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blogslut

(39,189 posts) Fri Jan 17, 2014, 07:39 PM Jan 2014

I'm looking to buy something like this:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/168383696/cotton-bed-spread-bed-linenwith-kantha?ref=shop_home_active_23

I'm going to use it as a light bedspread.

Does anybody know how thin the material is on one of these things?

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Need home decor advice [View all] blogslut Jan 2014 OP

Does material thinness matter? pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #1

Yes, it matters blogslut Jan 2014 #6

OY! I don't think ANYTHING is cat-proof pinboy3niner Jan 2014 #24

So true blogslut Jan 2014 #27

Quilts vary. Wait Wut Jan 2014 #2

It's not a quilt though blogslut Jan 2014 #3

Probably is. Wait Wut Jan 2014 #5

Thanks :) blogslut Jan 2014 #9

:( blogslut Jan 2014 #11

I have one kitty who has never learned to retract his claws MerryBlooms Jan 2014 #15

Well, my kitty is mean and does claw me on purpose. blogslut Jan 2014 #22

((hug)) keep your chin up, a solution will come. MerryBlooms Jan 2014 #28

The old Indian print bedspreads I've owned have been fairly thin csziggy Jan 2014 #4

So, crazy thin like a scarf, or... blogslut Jan 2014 #7

Medium thin like a US sheet csziggy Jan 2014 #13

I agree, they are fairly thin TexasBushwhacker Jan 2014 #20

If you have an Ikea near you........ mrmpa Jan 2014 #10

Only online for me blogslut Jan 2014 #12

Sorry about that........... mrmpa Jan 2014 #23

There's like, a bajillion things I want from them blogslut Jan 2014 #26

Ikea is about 15 minutes from my home.......... mrmpa Jan 2014 #29

Have you been here? blogslut Jan 2014 #32

i haven't............... mrmpa Jan 2014 #33

probably pretty thin Kali Jan 2014 #14

You're the devil blogslut Jan 2014 #17

I believe it is like a gauzy cotton IcyPeas Jan 2014 #16

Yeah blogslut Jan 2014 #18

the new maerials these days are very very thin. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #19

No luck training kitty for anything blogslut Jan 2014 #21

Well, I went ahead and bought it. blogslut Jan 2014 #25

Yeah, it's probably going to be thin, BUT... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #30

It will be super nice in summer. blogslut Jan 2014 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #34

Be careful of how you wash it. dinger130 Jan 2014 #35