Linen question

Tulip • Jan 23, 2009 7:53 am
I gotta ask somewhere, so I ask y'all. My sister just gave me a jacquard throw bedspread. It doesn't feel soft like a sheet, so I was wondering if I can sleep on it. Or what is it meant to be used for? :p
monster • Jan 23, 2009 8:08 am
is goes on top, doesn't it? for a little bit of warmth but mostly to look pretty?
Tulip • Jan 23, 2009 8:11 am
Hmm...sorry, I'm a little dunce here. I don't get what you're saying. :blush: So, you're saying it's just for decorative purposes and I'm supposed to take it off when I jump into bed? Or....?

Btw, GOOD MORNING, MONSTER! :D You're up early. When ya leaving for work?
Shawnee123 • Jan 23, 2009 8:24 am
lol...pssst...Tulip. There aren't like sheet police or something who will pop out of your closet and scream "UR DOING IT RONG!" They won't call the SWATCH team.

Go a little crazy. Drape it over something. ;)
Tulip • Jan 23, 2009 8:31 am
haha....I know, hehe. I WAS gonna sleep on it, but it feels so coarse. So I am wondering, DO I SLEEP ON THIS?!?

Anyhoo, I better get to my jogging before it gets late. Catch y'all later!
wood*nymph • Jan 23, 2009 8:37 am
If you like sleaping on coarse stuff, then go ahead! If you don't, then, um, don't. :)

Sounds like it's meant to be used on top of all your other blankets. Turn the sheets down over it before you get into bed so that if your arm or something gets out from under the blankets and onto the throw it won't get scratched up.
Sheldonrs • Jan 23, 2009 9:07 am
Tulip;525593 wrote:
...DO I SLEEP ON THIS?!? !


If I had a nickle for every time I asked myself that questions.


And BTW, some people like it rough. ;)
monster • Jan 23, 2009 10:58 am
Tulip;525585 wrote:
Hmm...sorry, I'm a little dunce here. I don't get what you're saying. :blush: So, you're saying it's just for decorative purposes and I'm supposed to take it off when I jump into bed? Or....?

Btw, GOOD MORNING, MONSTER! :D You're up early. When ya leaving for work?


Early??? Pah! Work??? My job starts at 6:30 ...I'd already taken the kids to the bus stop and got a load of laundry going, I was just eating brekkie waiting for my friend so we could go on our 8:30 walk in the snow. just got back and showered.... on with the day!
Clodfobble • Jan 23, 2009 11:01 am
Tulip, you sleep under blankets, right? Bottom sheet, you, top sheet, blankets. Right?
footfootfoot • Jan 23, 2009 11:08 am
Clod, you crack me up.
SteveDallas • Jan 23, 2009 11:36 am
Tulip;525577 wrote:
It doesn't feel soft like a sheet

I recommend that you soften it by repeated vigorous rubbing.
Shawnee123 • Jan 23, 2009 12:02 pm
OK fine...the joke I nixed in favor of my Sheet Police post was

"it's to wipe up the spooge."

Yeah, sorry. Isn't obvious better? ;)
glatt • Jan 23, 2009 12:10 pm
Tulip, you've probably pieced it together by now, but a bedspread is really nothing more than the very top blanket. Most bedspreads are big enough to pull way up over the pillows, even when you put a nice crease under the pillows, so you actually end up folding down the top three feet or so of the bedspread before you get into bed. When you fold the bedspread down, the scratchy texture becomes irrelevant, because you won't be touching it.

Edit: Oh, and speaking of touching it, never touch a bedspread in a hotel. Especially with your face/mouth. They change the sheets between guests, but not the bedspread, and naked strangers sit/lie/ejaculate on them.
morethanpretty • Jan 23, 2009 12:11 pm
Actually I think clod poses a good question.
For years I never used a top sheet, I just hated it. I did want to tuck it in at the end of the bed b/c I like freedom for my feet, but if it wasn't tucked in, I would end up completely tangled in it.
So I slept bottom sheet, me, blankets.
I've gotten used to a top sheet (tucked in at the end of the bed) I just push my feet out one side now if I want.

Anywho Tulip, usually we use throws in the living room on the couch or on top of our covers for extra warmth. If its really coarse and scratchy tho...I might not use it at all. Try using fabric softner a few times mebbe.
Pico and ME • Jan 23, 2009 8:42 pm
What was on your bed before this bedspread came along?
monster • Jan 23, 2009 9:31 pm
I'll never understand why merkins don't modernize to duvets and catch up with the rest of the world. Is it because they sound french? Should we call it a freedom quilt?
jinx • Jan 23, 2009 9:47 pm
I prefer a nice quilt.
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 24, 2009 4:36 am
monster;525788 wrote:
I'll never understand why merkins don't modernize to duvets and catch up with the rest of the world. Is it because they sound french? Should we call it a freedom quilt?
Because they only come in metric sizes... not on my bed. :p
Sundae • Jan 24, 2009 7:15 am
Monnie, I'm also laughing at the old fashioned sheets, blankets, topsheets etc.
Here's me with my duvet... and.... well that's it!
My only issue is I'm used to having a double duvet. Now I'm in a single bed, I have a single duvet. It's not the lack of mattress space that bugs me, it's how easily my butt or knees poke out. I tend to roll myself up in it, and there's a lot less available for wrapping now.

Luckily, Diz has adapted quicker, and I tend to wake up with him pressed right against me. In fact the other morning, his head was under the pillow and his body between my breasts. Nothing like warm boobies when you're short on duvet.