Quilted Comforter for my Spring & Fall Blue Grotto Reading Nook

I picked up this quilted coverlet at Goodwill this week.  Even though this was likely mass-produced and done with a computer-driven machine, I do appreciate the quilting on the end-product.  And it's so nice and puckered -- like a well-washed antique quilt.

It reminds me of the moving blankets we'd sleep under at Grappa and Gramma's house when I was a kid.  Grappa did quite a side-hustle through the years moving furniture for people.  He had a truck and the moving blankets.  They were thick and heavy, and had a certain musty smell to them, but they were warm, too.  Best used to cushion furniture and appliances on the moving truck, back in the day.    When they got older (Grappa and Gramma, and the moving blankets), they saw new use for keeping the grand kids warm during a sleepover.

Of course this has a much nicer quilted pattern to it, than those old moving blankets.

It was perfect for covering the little couch in my Blue Grotto reading nook on the porch.  It's nice and thick, and will protect the couch from sun / UV damage. And it was inexpensive enough that I won't feel too bad when it falls apart or fades for that same reason.

My reading nook is only usable in Spring and Fall.  Summer is too hot, and winter is too cold.  Lovely quiet and cozy place to read a book during a rain storm, or just a nice day ...