
This page is the free A4 pattern only. ETSPIL kits ship a design pre-printed on the fabric with threads, hoop and a bound manual, so there is nothing to transfer — the kit range sits on our Amazon storefront.
More free patterns
Same studio, different design.
L002
Mother Bird With Two Chicks
L003
Cat Sitting Among Flowers
L004
Wildflower Bouquet With Leaves
Prefer a kit?
ETSPIL makes an embroidery kit for beginners
Every ETSPIL kit ships the design already printed on the fabric, with the threads, hoop and a bound manual — plus the same step-by-step videos you just watched. If you would rather not transfer a pattern at all, that is the version to start with.
Search ETSPIL on Amazon to see the current range of beginner kits.