The weaving patterns of bedspreads are based on geometrical ornaments, composed of squares, catpaws, suns and the like. In south-eastern Lithuania catpaw patterns are smaller. The same patterns are used on fabrics woven with a different number of warps. But naturally, with the increase in the number of warps the patterns become more complicated. With time plant and animal motifs appeared and now they are often combined with geometrical patterns.
Colour introduces a still greater variety.
Cloth woven with two warps is usually striped. Zemaitija preferred bedspreads with transverse stripes, while Aukstaitija liked lengthwise stripes more. A lot of attention was paid to colours. Striped or checked bedspreads do not have many colours, usually two, three or four. The more complicated the pattern, the more colours there are, particularly in Dzukija and Suvalkija.