Apr 19, 2014 · The most “difficult” part to chicken scratch (and it really isn’t difficult!) is working out sensible paths to travel while working the foundation stitches. Once you’re familiar with the …

Apr 21, 2014 · Chicken Scratch – or embroidery on gingham known by its myriad other names, from Depression Lace to Snowflake Embroidery – is a simple form of embroidery worked on …

Jun 6, 2011 · Chicken scratch makes me itchy. Anyway – to get one with it – summer time is a perfect time to teach embroidery to kids, or to take up a quick project yourself, and gingham …

Chicken scratch is a simple technique; it employs only a few stitches, and therefore, it’s great for children. But don’t be fooled! By combining stitches and thread weights and varying stitch …

Jun 23, 2007 · It’s called a number of other things besides “chicken scratch” – depression embroidery (as in “Depression era”), snowflake embroidery or lace, gingham lace, or Amish …

Jun 16, 2017 · Gingham lace, chicken scratch, gingham embroidery, snowflake embroidery, Depression lace - whatever you want to call it, embroidery on gingham, using a combination of …

Apr 9, 2014 · Gingham embroidery goes by lots of names: gingham lace, chicken scratch, Depression lace, Hoover lace, Amish lace, snowflake lace, broderie suisse (strangely enough, …

Apr 12, 2014 · In the sample directly above and in the chicken scratch embroidery we looked at the other day, I used the following: White foundation stitches (double cross stitches): coton a …

Jun 27, 2022 · Chicken scratch and other similar forms of this type of embroidery on gingham is really very basic. It involves mostly cross stitches and variations of cross stitches and laced …

Apr 18, 2014 · I prefer working the foundation stitches in a non-divisible thread like perle cotton or coton a broder, because it’s easier to work the lacing stitches under them without catching …