my dad’s classic chicken vesuvio with crispy pan-roasted chicken, golden potato wedges, and a garlic wine pan sauce servings: 4

These easy homemade Chicken Gyros wraps are made from scratch with homemade flatbreads and tzatziki sauce.

This Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe is my absolute favorite soup recipe and is so easy to make from scratch!

The flavorful layers of meat, onions, and dried apricots make these individual British pies something you’ll want to try.  Learn how to make them from scratch for your next special dinner!

An easy version of Chicken a la King in a creamy sauce with mushrooms and peppers. Serve it over noodles, rice, or any kind of bread for a satisfying weeknight dinner.

This easy recipe for Butter Chicken is as authentic as it can get! Make classic Butter Chicken or Murgh Makhani at home, just like the one you get at your favorite Indian restaurant.

Recipe video above. If you like your enchiladas plump, juicy, saucy and full of flavour, this is the recipe for you! Homemade from scratch, the foundation of this recipe is a double duty Enchilada Spice mix.

Chicken Parmo is a classic Italian-American dish that is easy to make and incredibly delicious. Despite its simple ingredients and preparation, it is packed full of flavor and can be served as a main course or as a side dish.

{Video below} My homemade copycat of the Chinese takeout favourite - chicken satay stir fry! The coconut and peanut flavour is not as intense as Malaysian and Thai satay sauce, and the satay seasoning flavour is stronger. The chicken is tenderised the way Chinese restaurants do - perfect to make breast nice and juicy. This step is optional, but I think it's worth it for a true Chinese restaurant experience! MARINATING TIME: 20 minutes for tenderising, 10 minutes for seasoning, both optional.

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Today, a little tutorial for embroidery on gingham, or chicken scratch. Chicken scratch is suited to any level of embroiderer, but, due to its simple nature and pleasing results, it's an especially nice technique for beginners and even for children. You can make up your own patterns for gingh

Saturday's second pattern has GOT to be one of my favorites! Fall is coming up sooner than I'd like to think and this one is just perfect for scattering around any fall decorations you're making. Think brown or orange gingham! Or maybe dark green with yellow and orange floss? Too cute!This pattern is for you own personal use only. I've been busy in the garden all day! I got a new flower bed mulched and ready for planting next spring and my new compost pile fenced off and started with some grass clippings that my husband provided by mowing the front lawn. Boy, was it a hot one today!

Today's Cutting Corners tutorial, sponsored by Riley Blake Designs, brings you more GINGHAM fun! We'll try this simple vintage embroidery technique to create a lovely lacy overlay effect. Then I'll give some directions to make a darling little pincushion! Course Supplies: Cotton Gingham Print with squares measuring 1/4" Small embroidery hoop Size 7 or 8 Crewel Embroidery needle Embroidery floss Specs (an essential part of my supplies these days!) Course Instructions: "Chicken Scratch" was a popular embroidery technique during the 1930's and 1940's, used to embellish gingham clothing and home decor items. Here is a sample of one of my grandmother's table toppers. Star Topper - Chicken Scratch Embroidery Also known as Gingham Embroidery, Depression Lace, Amish Embroidery, even Tic-Tac-Toe Embroidery among others, this technique uses just a few simple stitches to embellish gingham checkered fabric and give the appearance of a lace overlay, depending on the placement of lights and darks. Stitch Details The charm of Chicken Scratch embroidery is that just a few basic stitches create this beautiful lacy effect. Stitch Diagram * Double Cross Stitch. Stitch a basic cross-stitch x, then stitch a plus sign + over the x. Follow the same sequence each time for a consistent look. This is the usual stitch to outline a motif. | or -- Straight Running Stitch Used to anchor the woven circles or ovals. o Woven Circle or Oval Stitch = Circle around twice for a finished look. Hints: ** Stitches are usually worked over the darkest squares using light thread, or in reverse with darker thread over the white squares. Tinted squares are usually where the straight running stitches are made to support woven circles or ovals. This is the usual sequence: Double Chain Stitch, then Running Stitches, then Woven Circles. OK, ready to try? Press and square up your fabric. Our sampler today will require a 6" square. Hoop the fabric, careful not to distort. For our tiny sampler, we will not even need to mark it! Use 3 strands of a 6-strand floss (use 2 strands for 1/8" gingham). Knot the end, or work in the tail, your choice. For my purposes, I'll tie a knot. Measure in about 1-1/2" from the edge to start the motif. Select a dark square near the center, and begin. Double Cross Stitch. We'll be working horizontally from left to right. Unlike cross-stitch patterns, we will complete each stitch one at a time. 1) Bring the needle out at one corner of a dark square. 2) Return the needle to the opposite diagonal corner for the first stitch of the (x), then bring the needle to the opposite corner, traveling horizontally. Pull thread taut. 3) Take the thread to the opposite diagonal corner to form the second stitch of the (x). Bring the needle out halfway between upper corners of the square. 4) Insert the needle directly below the x, then bring the needle out halfway between the top and bottom left corners of the x to begin the second half of the plus (+). 5) Lastly, insert the needle opposite your last stitch, forming the cross bar to complete the plus sign (+), and bring the needle out at the top center of the adjacent tinted square. 6) Complete the first Running Stitch by inserting the needle at the lower center of the tinted square, coming out at the upper left corner of the next dark square, ready to repeat the process. Repeat steps 1 - 6, completing 7 Double Cross Stitches, with a single vertical running stitch between each dark square. Straight Running Stitches. 7) At the end of your row of stitches, insert the needle into the adjacent tinted square below the last double cross-stitch. Create horizontal running stitches by traveling beneath each white square and coming out at the edge of each tinted square. 8) At the last running stitch, the needle will travel to the upper left corner of the dark square below to begin another sequence of Double Cross-Stitches and vertical Straight Running Stitches; steps 1-6. Back side. Woven Circles. 1) Bring the needle up through the fabric at the point of one of the running stitches along the edge of a white center square. 2) Loop the thread beneath each of the other three running stitches around the square. 3) Loop around again and take the needle through the back at the same point it came in.Travel to the next white square and repeat the process. NOTE: You will need an odd number of Double Chain Stitch pairs in order to have an even number of Woven Circles. Now that you've perfected your technique, use your little sampler to make a cute project! Repeat the pattern two more times, skipping a white row between patterns to make our little Chicken Scratch Pincushion! Trim your square about 1" beyond the embroidery. Cut a second square for the backing, 1/2" smaller in length and width. Cut 2 corresponding pieces muslin for lining. Layer embroidered square and muslin wrong sides together, baste edges together with zig-zag stitch or serging. Baste remaining muslin piece to wrong side of backing. Place basted pieces right sides together; muslin on the outsides, and PIN at the corners. Pinch a little pleat along each side of the pincushion top which will form a dome, then pin in place. Stitch around three sides. Clip corners and turn. Fill with rice, silica sand or other filler. Add a drop of lavender, if desired. Stitch opening by machine or by hand. So sweet! I'm really enjoying trying out these vintage techniques on the RBD ginghams! (see the Smocking tutorial HERE). Next time, we'll get back to "Gathering", and explore some shirring techniques with elastic! Have you made anything with gingham? Have you tried chicken scratch embroidery? I think my next project will be to make a little topper of my own, along with some gingham cloth napkins with a Spring motif. Yes. Then maybe Spring will come! Happy Sewing! Find more of my Sewing Basics Tutorials and fun projects right HERE. And even more terrific projects and tutorials and little Snippets from the Sewing Room HERE.

Hello Papertrey Ink folks and Happy Spring! Well, almost. But I'm feeling it, aren't you? Like deep in my bones. Bring on the renewal and...

Gingham lace, chicken scratch, gingham embroidery, snowflake embroidery, Depression lace – whatever you want to call it, embroidery on gingham, using a combination of cross stitches, double cross stitches and laced stitches, is an endearing, easy, cheerful type of needlework! While it’s often seen worked on 1/4″ gingham or larger, I like working gingham lace ...

Well, the weekend is over and I'm about ready to shut off the lights and go to bed. I've got a new schedule that I'm going to try to stick to tomorrow. A fresh day, a fresh week. I have two new dresses that I tried to photograph today for the shop. I'm also working on a couple historical garments that are rather intense projects. But I am itching to open up shop again! So I'm going to try to be very good this week and get everything done so I can list them for sale. Hope you all like the new fabrics I chose. More on that later... Goodnight! xo

This lesson will illustrate how to do, probably, the most common pattern in chicken scratch : the heart. It is advised to go through the thread-fabric-and-stitch section of the chicken scratch page before beginning this lesson. It will help you...

Hello Papertrey Ink folks and Happy Spring! Well, almost. But I'm feeling it, aren't you? Like deep in my bones. Bring on the renewal and the sunshine and the warm weather. Cheery gingham is certainly contributing my happy mood. You've probably popped over from Nichole's blog. My new product line for March, the Chicken Scratch Collection, is being featured today for the first group post. I've seen a few projects and the DT ladies did an amazing job. They exceed my expectations. Just absolutely beautiful stuff. You might be looking around for Chicken Scratch projects from me. Unfortunately, nothing has made it to me in time with mail delays and the weather. Which is OK. I've been doing this for over five years and to have it happen just this once, is a pretty good track record. Besides, all the Chicken Scratch goodness is on its way to me, so it won't be long before I get to play. And of course, I'll share when I do. So, as a result, I've had ample opportunity to do some other things with it. Like build an inspiration board for you. And create some "sketches" on the computer to share, so when you get the Chicken Scratch Collection, you are all ready to play and infused with inspiration. So..Chicken Scratch. Pretty whimsical name, right? Chicken Scratch is a type of embroidery done on gingham fabric that some say looks like the pattern chicken feet would make in the dirt of the chicken coop. Yep, it doesn't get any more "vintage" than that. :) LOL! It is also called depression lace, Amish embroidery, or simply, gingham embroidery. All of which speaks of its homespun, county look. In Chicken Scratch, the squares of the gingham act like the squares of cross stitch fabric. The corners and lines of the pattern show you where to place your stitches. There are some rather unique stitches to be made, that make up classic "chicken scratch" look. And in using these stitches on a gingham background, you work with the light, dark, and medium tones in the fabric, highlighting each in a different way. When viewed as a whole, the color of the stitches combined with the highlighted pattern of the gingham gives a very unique look and pattern. All of which, I thought would be great for a stamp set. Here are some inspiration examples. You can view my entire Pinterest Chicken Scratch Board here. Original Source Original Source Original Source Super pretty stuff, right? I might have sent my Mom that pin this morning of that summer tank. Told her I'd do the embroidery if she made it for me:). I'd love to have that. Now that you've seen some examples, I've taken the images from the stamp sets (I have both the Chicken Scratch and Super Gingham being released), the Chicken Scratch Cover Plate, and the Chicken Scratch Paper Pad and made some computer examples for you. You can download the PDF here for easy reference. I hope you are as excited as I am to be using this fun, vintage style of embroidery. As you can see, you can go as easy or as complicated as you like. We've worked in lots of short cuts (Chicken Plate Cover Plate, Gingham Paper) to make it easy to accomplish too. Now, while I have you here, I have another Quick Stitch Sewing Staples Kit project for you. I really wanted to turn those Scissor Keepers into carrots for Easter! I found these marshmallow bunnies on a lollipop stick at Target. They are from Just Born, like those yummy peeps everybody likes this time of year. I thought they'd be perfect for this! I love how they look like they are popping out of the carrot. These were really easy to stitch up, by not reversing the running stitch. The handle on the orange carrot part, got cut off.. The backside is "green" and has the handle, but after I put these together, you didn't need to use the handle here either. Whatever you decide to do if you are planning on recreating this. For the grass, I cut green tissue paper with the Tissue Favor Die. Love how nice and fluffy it is. The Floral Cluster Die from the Sewing Staples kit was used to make these paper flowers. I adore these in paper. Just the right amount of detail when stitched. Sentiment is from Birthday Classics: April and the tag is from Tremendous Tags. Here's a carrot upright. These things are BIG! Ten inches with the candy. Would make an impressive little something. OK. That's it from me. Thanks for stopping by. More inspiration for Chicken Scratch below. All the Chicken Scratch stuff will be available March 15th at www.papertreyink.com at 10 PM EST and the Sewing Staples Kit is available right now! Fabulous. Nichole Heady Betsy Veldman Dawn McVey Maile Belles Heather Nichols Melissa Phillips Danielle Flanders Laura Bassen Laurie Willison Ashley Cannon Newell Amy Sheffler Supplies Scissor Keeper Carrots Quick Stitch Sewing Staples Kit Stamps: Birthday Classics: April Dies: Tremendous Tags, Tissue Favor Patterned Paper: Orange Zest and Summer Sunrise Collections Cardstock: Orange Zest and Summer Sunrise

Today's Cutting Corners tutorial, sponsored by Riley Blake Designs, brings you more GINGHAM fun! We'll try this simple vintage embroidery technique to create a lovely lacy overlay effect. Then I'll give some directions to make a darling little pincushion! Course Supplies: Cotton Gingham Print with squares measuring 1/4" Small embroidery hoop Size 7 or 8 Crewel Embroidery needle Embroidery floss Specs (an essential part of my supplies these days!) Course Instructions: "Chicken Scratch" was a popular embroidery technique during the 1930's and 1940's, used to embellish gingham clothing and home decor items. Here is a sample of one of my grandmother's table toppers. Star Topper - Chicken Scratch Embroidery Also known as Gingham Embroidery, Depression Lace, Amish Embroidery, even Tic-Tac-Toe Embroidery among others, this technique uses just a few simple stitches to embellish gingham checkered fabric and give the appearance of a lace overlay, depending on the placement of lights and darks. Stitch Details The charm of Chicken Scratch embroidery is that just a few basic stitches create this beautiful lacy effect. Stitch Diagram * Double Cross Stitch. Stitch a basic cross-stitch x, then stitch a plus sign + over the x. Follow the same sequence each time for a consistent look. This is the usual stitch to outline a motif. | or -- Straight Running Stitch Used to anchor the woven circles or ovals. o Woven Circle or Oval Stitch = Circle around twice for a finished look. Hints: ** Stitches are usually worked over the darkest squares using light thread, or in reverse with darker thread over the white squares. Tinted squares are usually where the straight running stitches are made to support woven circles or ovals. This is the usual sequence: Double Chain Stitch, then Running Stitches, then Woven Circles. OK, ready to try? Press and square up your fabric. Our sampler today will require a 6" square. Hoop the fabric, careful not to distort. For our tiny sampler, we will not even need to mark it! Use 3 strands of a 6-strand floss (use 2 strands for 1/8" gingham). Knot the end, or work in the tail, your choice. For my purposes, I'll tie a knot. Measure in about 1-1/2" from the edge to start the motif. Select a dark square near the center, and begin. Double Cross Stitch. We'll be working horizontally from left to right. Unlike cross-stitch patterns, we will complete each stitch one at a time. 1) Bring the needle out at one corner of a dark square. 2) Return the needle to the opposite diagonal corner for the first stitch of the (x), then bring the needle to the opposite corner, traveling horizontally. Pull thread taut. 3) Take the thread to the opposite diagonal corner to form the second stitch of the (x). Bring the needle out halfway between upper corners of the square. 4) Insert the needle directly below the x, then bring the needle out halfway between the top and bottom left corners of the x to begin the second half of the plus (+). 5) Lastly, insert the needle opposite your last stitch, forming the cross bar to complete the plus sign (+), and bring the needle out at the top center of the adjacent tinted square. 6) Complete the first Running Stitch by inserting the needle at the lower center of the tinted square, coming out at the upper left corner of the next dark square, ready to repeat the process. Repeat steps 1 - 6, completing 7 Double Cross Stitches, with a single vertical running stitch between each dark square. Straight Running Stitches. 7) At the end of your row of stitches, insert the needle into the adjacent tinted square below the last double cross-stitch. Create horizontal running stitches by traveling beneath each white square and coming out at the edge of each tinted square. 8) At the last running stitch, the needle will travel to the upper left corner of the dark square below to begin another sequence of Double Cross-Stitches and vertical Straight Running Stitches; steps 1-6. Back side. Woven Circles. 1) Bring the needle up through the fabric at the point of one of the running stitches along the edge of a white center square. 2) Loop the thread beneath each of the other three running stitches around the square. 3) Loop around again and take the needle through the back at the same point it came in.Travel to the next white square and repeat the process. NOTE: You will need an odd number of Double Chain Stitch pairs in order to have an even number of Woven Circles. Now that you've perfected your technique, use your little sampler to make a cute project! Repeat the pattern two more times, skipping a white row between patterns to make our little Chicken Scratch Pincushion! Trim your square about 1" beyond the embroidery. Cut a second square for the backing, 1/2" smaller in length and width. Cut 2 corresponding pieces muslin for lining. Layer embroidered square and muslin wrong sides together, baste edges together with zig-zag stitch or serging. Baste remaining muslin piece to wrong side of backing. Place basted pieces right sides together; muslin on the outsides, and PIN at the corners. Pinch a little pleat along each side of the pincushion top which will form a dome, then pin in place. Stitch around three sides. Clip corners and turn. Fill with rice, silica sand or other filler. Add a drop of lavender, if desired. Stitch opening by machine or by hand. So sweet! I'm really enjoying trying out these vintage techniques on the RBD ginghams! (see the Smocking tutorial HERE). Next time, we'll get back to "Gathering", and explore some shirring techniques with elastic! Have you made anything with gingham? Have you tried chicken scratch embroidery? I think my next project will be to make a little topper of my own, along with some gingham cloth napkins with a Spring motif. Yes. Then maybe Spring will come! Happy Sewing! Find more of my Sewing Basics Tutorials and fun projects right HERE. And even more terrific projects and tutorials and little Snippets from the Sewing Room HERE.

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I continued to experiment with chicken scratch on the same fabric. This time I made cross stitches with white DMC and laced them ones. Then...

As promised in yesterday’s article on chicken scratch (which garnered a lot of discussion!), here’s the second gingham lace or chicken scratch pattern for a little corner design. This is what the pattern looks like when worked out: The pattern has obvious repeats (the floral diamond motif), so it’s very easy to extend it in ...

I've had so much fun working on this Chicken Scratch (also known as Gingham Embroidery) tutorial for you. I even designed my very own pattern! (Which is why it took me so long to post it.) I was going to...

I scored this adorable hand made half apron at a flea marked (which was at the Trashing Bee!). Someone put a ton of work into this! Sign up here to win: mosthotbutter.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-new-bag-and-new-giv...

Learn the basics of chicken scratch embroidery with out step-by-step directions including the five most popular stitches.