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Quilt or Duvet
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Not really a question more or a poll.I have always said quilt when referring to the padded white thing that keeps you warm on your bed but I know it varies.So quilt or duvet?
Also put if you are from the north south or the midlands :)
Also put if you are from the north south or the midlands :)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ratter....Perhaps Starbuck is referring to a feather filled Mattress. I am old enough to remember such. Actually, they were quite comfortable because they indented to one's body form and were really snug and warm to sleep upon. However, 'modern thinking' came along and a firmer posture was deemed to be more appropriate in bed.....( No jokes please which might offend an old softie, which I am. )
Ron.
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Well........ i was used to having a counterpane or a bedspread, the first time i encountered a "continental quilt" i was sixteen years old and on holiday in Austria, (40 years ago) i didn't know what to make of it and after some investigation i undone the poppers and got inside it !
i call it a continental quilt.
i call it a continental quilt.
I first met one in Austria, when I was travelling with my mother's cousin who had worked with the Control Commission in Germany after the Second world War. She called it an eiderdecke. I usually call them duvets, as a quilt means something rather thinner to me, the sort of thing you tuck round your knees to keep the draught out.
Actually I'm so old-fashioned I'm still using sheets and blankets, until they wear out!
Actually I'm so old-fashioned I'm still using sheets and blankets, until they wear out!
My wife and I use two single duvets on our double bed. It has completely banished the mid-night tussle for ownership, means I can use a heavier TOG rating on mine and when either of us snores to the detriment of the other the wide eyed and wide awake body can debunk to the spare room with a warm duvet and without disturbing the pot boiler's sweet dreams. Sweet harmony :-)