Cheater quilts for the bottom of the bed
12-20-2013, 02:47 PM
#21
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to help you 'get' them, i can think of two good reasons off hand.
1. if you get cold feet in the night, but the rest of you is warm, i think the bedrunner may be a good solution.
2. if you have a very plain bed spread that you just love, but want to add a certain something to the decor, a bed runner could fit the bill quite nicely.
ps... this is not a flame
1. if you get cold feet in the night, but the rest of you is warm, i think the bedrunner may be a good solution.
2. if you have a very plain bed spread that you just love, but want to add a certain something to the decor, a bed runner could fit the bill quite nicely.
ps... this is not a flame
I'm like several of the others in that when I have had them on beds that they have moved around and just been a nuisance ... or fallen on the floor, where they were no good! Good idea for brightening a plain bedspread which I with my quilts, I do not have!
It sure would beat making a big quilt, and yet give something nice and showy along with that plain spread. You could have a whole wardrobe of bed runners and keep changing them up for different looks!
MaryK ... and no doubt, you will have this whole new room ready for your neighbour when she returns. So are you painting the room too?
12-20-2013, 05:28 PM
#25
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I've been quilting for 40 years, have made many, many quilts, and I have plain duvets on the comforters in my house. I also have pets who sleep on beds, a husband with significant disability and a child with profound Cerebral palsy, both of whom go through a lot of laundry each and every day-- all of which are factors why I like to use easily washed, easily replaced comforters for utility. I use pretty, colorful, smaller quilts for fun and seasonal color to change things up frequently. I like making lap quilts, throws, wall hangings, and light weight summery quilts. I'll let Lands End and Ikea keep on making the solid duvets and sheets we wash, bleach, and frequently replace.
12-20-2013, 05:44 PM
#26
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Cheater quilts as in the preprinted fabric?? ..........
....... or are you meaning those bed runner thingss that make absolutely no sense to me??
(other than to be a nuisance!!)
Now ... I'll probably get flamed by those that totally love them, but honestly, I just don;t "get" them!
....... or are you meaning those bed runner thingss that make absolutely no sense to me??
(other than to be a nuisance!!)
Now ... I'll probably get flamed by those that totally love them, but honestly, I just don;t "get" them!
12-20-2013, 05:53 PM
#27
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There has been no flogging!!!
At least I have found out that I am not alone in not understanding them!
I will say, I see the place for them from the decorative side ........ as for a foot warmer, I still think they would only work for the person who has their feet perfectly aimed under the runner and never moves all night!!
At least I have found out that I am not alone in not understanding them!
I will say, I see the place for them from the decorative side ........ as for a foot warmer, I still think they would only work for the person who has their feet perfectly aimed under the runner and never moves all night!!
12-20-2013, 06:11 PM
#28
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I don't used bed runners but have put an extra quilt folded in half at the foot of the bed in case we need it on an especially cold night. We have an outdoor wood furnace and sometimes house gets a little to cold about 4 am.
12-21-2013, 06:55 AM
#30
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Mine is quilted and does not fall off the bed. I love it. It is a Christmas themed one for the Holidays.
Can use it on the couch also.
Made one for my daughter too.
Fun to make as small enough to free motion on my sewing machine with no problems.
Next will make a floral one for spring.
Can use it on the couch also.
Made one for my daughter too.
Fun to make as small enough to free motion on my sewing machine with no problems.
Next will make a floral one for spring.
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