Chicken Scratch Embroidery

Chicken scratch embroidery is a unique and charming needlework technique that has been around for centuries. This form of embroidery is believed to have originated in America during the early days …

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.

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…

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...

Laurie Latour, author of The Guide to Gingham Embroidery: Book One – Stitch & Learn Gingham Lace, Snowflaking, & Gingham Cross Stitch, is guest posting here today. Laurie’s an avid collector of gingham embroidered aprons and an expert on the subject of All Things Gingham-Embroidered. I hope you enjoy her article! Ah, the long lazy ...

Old Fashion Chicken Scratch Apron I had never heard the term “chicken scratch embroidery“ until last week when I stopped into an antique store and stumbled across two aprons that I fell in love with.

The other day, I mentioned I was playing around with Chicken Scratch embroidery, or "gingham lace" embroidery. The fun thing about embroidery on gingham is that it works up pretty quickly, and with just a few subtle changes, you can have a completely different looking design. Today, I'll sha

Last Friday afternoon the red gingham fabric I ordered for my chicken scratch embroidery project came in the mail from fabric.com. When I was ordering it, I wasn’t sure whether to get fabric …

Instructions for doing Chicken Scratch Embroidery on gingham fabric