My mother made me a bedspread when I was in HS like that with a cross stitch design. I loved it and passed it on to my sister when I went away to college. I wish I still had it...that was in the late 50's! I never saw that Chicken Scratch. I will check that out. It is really pretty. Mother used a hoop and regular embroidery floss. I think she used 2 strands. Of the thread.