Don't have one, but IIRC country curtains also has one. Martha something in the name (not Stewart).

Country Curtains, very pretty, plus fringe.

ETA: Weird, I copied the link (twice) from the item, but this above link doesn't go there. Go to Country Curtains, click on Bedding, Bedspreads, and scroll down a bit to "Martha's Choice."

That's the one, Linelle. Thanks.

ETA That's odd. The first time I clicked your link it did go there, but now it doesn't.

You can also just use the search box there and enter "martha's" and it's the first result.

I have a pretty good sized collection of vintage chenille bedspreads. You can find some stunning hand done bedspreads on eBay for great prices. I went through a period of buying colored background with white threading, I also have a few peacocks and a bunch of lattice ones.

I have a couple old Bates Martha Washington ones from my mother I don't use anymore, and I bought a vintage twin pair of the fringed candlewick Bates bedspreads off eBay for the grandkids' room in our bonus room. The old ones were so well made they still look great, as long as they aren't stained.

Oh, and Emory, yes, you would get them at a Department Store. Bates Bedspreads, Quaker Lace tablecloths. Those were what every household had when I grew up!

Vermont Country Store has some of these bedspreads Vermont Country Store

I have one from Penneys. I like it -but it is a little sheer.

Do a search for Chenille Bedspreads (Is there a difference between chenille and candlewick?)

I think of the blue one Annette showed as more chenille. Candlewicking in embroidery is a small knot. The designs are made up of many small knots.

I see -well JC penneys are Chenille and I don't think the quality is very high -but they are pretty. I like old school bed spreads better than comforters

Martha, yes yours fits my memories perfectly! I will look for Bates.

I love the Bates bedspreads and chenille ones, too. But BEWARE .....if you buy new chenille spreads...they shed horribly until they have been washed several times. You will have fuzz all over the floor, and DO NOT sit on it while wearing black pants/skirt!

Bates are the BEST! My mother had these, and I have several that I'm hanging on to. I went into my future DIL's apartment, and she had one she had bought at a vintage store for $$$$. She was aghast that I had many in my loft, and begged me for them. My only problem is that they don't make them large enough any more for deeper mattresses. The cost to have custom-made for such is crazy!

Out of curiosity I checked our local Craigslist last evening and there were two listed there! Not under 'candlewick' but just 'bedspread.' Both are selling for under $50.

Annette's bedspreads are chenille - and that's the type my mother used on my bed as a child. Martha's are hobnail - and that's what I used when DH and I first married. They do last forever. Just don't fall asleep on top of one or you'll have little indentations in your face for a few hours.

However I've been using Bates matelasse bedspreads lately - now they're made by Maine Heritage Weavers.

http://www.batesmillstore.com/collections/bedspreads/products/queen-elizabeth?variant=444435809

Emory -- a lot less than most bedding you buy now. Glad you found them.

There DOES seem to be 3 "kinds" -- chenille (that is what we kids had), the Bates and then matelasse. They are all different. And I would agree -- look for vintage -- NOTHING made now seems to be as good as the old stuff!

They are technically the same thing, originally made with candle wicking. It just depends on whether they were tufted or not. All tufted spreads became known as chenille but are still referred to as candlewick by many collectors. There is hand made and machine made. There are also ones that are a combination of tufted and non tufted, those are my favorites and the hardest to find. Most collectors stick with one style or another, I mostly have hand made tufted ones but I have a couple machine made as well. Trivia note, highway 41 in north Georgia was nicknamed Bedspread Boulevard, and then Peacock Alley when the colorful spreads became fashionable.

highway 41 in north Georgia was nicknamed Bedspread Boulevard, and then Peacock Alley when the colorful spreads became fashionable.

I can remember candlewick spreads hung up for sale along old Coastal 17, too, back in the late 50s and early 60s.

For anyone feeling crafty, Rose Wilder Lane's Woman's Day Book of American Needlework gives detailed instructions for making your own and there are several patterns in the pattern box that went with it.

Thanks for the memory. My bubbe (grandmother) had a red one in her bedroom and a gold one in the guest bedroom. I find more and more my decorating style is "nostalgia for grandma!"

marie_cates, thanks for providing the word "hobnail." I found many more candlewick bedspreads on ebay when I searched under that term.

I thought this was cute: someone is using these bedspreads to make little sachets and animals, selling them on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Hobnail-Chenille-Bedspread-Little-Bears-Sachet-pillow-lavender-Baby-/262805005601?hash=item3d30662521:g:5VsAAOSwImRYd7ao

You're welcome Emory!

I have a fondness for white bedspreads. One of my guest rooms has a matelasse coverlet I found for 50% off at Ethan Allen when my local store relocated.

http://www.ethanallen.com/en_US/shop-bedding-quilts-comforters/dominique-white-quilt-and-shams/DominiqueWhite.html?site=#start=1

Last year I purchased a matelasse bedspread from Maine Heritage Weavers and I've received several compliments on it. This is the one I have - Abigail Adams.

http://www.maineheritageweavers.com/abigail-adams

They still produce them on looms in Maine and they have a nice selection. The only drawback is that it's fairly heavy. When the Bates Mills closed the former President and his daughter salvged the looms, hired many of the old employees and founded Maine Heritage Weavers.

http://www.maineheritageweavers.com/our-story/

Late to the party on this, but I just found a Bates George Washington’s Choice queen size spread for $6 at a thrift shop. It’s deliciously soft and thick and in beautiful condition! Definitely worth having and hunting for!