I bought this based on others' reviews.  It is lightweight and looks great on my bed.  My main reason for purchasing it was to lighten up my room a bit.  I have dark floors and furniture and I had a brown quilt...it was too depressing.  This quilt is bright and it makes me smile everytime I enter my room.  Although my kids say it looks like grandma's house, lol.  I did take the advice of others and have turned the quilt sideways so it covers the sides of my bed; I have a 17' mattress and using it this way covers the mattress all the way to the box spring.  However, it will not fold over the pillows by using it in this fashion.  Another note, is that the shams are king size (my last king bedspead came with standard shams).  This is a plus because they are big enough to cover the pillows behind them and you can't tell the quilt is laying underneath the sleeping pillow vs. on top.  

Pros: light weight, cheery
Cons: not wide enough