Stitch Explorer: Chicken scratch results
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 8:23AM
It’s time to make a cuppa and settle back because there is quite a bit of eye candy here. Since the 15th and the next stitch explorer challenge is near I thought I would do a round up of what people have done with chicken scratch. Its really very interesting what directions people took it in.
Connie of Scoop Score and Deal has worked some great samples. You will find all her experiments under the category of Stitch Explorer challenge in her blog
Don’t miss Elizabeth’s Quieter moments for loads and loads of samples of chicken scratch variations.
Leena of Creative Instincts has made a baby quilt of chicken scratch!!! Visit her site to see it.
Coeur de freesia has worked some lovely subtle samples.
Manuela of Plaid and Herringbone has also worked a subtle sample
Miriam of Borduurblog has worked a whole series of samples
Annie has worked a miniature apron on her band sampler
Kay Susan of S’mockery Sm’Art has worked a dramatic sample on spotted fabric
Tenar of Tenar’s Cave has worked some chicken scratch in hand dyed threads.
Nancilyn records her stitch explorer discoveries in Mindblogings and you will find her chicken scratch experiments on her sampler
Diane has worked a tea cosy!
Eva posted her explorations on her flickr site.
Kalico Kate has worked a heart in chicken scratch
Gayle has also worked a heart of another sort. You can see it on her flickr site
Emily of the Floss Box is working a delightful sampler and has included some variations.
Mandie of Story of a Sampler has also worked some chicken scratch on a sampler
Helen Conway of From Down the Well has worked some interesting variations on her sampler
Doreen of Creative Meanderings has published a piece that demonstrates the same design worked on opposite squares.
Barbara has a colourful example of chicken scratch on her blog Barb’s Spirit Song
Over on Fat Quarter Annet has her chicken scratch experiments listed under the label of Stitch Explorer 2009
Jacqui of Puddle of Dreams has worked some interesting patterns in her explorations.
Marg of No Idle Hands has worked a sample after thinking about it for years
Joy has her sample on her flickr site. The bottom section of her samples would be good to use in crazy quilting.
Christiana also has her explorations on flickr
Valerie has posted a photo on flickr of her explorations
Raphaela of Textile Explorations has included beads in her experiments. You can see them under the label stitch explorer
Deb of Just Enough Time has worked her sample on an evenweave fabric.
Mady of Snow Days has also worked a chicken scratch sample on evenweave fabric.
Ruth has worked a lovely monotone postcard sized sample which you can see on her flickr site.
Saskia works in miniature!
Sandy of Focus on Fiber has a pretty sample
Diane of Sojourner Design has worked a beautiful contemporary interpretation.
Maryann of Backwoods Creations has also worked a contemporary sample
Leslie of Greasyming drawn inspiration from several sources for her chicken scratch.
And Valerie has an interesting piece
Virginia has worked a dramatic piece on an orange check
Jane has worked some samples on tartan fabric. It has produced some very interesting effects do check it out.
Fiona of Neverending Lists came up with the idea of photocopying a piece of gingham and working out designs on that.
I hope you enjoy this little round up and return on the 15th to see what the next challenge will be.
Added Later
I have just established a Flickr group for those who want to use it. The name is Stitchexplorer
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Reader Comments (13)
Hi Sharon, many thanks for taking so much effort to do this for all of us. I also took part in the 100 details and posting on the Flickr site made it so much easier to follow everyone's efforts. I wonder if we could have one central place - Flickr, Stitchin fingers, or whatever to post our stitches for this challenge.
We are all waiting with bated breath for February's challenge. It comes to me on the 14th instead of the 15th!
Thanks Sharon
Diane in Ontario
Sipping a cuppa coffee as I browsed through the selections of Chicken Scratch -- what wonderful and varied experiments and experiences! Thanks, Sharon!
The best ideas, I think, are a) to go back now and work some on even-weave (not printed with a gingham pattern), and perhaps, even before that, to try the doodllng process -- either on a photocopy of gingham, or on a piece of basic graph paper. Might give me a 'pattern' to follow...
Sharon, Thank you for the round up of chicken scratch. It is great to see what everyone has done. I though I had kept up with all the comments, but there are at least 5 or 6 I had not seen. I am looking forward to Sunday to see what is next! Every time I come across an unusual embroidery form, I wonder if it will appear during the year. Thanks again, Ruth P
Hi Sharon thanks for putting this altogether, your efforts are most appreciated. I have certainly seen how far the chicken stitch can be stretched. More inspiration. Many thanks once again.
Diane I think the idea of flickr group is great so I have started one - I have called it stitchexplorer.
The URL is http://flickr.com/groups/1054717@N22/
Wow what a list! Thanks a lot Sharon. I need an idea or two for the finishing of my second Chicken Scratch sampler, so I will take a look at the work of everyone.
Sharon, thanks for your kind words of encouragement on my stitches.
I agree that a Flickr group would be great - easy to follow, practical, and a good resource for anyone who may want to explore the stitches in the future.
Hi sharon,
I have a doubt,about chicken scratch.Is this technique the same of spanish embroidery?Because here,in Brazil we call this kind of embroidery "Bordado xadrez" something like "embroidery on checked cloth" and in my classes I teach this like spanish embroidery or Punto espanhol.Please,check my blog to see my samples and to clear up my doubt.
Thanks a lot
Wow, so many different samples and ideas. I loved looking at everyone's work and really enjoyed the challenge. Thanks for setting this up!
It's great to see what has been done with chicken scratch. Thanks for all your effort in this challenge.
Hi Valquira - yes its the same thing. This technique is known by many different names as I pointed out in my original post about it Stitch Explorer 2009 January
I worked up three small samples. They are pretty much "by the book", but I needed to try to do them "in the box" before going wild. I did a rectange, and two circles, using different threads. I posted the pictures on my blog.
Sharon Ahmed
www.sharonserranoahmed.blogspot.com
Just getting back here to post a photo of my chicken scratch work: http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/chicken-scratchfabric?context=latest
Thanks,
Dakotah