I recently tries this but for a set of queen size bed sheets. (They were a gift but they were certainly not my choice of colour - pink!) SO i bought two packets of colour dye from Coles and put them through the wash like the instructions said.. it was all very simple and I didnt expect it to work but it did! My greatest fear was that they would immediately fade and the colour would run but 4 washes in and they are still a bold blue colour. I think this should work just as well for quilt overs and possibly better for linen than cotton? Good luck!

I bought a set of linen sheets which have now had two trips through the washing machine, a cool wash 30C and no fabric softener and they are lovely, soft and comfortable to sleep in. Never wash your linen in hot water.

It depends on the thickness of your mattress. I have a fairly standard height king mattress, on a ensemble base. I bought a standard AU king duvet and it shows a lot of mattress. Then bought a West Elm US king duvet and it's much larger. It covers the mattress, tucking in would be possible but your not able to tuck in a lot of fabric. I love the larger West Elm duvet, but they weren't selling well as the sizes were different from our standard, so they now only do smaller AU sizes. And the US West Elm site won't sell to AU... So I think if you want a generous duvet or quilt to tuck in. You may need to go custom made.

Sandy - given the width of your bed, I worry the size artwork you have chosen may look out of proportion when hung i.e. too small against your bed. My vote would be for the 140x100. If your bed is 193 wide, 75% of that width is approximately 144 so that size artwork has the potential to look the best :) The 140x100 size still allows 26.5cm of negative space on either side of your artwork to the sides of your bed with the ability to position your artwork well given the height you are working with. Nik