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Should I buy a Queen or King Quilt?

13 years ago

Hi everyone.

I was hoping to get a few opinions. I am going to buy a quilt for my guest room (online). I've never bought a quilt before as i usually use duvets. The sizes are labeled as Double/Queen or King.

I'm wondering if I should get a King even though the bed is a Queen. The fact that it is labeled double/queen leads me to believe it may be on the smaller side?

Has anyone done this before? I think it would be great to have a little extra drop but i'm worried whether it would be just too big. I'll use a dust ruffle similar to this pic.

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: quilt

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My3dogs ME zone 5A

13 years ago

Another thought.... How long do you want it to hang down on each side? How high is the queen bed it's going on?

The difference in width on the beautiful quilt you're getting is 15". That means it would hang only 7.5" longer on each side of the bed.

A queen mattress is 60" wide. The king quilt is 101" wide. That means it would hang down 20.5" on each side of the bed. (101 - 60 = 41, which is 20.5" on each side.)

The full/queen is going to hang down 13" on each side of your queen bed. If you have a high bed, you might want to take a tape measure and try the 2 'side hang' measurements above on your bed before choosing. (Can you tell that my work is in analysis???) âº

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sheesh
13 years ago
A king is way too wide for a queen. I am making do with a king-on-a-queen in a guest room until I find the right one in queen.
vavavoom
Original Author
13 years ago
oh good i'm glad i asked. thank you!
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camlan
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vavavoom
Original Author
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thank you all. my bed is fairly standard. it is just in a standard bed frame. i actually already ordered it in queen but will switch it out if i don't like the way it drapes.

do you all think the picture online is a queen or king quilt?
busybee3
13 years ago
a king will probably fit it much better. i see their king size is only 101"...110" fits our king size bed MUCH better than 101" does (and we have a 9yr old, non-pillowtop mattress). i have a feeling that the picture is either showing a full sized bed or a king sized quilt...i don't think 86" would drape like that on a queen bed!!
tuesday_2008
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There is no pat answer for this - measure your mattress, measure how far you want the drop to be, then check the measurements of the quilt, comforter, duvet, or whatever and see if it works. I typically find that I have better luck going up one size - the only problem is where do you go after king size??? That is where I really have to check measurements - because some king bedding is just not wide enough for a king bed.

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