Duvet covers

The whole point of a duvet is that it snuggly nicely round your form. It can't do that with a top sheet.

I change my bedding twice weekly ,always have .No particular reason other than its what my mother used to do.I do like nice fresh bedding though so its suits me fine

I've always used a top sheet with my duvet, because I find it very difficult getting the duvet covers back on. I suppose it doesn't help that I'm only 5 foot 1! I have about 18 inches of the sheet folded over the top of the duvet to keep it clean and I have the sheet tucked in at the bottom and part of the sides and I don't find it slides around at all.

In the country where I live they dont have double duvets thank goodness,I would never have the patience to change such a huge thing, however I change two each time I change the beds, and they are such a nuisance, the ones someone mentioned from M+S sound wonderful,must try one.

sodapop have you tried Dunelm Mill- II find they have a decent selection.

Top sheets without the weight of blankets dont stay in place. Under a duvet they just slide about and are in a ball somewhere by morning.

Just put a sheet between you and the duvet. I have sheet, blanket and patchwork quilt...layers are so much better

Can't believe anybody has reached our age without masteringthe simple technique of putting on a duvet cover!

Destin that would make a perfectly good thread. Start one.

Jacky and Shysal, just watched that YouTube video. I do mine the way she did at the beginning. No problem and much quicker than all the rolling and turning corners inside out. What a faff. Even she took longer doing her "quick" method.

I change mine weekly, can't stand top sheets, all tucked in. I have to have my toes peeking out at the bottom.

What in the world is this site coming to when it includes such a mindless question! Maybe I should respond by asking an equally mindless question.......how often should I change my tea towel - can I leave it for a week without changing it for a clean one if I don’t use it to dry my dishes every day because I sometimes air dry them?

Changing the duvet cover is one of my least favourite tasks but the look and feel of an ironed 100% white sateen stripe cotton duvet cover with matching Oxford pillow cases makes me feel like a duchess. I put up with the faff once a week to have the pleasure for the rest of the time.

Here you go JackyB
www.google.com/search?q=youtube+putting+a+duvet+cover+on+a+rolled+up+duvet&oq=youtube+putting+a+duvet+cover+on+a+rolled+up+duvet&aqs=chrome..69i57.20503j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=1

I use a flat top sheet as well so that if I get too hot I can fold the duvet back but still be covered. I find its increasingly difficult to get flat sheets now, all the colours of the rainbow for fitted sheets but not flat ones.

An interesting post as I too use a top sheet. I think I change the duvet cover too often by what has been said here. So as not well at moment will start leaving longer. Thanks.

Just bought a patterned washable duvet, from m and s. Use with a top sheet. Has transformed my life as I can’t change a duvet cos of arthritis. Also feels more hygienic.

I haven't used duvets for a long time. While visiting Malta some time ago I went to a 'Merino Wool' bedding sales promotion. I didn't purchase then, but did some research when returning home and decided to buy a package of the items, (Orthopaedic Mattress and Merino package)
It has been great.....I use a sheet under the cover.

Product details......

100% Natural Merino Wool Overlay
Double sided Palm pattern one side, plain cream on reverse
Helps to maintain your ideal body temperature
Allows excess moisture to escape from the bed
Warm in Winter - Cool in Summer
Adapts to your own body temperature
Promotes a deeper, less interrupted night sleep
Offers relief from aches and pains
Luxurious and fits in a standard Duvet cover
5 year guarantee
Manufactured in Italy
The Merino Wool Overlay compliments the Merino Wool Underlay creating a natural, breathable and sumptuous sleeping environment. One side has the ever popular Palm pattern or you can reverse it to use the plain cream side.
The site for further info is....
www.sleep-matters.co.uk/Merino-Wool-Bedding/merino-wool-overlay-palm.html?osCsid=bfn0itqrga9h1100jslrvleem4

I use a sheet between the duvet cover and bed - this way I can change that often and the duvet cover less so

That roll up way looks easy so will have a go next time I change cover. I use top sheets as well, so much easier to wash weekly. Also use them on guest beds so that duvet doesn't have to be changed when someone stays one night.

A friend from the US has recently visited the UK (staying in cheaper hotels as they moved about most days) for the first time, she was posting on FB to her friends at home about the odd/good/bad things she came across and one thing she mentioned a couple times was the fact that in the UK we don't use a top sheet, just a covered duvet. She told them to pack their own extra sheet if they ever came over here!
I don't find it difficult changing covers (two doubles and a king size) just hold top corners together and give them a good shake to get rest straight. In the summer I just use the duvet cover on the bed.

I opted for single bed summer weight washable duvets because they are so much easier to put the covers on. If one summer weight duvet is not warm enough I add another in its own cover.

I like the idea of washable uncovered duvets I will look out for those.

Marks sell coloured duvets, watermeadow no cover needed. A brilliant idea, just pop em in the machine now and again..dry them over an internal door...viola.

Thanks, everyone!
All my bedding is pure cotton and I don’t iron anything. You soon stop noticing the creases.
Confession time: my cat and small dog both share my bed so I change the bedding often. I remove my hand-stitched patchwork quilt at bed time which, like Willow’s mum’s duvet, is only for ornament!

I too use a top sheet. Its tucked in at the bottom so stays in place for a weekly change. Duvet cover only gets changed three or four times a year. Possibly. It’s really no different to the quilts we used to use and I don’t remember any way of washing the covers on those without unpicking the stitching.

I have always used a sheet under the duvet cover. So much easier to wash a sheet than wash and change the cover, also often I throw the duvet off and only use the sheet. Hence my cover only gets washed once or twice a year.
I put off changing from blankets to a duvet until a couple of years ago because of the thought of changing it, however I found the rolling method and it is a life changer. The other thing have done is sew some tape onto the duvet and the cover and tie them together so the duvet does not slip down inside the cover.

I use a top sheet in the summer under the duvet so when it gets too hot I roll the duvet back over the bottom of the bed and just sleep under the sheet. I am getting to the stage where changing the duvet cover is hard work - my husband tried to do it on his own the other week and reckoned it took him 45 minutes to change the bed! My mum always had a top sheet and light blankets on her bed under the duvet - she only changed the cover of that occasionally and seemed to think it was more for decoration - when I mentioned you could sleep under the duvet directly she was horrified