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Chicken scratch is cross-stitch using the squares of gingham as the "even weave" for the design. Wish we could still find good gingham to do this. So many of the ginghams nowadays have too much polyester in them. I had a skirt with a design all around the bottom when I was in high school. I've kept it just for the work that was on it. Fill in the white squares with thread that matches whatever color is in the gingham as in this design. I remember doing an apron with roosters on it but, of course, it had extra colors.

Interesting that someone did the stitchery through the batting. Bet that was fun--not!! I'd be awfully tempted to put another layer of light batting under that when making the quilt but then I like puffy quilts.