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Originally Posted by yobrosew (Post 6906734)

we don't make our beds that way. We are casual bed makers; just quickly pull everything up and call it made. Lol. My problem with most handmade quilts is they do not hang long enough over the sides to cover our backs. We thus end up with them on sideways to do the trick. Sometimes this leaves us short on the tootsies or shoulders. The challenge is placement of center design so it is actually in center of bed. It will not go in center of quilt but in the center of the 60x80 area of quilt.

I used to not like square quilts. (I still don't like the idea of small square quilts. What are they for? I can't figure it out.) But I found out that a square quilt, queen size, is just the right shape to make the queen bed as yobrosew does. That way we have a drop at the bottom, (no foot board) and drop on each side about equal. The top end goes over the pillows.
We have always made our bed that way. Easy and still looks nice once you get used to it.

This is when Electric Quilt computer program comes in handy. You can easily change a square quilt into a rectangle. I have only used square quilt patterns when I make a baby quilt.

I nearly always make square quilts as I always give them away and people like to use them for lap quilts or to drape them over a chair. I have never made a bed quilt yet as I hand quilt and as yet have never taken the quilt to be quilted.

I love square quilts and smaller quilts because I like to cuddle up with them. Even a twin size quilt is difficult to handle size wise when I'm trying to curl up and snuggle under a quilt on a chilly evening. What quilts I use on the bed are extra layers added at bed time if it is especially chilly and they don't have to cover the whole bed or fall over the edges for that matter. A quilt can be any size you want it to be just by adding or subtracting rows and columns, the size of the borders and such. If experimenting and creating isn't your thing then find patterns that are the size you want it to be.

I am on the other side of this coin. I like my sq quilts. It doesn't matter that they "FIT" any bed perfectly. I add old chenille bedspreads under them and let them show. I will put a quilt on the bed on point, heaven forbid, I am going to ****.

I like regular normal size quilt too but they aren't nearly as much fun to create with. I guess I like the challenge of making it work!:D

Any way you make them, enjoy!
peace

I like square quilts and use them as throws rather than bed quilts, or partially folded at the foot of a bed or on a couch. Am working on a nine patch Christmas theme bordered and sashed in 1 inch black - am very pleased at how it's turning out. It's 59 X 59 inches.

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Originally Posted by Nammie to 7 (Post 6906361)

Instead of trying to enlarge it to fit a bed why not make a neutral quilt the size you want on your bed then make a square quilt, place it on point over the neutral quilt. It will add a pop of color without having to redo all the directions.

This is what I do! One on my bed right now over a coordinating solid. I like the look.

The only square quilt I like is for a table topper.

I made one and gave it to my Daughter. She bought a white bedspread and layed the quilt on point. She has a queen bed and the quilt was 72"x72" looked very nice like that.

A good way I found to remedy this is to make decorative pillow shams and the just put the top of the quilt under the pillows.