Which way round does it go?

Well! What a surprise! I haven’t seen a single post from anyone who hates duvets. Which way the duvet goes is not a problem for me because I have never liked them. They are so unversatile (is that a word?). You either pull them over yourself, and get too warm, or push them off and get chilly. There is no happy medium.
I much prefer the old-fashioned layers, which can be adjusted at will to suit the temperature required. I really dislike staying in hotels where I invariably wake up in the middle of the night feeling far too hot, and unable to do anything about it.
Am I alone in feeling this way?

Good heavens Stansgran
You are the fountain of duvet knowledge.

We have some single duvets with the horizontal stitching.. from Dunelm

We have a king size bed but we each have a single duvet! So much easier to change the covers, no tug o'war in the night and we know which way they go on the bed! ??

I think the one with most squares goes across the bed

Spot on jinglbellsfrocks.
My king sized is wider but not longer and i put it in the cover with the lines vertical as apparently the heat stays in.

We have a kingsize bed with two single duvets. This stops anyone hogging the duvet, and sometimes one of us decides it's winter while the other is still in summer mode!

I thoughtJings had returned.
Then I saw the date. ☺️

The stitching in all ours goes both ways too.

The important thing in my mind is not to have the buttons or whatever fastens the cover under your chin, but at the foot of the bed,

If you use a top sheet the duvet stays in place all night and does not get hogged by one of you.

I like the burrito roll method of getting that cover on and off:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRPfudNNd8Y

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annodomini

Mine is stitched in squares which means that the filling stays put.

And ours!

I had one fro M & S and on the tag it said stitching from side to side

Hats off to all contributors. Long time since I've had such amusement from such trivia. I've been doing the dreaded duvet thing for years and nothing crosses my mind other than getting the chore done. Grab the first corner then go for it 'any which way and loose!'

I've only just returned to this thread (since posting weeks ago!) because it's been dragged up the page, and I've been reading through. And feeling silly. Because yes, of course it's a double quilt, not a king size one, that is 200 x 200 . I used to buy king size for use on a double bed when we shared a room (because DH was a bu@@er for turning over and taking all the quilt with him!). Now we have separate rooms, so no need. I just buy standard double ones.

I've just lost the will to live

I put mine in with the stitches running up and down. I've just started putting the cover on as demonstrated, by the rolling method. Much easier than trying to crawl inside with the corners!

Jansty we use double ended suspenders (purpose made) to hold the mattress covers in place. Some manufacturers call them sheet straps.

I have been reading your discussions about duvets, but I have a query about mattress covers. I can't seem to find one that fits well all round and doesn't come untucked most nights. I would love to know if anyone has any advice about where to find a decent one. We just have a standard double bed.

Stitching runs from head to toe so it drapes round your body. With the older ones you shook the feathers to the bottom in summer so you didn't need a separate light-weight one.

Nannanoo it would have to be a very long but not very wide duvet to do that

tanith our bed is kingsize and so is the duvet - any larger and I would struggle to change the cover. I do know one or two couples who each have a single duvet on a double or kingsize bed - sounds good to me!
The spare room has a double bed and a kingsize duvet though!

Does anyone else buy a duvet thats bigger than their bed? I always have a Kingsize duvet but my bed is just a double (smallish room). So the cover hangs well down the sides and there is no chance of a draught up your back when turning over.

Oh, come on girls - this is SO screamingly obvious! The stitching has to go vertically from head to toe - 'cos it makes you look taller and slimmer!

I put mine with the stitching from head to toe as I feel you can tuck it around you easier. If you don't do that then either way is OK.

Hi Elegran - your rug is doing the same job as my 'throw' by the sound of it.