What I did is found a long bed skirt, added a 5" Irish Lace to the bottom of the skirt, then removed the top of the bed skirt and replaced it with a flat sheet. My sandwich for the bedspread was: flat sheet, right side up; bed skirt, ruffle inside the sandwich and only on sides and bottom; and pieced top, right side down. (birthing method)
Then I stitched all around leaving a space for turning at the top. After stitching, I turned it right sides out and stitched the opening closed. A good pressing and I had my quilted bedspread top with lining to protect the piecing and perfectly draping skirt.
My understanding is the question was about using a quilted piece as a bedspread, sorry if I misunderstood. I guess if one didn't use quilts for the beds they would be throws, hangings, etc.
Last edited by wildyard; 02-20-2016 at 04:21 PM.