Free chicken cross stitch patterns for adorable egg cosies
Whether you live in the country or simply dream of doing so, nothing sums up country life like a clutch of chickens pottering around the garden! What could be more fitting for a country-style breakfast than toast soldiers and a deliciously runny boiled egg, kept warm with one of these winsome chicken cross stitch patterns?
Once you’ve stitched your chicken cross stitch pattern, which looks so lifelike thanks to Jenny’s realistic shading, follow the easy making-up instructions to transform your chicken cross stitch patterns into mini cosies.
Click below to find two free chicken cross stitch patterns and the egg cosy tutorial.
Download the chicken cross stitch patterns
Click to download the chicken cross stitch patterns. The download is an A4 PDF with two crosstitch patterns, an accompanying key and the template you need to make the chicken cross stitch patterns into egg cosies.
If you need any advice on working the basics of cross stitch, click on our cross stitch for beginners article. We always knew breakfast was the best meal of the day!
How to make the chicken cross stitch patterns into egg cosies
Step 1
Place the template over the reverse of your chicken cross stitch, draw around it, then trim your fabric leaving a 1cm (½in) seam allowance.
Cut a 3x9cm (1¼x3½in) piece from the backing fabric and pin to your chicken cross stitch with right sides facing and bottom raw edges aligned.
Step 2
Sew the rectangle and chicken cross stitch together along the bottom line of the template. Cut another piece of backing fabric the same size as your chicken cross stitch and sew together with right sides facing, leaving the bottom open, and attaching a loop of ribbon at the top.
Step 3
Using the template and leaving a 1cm (½in) seam allowance, cut two pieces of wadding and two of the lining. Sandwich both lining pieces between the wadding pieces with right sides facing and sew together, leaving the bottom open.
Step 4
Trim any excess fabric from your sewn egg cosy, then turn it through to the right side. Place inside your sewn wadding and lining, making sure it’s positioned in the middle of all four layers, so between the two pieces of lining fabric.
Step 5
Pin the wadding to your egg cosy along the bottom edge, then machine-stitch all the layers together around the outside edge of the wadding, leaving the bottom open and a 2.5cm (1in) gap for turning through. Trim off any excess backing fabric from the bottom.
Step 6
Using the gap you’ve left, turn your egg cosy through to the right side. Push out the lining so that it sits evenly and comfortably inside your egg cosy, then neatly slip-stitch the gap closed, and press with a warm iron to finish.
Turn your cross stitch projects into practical items
We love it when we can use our cross stitch in everyday life, and this project does just that. Use our how to sew egg cosies tutorial as a base, but switch up the designs you stitch depending on the season. For example, you could turn our Christmas cross stitch patterns into festive cosies!
More spring cross stitch patterns
Looking for more spring designs to go with your chicken cross stitch patterns? Explore our 53 spring cross stitch patterns.
