Tartan

Both the quilt and the pillow are beautiful!

lynnegreen

Am I seeing your quilt blocks correctly: each block is a solid piece of gingham which has been embroidered on to produce the pattern?

You have changed my thoughts on gingham-from the dark side back to the light side...when seeing or hearing that word I usually relate it to the awful pleated skirts we had to make, in gingham, in 7th grade Home Ec (mine was orange). You have successfully pushed that picture of gingham to the back of my brain. Your quilt is really quite wonderful!

leatheflea

I love chicken scratch quilts. I made one years ago in high school with the letters of the alphabet. Yellow gingham with white thread. Your work is lovely! Thanks for sharing!

lfstamper

Love them both! What a keepsake the pillow is for sure.

bonitagaye

That is awesome!
I was a cross stitcher before I became a quilter and everybody said if you can cross stitch you can quilt! Somehow I never became a hand quilter...it was too slow! I did a few things.....and one was a little bit of chicken scratch! It is so beautiful in reallife. Should be easy to find some good patterns on google! We have an awesome cross stitch store and HL and Hancocks have great books for patterns!

mighty

Beautiful.

Nanjun

Love the pillow ! I did chicken scratch years ago, but gave everything I made away. I would love to see the quilt when you get it done.

GailG

And my flashback is the pattern (her own, of course) my mom used for our gingham and dimity pinafores. Wow, am I dating myself!! I still love gingham, but haven't used it in many years.

pastimesquiltdesign

Hey, I made one of those too. Let's see it was before I was married in about 1977. I still have it somewhere. Love your pillow too. Thanks for the memories. Peggy

luvstoquilt

That brings back memories...my mother made one for my niece many years ago. Hers was red and white and she cross stitched it with strawberries. So pretty. Thanks for the memories.