A White Quilt to Remember
When I see a plain white quilt, I don’t see a bed covering, I see a canvas. A canvas just begging to be made into a manchester masterpiece. It really baffles me as to why people wish to have a plain white color on their bedsheets. Its so boring and truly takes away from a room, making it seem a lot more uninteresting. It actually does not take a great deal to spice up that plain white bedspread!
If you are stuck for ideas, I have listed a some below that are at present sitting in my project pile:
An Embroidered Mural
I was thumbing through a furniture magazine two weeks ago and on one of the bed spreads, I saw a white quilt with the most impressive embroidered image of an Ibis standing near some reeds. It hugely made the bed emanate the rest, the white contrasted superbly with the aqua colored Ibis. While birds would possibly not be your thing, a straightforward image embroidered in the middle of a plain white spread has a fantastic effect.
A Striking Pattern.
Before I found the superb ibis picture, I was looking through a home decorating magazine (they’re great places to come up with ideas) and saw a straightforward but stylish pattern on some kitchen tiles. I cut this out of the mag and reproduced a bigger version of the same pattern. With a straightforward process of copy and paste, I was able to reproduce this black pattern onto a white quilt, which had a particularly striking effect. As a bonus, it actually gave a victorian age ‘classy ‘ feel to the room I put the quilt in.
Stripes and Boxes
Agree with it or not, something as easy as one or two nicely positioned stripes or boxes carn turn your ordinary white quilt into a work of modern art. Some of the most famous paintings use just a couple of lines or boxes to excellent effect, Mondarian’s composition with red, yellow and blue is evoked. But why should artists have all the fun? Turn your next cover into something that may be hung in an art gallery.
I certainly hope this has given you 1 or 2 ideas or at least a little inspiration for turning that plain white quilt into something you’ll cherish for years to come.
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