Have you considered making them yourself or having someone do it? I don't sew, but I recall my mom, grandma, greatgrandma, aunts and neighbors getting together around big quilting frames and knocking out several in a day. Grandma would also keep a frame going and work on it herself. The frames wouldn't be too difficult to make if you have access to someone who is reasonably handy. I (dimly) seem to recall that they would adjust how many layers of cotton they would unroll to determine how heavy the finished quilt was to be. Good luck, Ev

Straitlover, I love, love, love that bedspread! I almost ordered it yesterday, but am still trying to decide if I want the cream colored one or the white with the white king pillow covers and cream colored regular pillow covers. There's just something about a white spread for summer, so that last is the direction I'm leaning.

dem, I saw patterns for bedspreads when I was looking for a pattern for a duvet cover for someone a year or so ago, so I'm sure they're still out there. JoAnn Fabrics here has pattern sheets for many simpler home-dec projects at the home-dec cutting table, check at the one near you to see if there's one for a bedspread. I also found a very simple one online at alternative-windows.com. If you don't feel up to tackling it, visit a sewing machine store and ask for referrals - the one near me has a big binder full of cards from people who sew home-dec stuff. A lot of them work out of their homes so that their overhead is much lower, and they can charge less than the big workrooms that have to pay rent, offer benefits, etc. Some of them are working for fun or for supplemental cash so they don't have to crank out the product. The lady I used to use (she's retired now) used to work for one of those big workrooms so she had the skills, she just preferred to work for herself. black-thumb, you might have more success if you also search for "tartan comforter", if you're looking for something more specifically Scots in flavor. (There's no such thing as "the scotish plaid" - two Ts, to be all nitpickery-like - unless you're talking about the garment. Which I suppose might made a good bedcovering, if you're talking about the big old-fashioned one and not the little jobbie most common today amongst dress-kilt wearers.) Is the one you have worn out, or did you upsize your bed and that's why you can't use it anymore, even though you love it and it works with the room?

egads... does anyone 'let' their kids destroy their things?? we did have a recliner broken once in the basement during a sleepover when some kids were tackling each other on it... oh well... my kids weren't destructive alone, but during sleepovers when there was a larger group of kids, some got carried away. I and I don't think my kid/s knew about it when it happened, but I imagine the kid/s that broke it did... I was disappointed the child/ren didn't come to me and let me know, but it also was a basement furnished with kids in mind and things happen... kswl-- lol--- that's what one of our garage doors looked like and I did put a stop to hitting the tennis ball against the garage when I noticed the dents! we always let our kids drive one of the older cars when they got their permits/license--- cannot imagine buying a teen a brand new car!!! we hold onto cars a long time and I don't worry about them after the 1st scratch or 2!! I actually like it when the car is no longer new because then an inevitable ding in a parking lot, etc doesn't irritate me so much! i want to be able to enjoy and use my cars as well as my house without getting stressed out... i try to get quality items that will hold up to lots of use... i hate to see that 1st ding in my car, the 1st scratches on my wood floors, the 1st cat scratch on my leather sofa, etc, but it also relaxes me a bit! and, to be honest, my hub has broken more dishes/glasses than the rest of us combined in our family... I'm very selective about using the good stuff and insist that i be the one who washes it!! colored sheets and towels have been damaged by both guests and my kids because of face products... oh well... they were added to the basement closet or kept in the kids room/bathrooms for continued use-- they didn't mind! (i found over the years that certain towels and jersey sheets maintain their color very well!