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Hand embroidery finished sample of the Etspil Stitch Flag pattern, stitched in a hoop

Hand embroidery finished sample · Etspil Stitch Flag · stitched in a hoop

Free Stitched sample A4 sheet · 300 dpi View full-size photo

Pattern L043

Etspil Stitch Flag

A etspil stitch flag 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
  • 1:30 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 pennant flag with the words ETSPIL Stitch worked into it — a lettering exercise as much as a design, and the one pattern in the collection that teaches you how to keep hand-stitched capitals the same height.

A good first project This design uses 0 stitches, all of them basics.

Before you start

  • Mark the top and bottom of the lettering with a light pencil line before you start; freehand capitals almost always drift.
  • Stitch the border last so it can absorb any unevenness at the flag's edges.
Printable line art of the Etspil Stitch Flag embroidery pattern, black outline on white paper, ready to trace

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 still from the ETSPIL etspil stitch flag embroidery tutorial ETSPIL · 1:30 · Step by step

Video: Beginner Embroidery Stitch | Flag Pattern Using Stem Stitch, Pistil Stitch & Chain Stitch

Stitch guide

The stitch list for this design is in the video description on YouTube.

What you get

One sheet, nothing missing.

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%.

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 previous stitching experience is needed; the video starts from the first loop.

Is there a video tutorial for this pattern?

Yes — it runs 1:30 and is split into 0 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.

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.