All-New Twenty To Make: Chicken Scratch Embroidery

Carolyn Forster is a best-selling quilting author, with over 150,000 books sold worldwide. She started making quilts when she was a teenager, and her passion for patchwork and quilting led her to study Textiles at Bath Spa University, UK. Since then, she has taught patchwork, quilting and embroidery both in the UK and the USA, and has had her quilts featured in a number of books and magazines, including Today’s Quilter and French magazine Magic Patch. Carolyn lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK.www.carolynforster.co.uk | @quiltingonthego

Chicken scratch embroidery (known also as Amish embroidery, Broderie Suisse, Depression Lace, Hoover Lace, Snowflake Embroidery, Australian Cross Stitch and Tenerife Lace) is an easy-to-learn technique that involves embroidering a handful of stitches onto a gingham surface to create stunning motifs with a lace-like appearance. The size and colour of the squares can influence the look and scale of the motif, as well as your chosen thread colours, and the result can range from beautifully simple to exquisitely complex embroidery designs. The 20 gorgeous embroidery patterns in this book are suitable for all skill levels.

• Introduction 4Materials and tools 6Stitch library 9EMBROIDERY DESIGNS 18Knot Gardens 22, Cross Stitch Craze 24, Diamond Starbursts 26, Squares in Hearts 28, Woven Corners 30, Flowerbed 32, Woven Tower 34, Lattice 36, Hearts & Flowers 39, Floral Hedgerow 42, Woven Explosion 44, Tessellating Quintets 46, Flowers in Hearts 48, Quintet Stitch Diamond 50, Starburst Hearts 52, Outlined Squares 54, Woven Zigzags 56, Broderie Suisse Tribute 58, Quintet Tulips 60, Primrose Rows 62Gingham template 64