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Sage and Mauve Floral Bed Cover Crochet Pattern

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Sage and Mauve Floral Bed Cover Crochet Pattern
150-200 Hours 0 made this
Intermediate Level

You need to be comfortable with dc, tr and joining motifs as you go.

150-200 Hours

Each flower is small, so you can make the cover one motif at a time.

Heirloom Bedspread

Soft sage, dusty mauve and cream flowers cover the whole bed in a lacy layer.

About This Sage and Mauve Floral Bed Cover Crochet Pattern Pattern

This bed cover is made from 374 small six-petal flowers joined together at the petal tips. Cream, sage and dusty mauve flowers sit side by side, and little open stars form between the flowers where three meet. It finishes at about 88 by 96 inches, which covers a queen bed and falls over the sides.

You will use basic stitches (sc, hdc, dc and tr), changing colors, joining as you go and a simple shell edge. It suits anyone who likes portable projects and wants a big, impressive make for the bedroom.

Sage and Mauve Floral Bed Cover Crochet Pattern step detail

Why You'll Love This Sage and Mauve Floral Bed Cover Crochet Pattern Pattern

I love this project because every flower fits in a small bag. I can make one at the kitchen table, in the car or on the sofa, and I never feel overwhelmed by a huge blanket on my lap.

The soft colors also make a bedroom feel calm and cozy. It is a wonderful gift for a wedding or a big family occasion, and it is a lovely way to use up cotton yarn from other projects.

Sage and Mauve Floral Bed Cover Crochet Pattern step 1 - construction progress

Switch Things Up

Try a blue, grey and cream palette for a seaside bedroom, or soft pink, cream and gold for a warmer look. For a baby blanket, join 8 rows of 7 flowers, which finishes at about 37 by 38 inches. For a sofa throw, make 12 rows of 10 flowers. You can also make a few extra flowers and sew them onto cotton pillow covers, or swap the shell edge for a plain round of single crochet.

Materials Needed

— Main Fabric

01 Worsted weight cotton yarn (medium 4), cream: about 2,500 g (about 5,000 yards)
02 Worsted weight cotton yarn, sage green: about 650 g (about 1,300 yards)
03 Worsted weight cotton yarn, dusty mauve: about 350 g (about 700 yards)
04 Extra cream for the edge is included above. Buy one extra ball of each color for spare flowers and test swatches.

— Tools Required

05 3.5 mm (E-4) crochet hook, or the size that gives a firm, flat flower about 5 inches across
06 Yarn needle for weaving in ends
07 Stitch markers
08 Sharp scissors
09 Blocking mats and rustproof pins
10 Measuring tape

The Free Pattern

Intermediate 150-200 Hours

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— Flower Motif (Make 374: about 214 cream, 107 sage, 53 mauve) :

Each flower is worked in the round with the right side always facing you. Cream flowers use cream for every round. Sage and mauve flowers use cream for Rnds 1, 2 and 5, and the flower color for Rnds 3 and 4. Finished motif is about 5 inches across.
Rnd 1: With cream, ch 4 and join with a sl st to form a ring. Ch 3 (counts as dc), work 17 dc in the ring. Join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch 3. (18 dc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in the same st. *Ch 5, skip 2 dc, sc in the next dc.* Repeat from * to * 4 more times. Ch 5, skip 2 dc, join with a sl st to the first sc. Fasten off cream if you are changing color. (6 sc and 6 ch-5 sps)
Rnd 3 (petals): Join the petal color with a sl st in any ch-5 sp. In the same sp work (sc, hdc, 2 dc, tr, 2 dc, hdc, sc). Sl st in the next sc of Rnd 2. Repeat in each remaining ch-5 sp, ending with a sl st in the first sc of Rnd 2 at the base of the first petal. (54 sts: 6 petals of 9 sts)
Rnd 4 (petal eyelets): Sl st in the first st of any petal. Working in that petal: sc in the same st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, ch 2, skip the tr, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, sc in last st of the petal. Sl st in the sl st between petals. Repeat for all 6 petals. Fasten off. (48 sts and 6 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 5 (cream edging): Join cream with a sl st in the first st of any petal. Ch 1. In each petal: sc in the first 4 sts, (sc, ch 3, sc) in the ch-2 sp, sc in the next 4 sts, then sc in the sl st between petals. Join with a sl st to the first sc. Fasten off. (66 sc and 6 ch-3 loops)
The 6 ch-3 loops are your joining points. On flowers that will be joined, replace the ch 3 at a joining point with: ch 1, sl st in the matching ch-3 loop of the neighboring flower, ch 1. This keeps the stitch count the same.
Lay flowers out and check that one petal tip points straight left and one straight right before you join. Weave in all ends as you go, because they are hard to reach later.

— Layout :

The cover is 22 rows of 17 flowers (374 flowers). Odd rows start at the far left. Even rows are shifted half a flower to the right, so each flower touches 2 flowers in the row above and 2 flowers in the row below.
Row 1: Join 17 flowers in a straight line, left tip to right tip, with 16 joins. (17 flowers)
Row 2: Join the first flower of Row 2 to 2 flowers of Row 1 using its two lower tips, then join the next 16 flowers to each other and to Row 1 the same way. (17 flowers per row)
Rows 3 to 22: Continue in the same way, shifting each row half a flower left and right in turn, until you have 22 rows. (374 flowers)
Color plan: use a repeat of 7 across each row: cream, cream, sage, cream, sage, cream, mauve. Start each new row 3 flowers further along in the repeat. This scatters the sage and mauve flowers in a soft diagonal pattern and gives about 214 cream, 107 sage and 53 mauve flowers. Lay out your flowers on the floor first and move them around until the colors look balanced.

— Border (Cream) :

The border is worked around the outside of the joined flowers. There are 74 flowers on the outer edge, and 154 exposed petals. Each exposed petal has 11 sc and 1 ch-3 loop. Count your exposed petals before you start. If your count is not 154, adjust Rnd 1 by working 14 sc for each exposed petal and 1 sc at each join between outer flowers.
Rnd 1: Join cream at any outer ch-3 loop. Ch 1. Around the whole edge: in each exposed petal work sc in each of the 5 sc before the loop, 3 sc in the ch-3 loop, sc in each of the 5 sc after the loop, and sc in the sl st between petals (14 sc per petal). Work 1 sc in each join point between two outer flowers. Join with a sl st to the first sc. (154 x 14 = 2,156 sc, plus 74 join sc = 2,230 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in the same st. *Sc in next sc, skip 1 sc, 5 dc in next sc, skip 1 sc, sc in next sc.* Repeat from * to * around (each repeat uses 5 sts of Rnd 1). Join with a sl st to the first sc. Fasten off and weave in the end. (446 shells, 3,122 sts: each repeat has 2 sc and 5 dc)

Assembly Instructions

  1. Make all 374 flower motifs using the colors in the layout plan, and make a few spares.
  2. Block each flower lightly so they are all the same size and the petals lie flat.
  3. Lay the flowers out on a large floor in 22 rows of 17, shifting every second row half a flower, and check the color balance.
  4. Join the flowers row by row at the ch-3 tip loops, using the ch 1, sl st, ch 1 join described in the motif, so the cover grows evenly.
  5. Join the finished rows to each other using the lower tips of each flower, working from left to right on every row.
  6. Weave in all ends securely, then work Rnd 1 of the border around the outside of the joined flowers.
  7. Work the shell edge in Rnd 2, then block the whole cover gently on a clean floor with pins so the shells lie flat and the stars between flowers stay open.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

Joining the flowers with the wrong tips facing. Always keep one petal tip pointing left and one pointing right, so the rows line up.

Making flowers in different sizes because of loose or tight tension. Check each flower against the first one and use a smaller or larger hook if needed.

Not counting the exposed petals before starting the border. Count first and adjust, because an uneven count makes the shell repeat finish badly.

Joining all the flowers in the wrong order and leaving loose ends to the end. Weave in ends as you go, because the lacy gaps make it hard later.

Denise

Denise is a crochet designer who loves turning small portable motifs into big, cozy home pieces that families keep for years.

Important Notes

Each flower should measure about 5 inches across after blocking. Make a test flower before buying all the yarn, because the size and yarn amounts are estimates and depend on your tension.

Block the finished cover gently with pins and let it dry flat for at least 24 hours. Cotton is heavy when wet, so use plenty of towels.

Yarn amounts include the edge. Dye lots can differ, so buy extra cream and sage at the start.

Wash on a gentle cycle in cool water and use a color catcher, because the sage and mauve flowers can bleed onto the cream. Dry flat.

I hope you enjoy making this bed cover as much as I enjoyed designing it. Go slowly, make a few flowers each day, and soon you will have a bedspread you can be proud of.

Crochet Abbreviations

01 ch — chain
02 sl st — slip stitch
03 sc — single crochet
04 hdc — half double crochet
05 dc — double crochet
06 tr — treble crochet
07 sp — space
08 st — stitch
09 Rnd — round

You Ask, We Answer

What size is the finished bed cover?

It is about 88 by 96 inches with 22 rows of 17 flowers. This covers a queen bed with a drop on each side. Make fewer rows or fewer flowers per row for other sizes.

Can I use a different yarn weight?

Yes. A thinner cotton and a smaller hook gives smaller flowers, so you would need more of them. A thicker yarn gives larger flowers and needs fewer. Make one test flower and measure it before you change the layout.

How do I wash and care for the cover?

Wash on a gentle cycle in cool water with a color catcher, because the dark flowers can bleed onto the cream. Dry flat and reshape the shells and stars while the cover is damp.