Gingham embroidery pattern

This lesson will demonstrate how to do the embroidery using the different stitches over a border design. It is advised to go through the thread-fabric-and-stitch section of the chicken scratch page before beginning this lesson. It will help you...

Just a little house keeping here, so that you can easily find information on chicken scratch / embroidery on gingham here on Needle 'n Thread when you're looking for it! This index will include all articles on Chicken Scratch, including patterns, tutorials, and other information on the technique.

Instructions for doing Chicken Scratch Embroidery on gingham fabric

I am working on several different embroideries which use the character of Gingham Check. Today, I would like to share one of those technique...

For those of you that fear a needle...this one might make you overcome that fear. I never saw it before but it is perfectly clear now...it is sewing on graph paper! Five cents a copy. Prepared by the Educational Bureau of Coats and Clark. I'm having such trouble trying to figure out which one I need to do first, second, third.... The last half of the pamphlet will come tomorrow. Well, go get your needles! Download the pamphlet pages here.

Posts about chicken scratch (round/reg.) written by Elizabeth

Muddlepud has created some chicken scratch designs, and she’s giving them away! She says, “I’ve decided to encourage others in Blogland to craft so that I might live vicariously t…

History and description of traditional needlework called chicken scratch, along with links to tutorials