Bedspread is scratchier than I'd expected. It's not very soft and seems to get tousled easily. I'm really wishing I'd gotten a King. The F/Q is really too skimpy on my Queen. It looks really cute with the shams and I found a coordinating red and blue striped pillow with an anchor on it at another store. Overall it looks very cute but as I say, it's not as soft as I'd like and if you need it for a Queen size bed, I'd get a King size spread.