Bedspreads

Paint By Threads specializes in creating bedspreads that are simple; showcasing clean straight lines and seams which is essential to accentuating an Arts and Crafts bed. A central motif provides interest and color. Bedspreads are coverlet or throw style and include a 21-inch drop at the sides and end of bed, and have a traditional pillow tuck at the top. Duvet style bedspreads are also available and include a cotton or linen backing with a button closure at the top for insertion of your favorite down comforter for those cool winter nights. Custom bedspreads can be created to coordinate with a wall paper or wall stencil design.

The Craftsman Bedspread

An excellcent option for showcasing embroidered pillows across the top of the bed or a scarf at the foot of the bed, a grouping of three satin stitched squares is worked at intervals of every 5 to 6 inches along the side seams of the bedspread. A stem stitch is worked on top of the sew seam to conceal it. Simple and elegant. Can be worked in any color and any background fabric.

Carrie’s Garden Bedspread

Carrie's Garden can be stenciled and worked in any color (shown in pink in full images and red to match a William Morris wallpaper in the detail photo).  The design is hand embroidered in stem and coral stitches and French knots. Leaves for both colors shown are stenciled in olive green, and the flower stems are brown. The design has a width of 18 inches and a length of 24 inches.

Roycroft Rose Bedspread

This design is fully hand embroidered and is worked along all sides of the bedspread. Shown in the photograph below in a traditional palette of deep red, green and brown, the colors may be changed to accomodate any room. Additional economical options are available and include working Roses in the corners, or Roses & Stems at the top and foot of the bedspread. 

Harvey Bedspread

Worked entirely in stencil, the Rose Motif is available with either red, gold, pink or plum roses, and leaves and stems for all color variations are worked in either olive or evergreen. The finished design measures 20 inches wide by 17 inches in length.

Bat Motif

Offered in a color palette of brown, nutmeg, and olive green the Bat motif is hand appliqued than embroidered in the couching stitch, stem and satin stitch. Possible designs include a daybed assemply with bats and ivy worked in the four corners, stem stitch detail along the long and short edges of the spread, and traditional pillow shams in two different layouts with an open back for pillow insert, and (pictured here) with accent pillows.

Bud Flower Bedspread

The “Nell” motif can be stenciled with gold blooms (as shown), or can be stenciled in red, plum burgundy, or deep turquoise blue, and is outlined in hand embroidery using the stem stitch, with topmost “seeds” worked in satin stitch, and flower heads worked in French knots. Leaves for all color options are stenciled in olive green, and the flower stems are hand embroidered using pearl cotton brown thread. The design has a width of 16 inches and a length of 16 inches (the width of the design can be increased for California and Eastern King beds by added a third motif (providing an additional 9 inches for a total width of 25 inches). We accept other color requests.

COMPLETE BEDSPREAD COST

Cost to construct a complete bedspread are provided below.  Prices include: material (8 to 10 yards of Irish Linen or Pasadena [Flax or Natural]), labor to construct bedspread, and embroidery/stenciling of selected design. Costs associated with selection of heavy-weight linen are reflected in the following table and are added to the final cost.

Prices listed above reflect bedspreads constructed of Irish Linen or Pasadena (Flax or Natural). Costs associated with selection of another linen are reflected in the following table and are added to the final cost.