Strawberry Thief Percale Cotton Bedspread - Forest Green

Description This is the Strawberry Thief Bedspread, a quilted throw-over worked in the William Morris design of the same name, whose birds and berries fill a square-quilted face in soft forest green on a cream ground. It is made entirely of cotton, front and back and through the filling: a garment-washed slub cotton on the printed face, a smooth percale on the pinstriped reverse and a pure cotton wadding between the two. It measures 260 x 260cm, generous enough to drape well over the sides of a larger bed. A bedspread like this sits on top of your made bed rather than replacing your duvet, which is what makes it useful. It goes over a plain or patterned duvet as a daytime layer, folds back neatly at night, and doubles as an extra layer of warmth when the room turns cool. The two faces give you two looks from one piece: turn the Morris floral up for the pattern, or the fine pinstripe up for something quieter. It works in a bedroom that already leans towards natural materials, cane, oak and greenery, and it pairs comfortably with the matching Strawberry Thief pillowcases shown alongside it. The face is a slub cotton, meaning the yarn is deliberately uneven, which gives the fabric a…