Candlewick bedspread

That reminds me of when my mother replaced mine with a white nylon bedspread with a blue velvet ribbon trim. It was very nice, much more elegant than the pink candlewick. She spent several evenings sewing it before surprising me with it. It was only then that I realised what the strange noise was that bad been scaring me every night in bed that week. I had interpreted the long stretches of sewing machine motor as a monster growling downstairs.

I loved my yellow candlewick bedspread.
Then one christmas morning mum told me to go to my bedroom as there was another present in there for me.

To my horror she had replaced it with an aweful nylon slippy thing. She also pointed to the addition of a bedroom chair.

It was a double whammy to me, I was fairly young and thought just why had she got me bedroom stuff and not toys!

Happy ending though, mum swapped back my beloved yellow a few days later.

Try ebay

Lol..I had a white one with a border of pink roses. Mum said it became threadbare at top as I picked all the bits out! 🤣

I had a turquoise one on my bed as a teenager I haven’t thought about them in years but did love it at the time

Me too Elowen33 …..got a smack for it.

I can remember as a child picking the bits out and creating a bald patch on my pink one.

I inherited one from my grandmother 41 years ago. It’s a fitted double, white with pink flowers and green leaves, I used it on the spare bed for a while when my daughter stayed as she loves vintage stuff. I’ll have to wash it and see about using it again, it’s been in the loft since we moved house 7 years ago!

Try Vinted as well.

I'm afraid I never liked them. I was and am extremely allergic to them, which probably scarred my memory. To me, they smack of post war utility.

I remember my parents having a white one with dusky pink flowers worked into the centre. Mum used to chunter about the weight of it when she washed it……..twin tub washing machine…… but the image of it on their bed is so comforting.
We children never had one though……we had eiderdowns that slipped off during the night and were stuffed with feathers that used to poke through the satin fabric.

Always had them when I was young and now I have one that I found when clearing my parents house, my OH uses it on his bed.
I also remember having a candlewick dressing gown back in the 70s. Kaftan style with a zip up the front.

I had one as a child, I used to pull the little wicks through, roll them into little balls and flick them out of my bedroom window.

I think mine was pink. I remember pulling the tufts out when I was bored (or supposed to be doing hkmework)

My auntie gave us a pink one for a wedding present.

I have one, it was my mothers, still white with delicate flowers, very pretty.

There's someone on Vinted selling dresses she's made from candlewick bedspreads.

I had a orange one plus a eiderdown and loads of blankets.

I had a lovely white one with pink and green flowers. I wonder what happened to it........

Mine was purple. Then went to quilted nylon ones from Brentford Nylons, they were orange! Must gave been late 60s/early 70s.

Mine was a lovely lemon colour with some pretty flowers on it and was the only lovely thing in my room. Even when we got married I had it on the spare bed until it was literally worn out. My parents double was a soft pink.

We had a fitted one for a double bed in lemon and white with flowers!!

I've got a white candlewick bedspread (stored not in use). It's got pink & green decoration on it though.
I'll put it on eBay once the builders have finished building & I've finished decorating. Think they are more popular again now.

I have a big white one still for a double bed - and two red singles.
My daughter took the lilac and pale blue ones when her boys were little.
All inherited.

I have seen them in a charity shop recently though. You could ring round.
They do wash really well too!

I’d forgotten those! My sister and I loved ours when we were teens.

Years before, hard times when we were kids, cold bedrooms in a big rented Old Trafford house, we piled coats on our beds in the winter…. 🤫