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Join designer, author, and modern quilter Blair Stocker of Wise Craft Handmade for a month of exploring the art of chicken scratch embroidery. Chicken scratch is a charming form of cross stitch that is worked on gingham fabric and creates an optical illusion of a beautiful lace overlay. Blair teaches you the foundations of chicken scratch, such as selecting your gingham fabric and using a paper template to mark your fabric, plus essential stitches like the smyrna cross and the snowflake stitch. Throughout the month, play with different designs, various combinations of stitches, and multiple colors. As you stitch inside your gingham squares, discover how much freedom you have to get creative. At the end of month, Blair shows you how to sew together your chicken scratch fabric pages and assemble a sample book that you can use as a record of all the new techniques you learned as well as a reference for future projects like aprons, tea towels, quilts, pillows, and whatever else you can imagine.
Learn how to:
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Two yards total of 1/4" gingham fabric in various colors
- Iron and ironing surface
- Size 3 embroidery needles
- Six-strand embroidery thread like DMC in various colors
- Beeswax or thread conditioner
- Rotary cutter and cutting mat or fabric scissors
- Thread snips (optional)
- Ruler
- 2-3 colors of fabric marking pens such as Frixion pen or chalk pencil
- 6" embroidery hoop
- Sewing machine with neutral thread
- Micron pen
- Scrap of white fabric 8 1/2 x 11
- 6 x 8" fabric for binding
- Tapestry needle
- Pokey tool
- Binder clips
- Complete kits can be found at Blair's website
Downloads:
- Embroider chicken scratch
- Stitch the smyrna cross and the snowflake stitch
- Choose the best fabric
- Transfer markings from a paper template to your fabric
- Select thread colors
- Bind fabric pages into a sample book
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![Chicken Scratch Sampler Book: An Embroidery Daily Practice](http://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/iesfs5jd6oq523fzr1wd.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug, featuring pink gingham and turquoise embroidery.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/7u79wetl7mtnwndz2s3l.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug stitched on light blue gingham with two skeins of DMC thread in red and pink, plus a pair of stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/k5imlbuuly84jtay3j4q.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug with heart-shaped embroidery and two skeins of DMC thread in red and pink.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/zpe3efaon5jjm5r4udu6.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug on lime green gingham plus two skeins DMC thread and a pair of stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/s9hug0eqtc6zxh0fnz01.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug on cream gingham plus two skeins of DMC thread in light green and dark green plus an embroidery hoop.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/eghnx1zaduim1d5pogft.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug on mauve gingham plus two skeins of DMC thread in yellow and red and stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/64kolkw6zkof9t3aoznl.jpg)
![An overhead image of Blaire Stocker demonstrating chicken scratch embroidery, holding her sampler book showing two pages stitched in red and blue.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/fayoknfqfedf7nl63ph8.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug on navy blue gingham plus two skeins of DMC embroidery floss in red and yellow and a pair of stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/xm3xtkwny6muyngzlwgu.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug on yellow gingham stitched in the shape of a lemon plus two skeins of DMC embroidery floss in lemon yellow and orange and a pair of stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/hkbelcs238hb2zgs75gx.jpg)
![An overhead image of Blaire Stocker making chicken scratch embroidery, holding an embroidery hoop with taupe gingham with stitching in pink and red DMC embroidery thread.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/q5bl6ptwbsw61ihxzrs4.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug one grey gingham, plus two skeins of red DMC thread and a pair of stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/5f658gmschmlddgswpfe.jpg)
![Two pages of chicken scratch embroidery on light blue and navy blue gingham.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/ezg5jdlqlxdwgpfsy2tg.jpg)
![An overhead image of Blaire Stocker making chicken scratch embroidery, holding an embroidery hoop with navy blue gingham with stitching in blue and yellow.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/bczgvgegt6bgriznvyjy.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug made out of pink gingham plus a small skein of chartreuse DMC thread and stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/maux8k2zgwn6z2z92oos.jpg)
![A sample page from Blair Stocker's Chicken Scratch Embroidery Sampler Book class on Creativebug made out of grey gingham plus two skeins of DMC thread in green and yellow and a pair of stork-shaped thread snips.](https://api.creativebug.com/pimage/dynamic/feed-248~storage/public/images/tutorial_thumbnails/original/1919/images/8uwmylirvpu4jc2xcdjr.jpg)
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Chicken Scratch Sampler Book: An Embroidery Daily Practice Reviews
90 users recommended this class to a friend
Maria Conti
This is a great class! Blair is a very good teacher. I had never heard of Chicken Scratch Embroidery. Absolutely fell in love with the stitches and all of the weaving techniques!
May 26, 2024
Judi Obey
I have not done Chicken Scratch in years. Thank you for getting me interested in it again and all of your good tips. Thank you so much.
May 5, 2024