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a close up of a doily with flowers on it and the words free patterns & instructions for afghan embroidery

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.

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an old fashion apron is shown with the words chicken scratch embroidery on it and red, white

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. #embroidery #aprons #homemaking #oldaprons #oldfashion

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the gingham book of embroidery

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.

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a blue and white pillow sitting on top of a bed

Before this month, I had never heard of chicken scratch embroidery. I have so many different hobbies already - I didn't need another one. But alas, Erin had to go and introduce chicken scratch stamps over on the Papertrey site on Nicole's blog here. I thought I was safe for a while. I googled and pinterested "chicken scratch" and wasn't overly impressed. I figured I'd pass on this one. Then the other day I was in a quilt shop and saw some beautiful aqua gingham fabric. Aqua is my favorite…

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two blue and white checkered cloths on a table

My father started to learn embroidery on paper, so I made a needlebook for his birthday. The size is 5 x 5 cm or 2 x 2 inch. The chicken scratch on the front is stitched with DMC 80. The edge is a Palestrina stitch with perle 8. Mary Corbet wrote a tutorial about using the Palestrina stitch on an edge here.

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a blue and white checkered skirt hanging on a clothes line

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 ...

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a blue and white checkered pillow with hearts on it

This lesson will illustrate how to do, probably, the most common pattern in chicken scratch : the heart. 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...

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