Best cotton sheets to buy? Help!

Can’t really help with the sheets but I agree with polnan that I won’t buy anything online that doesn’t say where it is made (not designed!). Should be obligatory imo.

I prefer John Lewis 200 thread count 100% cotton bed linen..crisp enough to be cooling, and soft enough to be warm.

JaneRN: Ah, duvets. I struggled for years to find something that worked for me, including having two, one for winter and one for summer. I now have a 9 tog pure goose down duvet. It's very lightweight, suitable for all year round use, and it's easy to put in a duvet cover - just roll it into a sausage shape, put the roll at the top of the cover, and then unroll into place. Once I've done the buttons up, I shake it out over the banisters.

I like The White Company 200 thread count Egyptian Cotton. Interestingly, given how people rave about higher thread count, I prefer 200. Higher than that, I find them too silky. I really like the thick, crisp cotton feel that 200 have. As for ironing them. Great idea. I have a super king size bed. I tried ironing them once many years ago and concluded that life is too short! They feel crisp enough and lovely anyway!

I'm still using pure cotton sheets which an aunt made in 1960's. She gave them as gifts to her sisters, my mother being one. She bought the cotton at a local market stall, hemmed it, and even edged them with a contrast fabric. She also made the matching pillowcases! The only drawback is that, in certain lights, you can see the words ' Hospital Property ' embossed on the fabric!! Market traders had obviously managed to get hold of the material. I still use them occasionally, and I do iron them. Personally, I prefer brushed cotton, unless the weather is particularly warm, which, in NE Scotland, isn't all that often.

Oh dear, I am obviously in the minority, but life's too short to spend time ironing sheets! I use Egyptian cotton sheets with a high thread count, hung on the line with a firm tug and hopefully on a windy day. I do however iron pillow-slips.

I no longer use duvets because I never found the right tog setting to match our changeable weather and woke up too hot or too cold, plus I found the effort of changing a king size duvet on my own just too difficult.. I have gone back to blankets and bedspreads, quite easy to make although I admit not as easy as a duvet cover but at least you don't have to change them every week.

Now, feel free to call me old-fashioned!

How about linen? No point in ironing the, they crumple just looking at them . But because of that, they don't necessarily look scruffy; just rumpled and relaxed.

Soak & Sleep aren't too pricey. They also do Egyptian cotton and various thread counts.

www.soakandsleep.com/luxury-linen-bed-linen.html

I got some 400 thread count white Egyptian cotton sheets from Dunelm a while ago. I don’t iron them but get them out of the machine ASAP and on the line right away. There’s nothing nicer than line dried fresh sheets. I always sleep better, deeper longer with a lower heart rate dip (so my sleep monitor says,) on fresh sheets.

Just bought 1000 thread count from TK Max - divine!!

John Lewis “Soft & Silky” range... Egyptian cotton and various thread count options...

I'm with Riggie. I love IKEA bedding. It's soft light cotton and feels very comfortable.
It washes well and lasts for years

Kelly Hoppen for me,400 or 500 thread count, lovely thick crisp white cotton feels wonderful on the skin but I do iron it .QVC.

I like ironed sheets but like ironing them! So fitted M and S tencel sheets are brilliant, they pull taut so look great!

I use bamboo bedding, love it, really silky. However, they do need ironing. I get them from Paragon.

M&S for good quality pure cotton sheets, and invest in a rotary iron, so quick and easy to use, just fold them and feed them through the rollers like commercial laundries do.

For quilt covers, try Dorma pure 100% Cotton range, avaliable from Dunhelm. They are really good quality and very soft and comforable, Since buying mine in their sale last year, I will never buy the polycotton type ever again.

I have Sheridan bedding and love it, very soft and durable. I have a fitted bottom sheet so just pull that on without ironing and the top sheet and pillowcases I line dry until just damp then tumble for twenty mins.

I find that if you dry sheets outside they don't crease too badly.

I always buy the cheapest I can find, as long as they are 100% cotton.

Ikea have good quality sheets and duvet covers.

We have a pure cotton duvet cover and pillowcases from Ikea and are very haooybwith them. I do iron the pillow cases but ironing a king sized duvet cover is beyond me so I dont bother and it's fine. The crumples dont last long once you are using it!!

polynan - I have looked at the label and they were made in Bangladesh, if that helps.

I had cozee home from qvc, I got sucked into buying them. Sleeping in polyester fleece is very bad and they went to the charity shop pdq, were a complete waste of money

For winter I have pure cotton flannelette bedding, it is very cosy and I do treat it with care so they remain soft

oh dear! been to M&S website

country of manufacture...?? just like Amazon, why won`t these companies state the country of manufacture?

and yes, it is very important to me,, has been for some time...

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My sheets and the one duvet cover by Jasper Conran are very smooth, silky and soft.
I wish I'd bought more when they were in the sale.

However, I agree, some Egyptian cotton sheets are not good. I bought others (can't remember where from) which were a high thread count and they never softened up and needed too much ironing. DH uses them as dust sheets.

Many different thred counts out there. However even the companies that do 1000+ suggest the best, the softest, is 400-600 thred count. The main supermarkets do these now, and much cheaper than the ones I originally bought!

oh I have some cotton sheets, don`t use them,, need ironing.

I want non iron, soft feel sheets please