How to choose quality bed linens - selection criteria

Buying new bed linen, I would like to hope that it will last a long time, will preserve its colors and shape. However, often the expectations are not justified. Sometimes it happens that the new bedding looks beautiful only until it is washed. After washing, various flaws in production begin to appear: the threads unfold, the corners do not match when ironing, the colors of the drawings fade. This is a sign that you have chosen poor-quality bed linens.

How to save on production

Now everyone is trying to save, and the producers are no exception. For this they go on various tricks:

1. Use more thin threads than it is necessary.
2. Break the technology of cutting, because of which the laundry is deformed after washing.
3. Apply substandard dyes and do not adhere to the dyeing technology. As a result, the laundry fades, having sustained only two or three washings, and you wonder how this could happen.
4. Do not indicate the information on the composition of products or print it in small print. It is quite possible to get a fake with a loud name "Shuiskaya coarse calico", which in reality will be a bedding set of synthetic or semisynthetic materials, for example, microfiber.
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Selection criteria

To choose quality bedding and accessories, you must follow the following rules:

1. Before buying, inspect the seams. Quality linen is sewn with a linen suture. Please note whether the lines are even, whether the blanket is solid, sheets, or they consist of two cloths of material. If the kit is not targeted, then it already says that the manufacturer saved. The seams themselves should not move apart.
2. The kit should be sewn with strong threads matched in tone. If the stitches are fixed, and the hanging threads are nowhere to be seen, then the bed linen is checked at this stage.
3. Finally, the bed linen is worth a sniff. No caustic, chemical, unpleasant odors should not be, because the dyes smell so, and if they smell, it means that the underwear is of poor quality. Not only can the linen completely shed after the first wash, it can still cause allergies, dermatitis.

Choose a fabric

And now let's talk a little about which fabric is better to choose bed linen. Going to the store, you will notice that the choice is wide - this is cotton, and cambric, and coarse calico, and satin, other materials.

Baptiste. Lightweight fabric with a low thread weave density, but despite this, bed linen made of batiste is not cheap. He is handsome, but he can not stand frequent washing. Also, not suitable for sheets.

Perkal. One of the best fabrics for bed linen. It is often used for making luxury bed linen. It combines, it would seem, two incongruous qualities: strength and refinement, and all thanks to the use of special types of cotton. Perkal does not burn out and does not sit down, very wear-resistant and durable. Perkal - the choice of practical housewives.

Chintz. Chintz is still used for sewing bed linen, however, its place is gradually occupied by coarse calico low density. Such a kit will not cost you dearly, but you should not expect any special durability or quality.

Calico. The density of coarse calico may be different, because the price fluctuates in a fairly significant range. You can choose a good bed linen from calico, and not enough quality, the fabric of which resembles gauze.

Poplin. Something in between satin and bryaz. It looks great and does not require special care. When choosing bed linen from poplin you need to be careful. Firstly, cheap poplin can be badly colored, and secondly, synthetics can be added to the composition. From the satin