Stitcher’s SPOTLIGHT

SIMPLE & EFFECTIVE

hicken Scratch became popular in the 1930’s to 1950’s in the USA when it was used to decorate aprons. Chicken Scratch is known by different names around the world, including Amish Embroidery, Snowflake Embroidery, Depression Lace, Australian Cross Stitch and Dentelle Vichy in France. The simplicity of Chicken Scratch is what I enjoy most about it. There are just three basic stitches, and originally to make it look like lace, it was stitched in one colour. I like to mix it up a bit and so I have used several colours and even made up a stitch to fill a space. The order of stitching is important,