This bedspread lies on the sofa as protection, as we have a dog and don`t want the upholstery to get so dirty (oh dear, I feel like my own grandma when I write that). Anyway, I needed a blanket in this size as it`s a huge living area and about the same color as the sofa. The blanket is also really great. It was important that it was made of cotton, we had previously put a microfiber one on the seat, which became statically charged and you constantly got a very light wipe. However, there is one small drawback that I would like to mention. The pressure is not absolutely even. However, I accept that. The blanket is handmade and not printed by a machine and it looks really great. You can only see it if you look very closely, the basic tone is not even and some of the lighter prints of the pattern are rather orange, some of them are salmon-colored. But I can live with that, on the whole we really like the blanket.