Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Stitch Explorer January - Chicken scratch

Chicken scratch is traditionally worked on gingham, using combinations of cross stitch and winding. I made this needlecase and sample a couple of years ago after seeing an article in Stitch magazine.


For the stitch explorer challenge, I decided to try a different background and play with the scale. I chose a scrap piece of Black Watch tartan thinking I could use the different size checks. It was more difficult than I thought, especially the dark colours in poor January light, but gives a quite different effect.

4 comments:

Chyadesign said...

These are very effective Jane -I especially like to the dual coloured example.

RuthP said...

What a great idea to use tartan to get different sized squares! It is great.

happyjacqui said...

love the look of this, really different from the traditional form.

manuela said...

The chicken scratch on tartan has a great graphic effect, very bold. I love it!