The choice of fabric is one of the main issues for the production of bed linen. Indeed, it depends on the quality of the fabric - how many washings the set will survive and how pleasant the sleep in such a bed will be. Going to the store for a brand-new set, it will be useful to know which material is better recommended for bedding.
What fabric to choose for bedding, depending on the conditions of use
Everyone wants to be surrounded only by beautiful things. But appearance is not the only criterion for choosing home textiles. Consider other important qualities of bedding.
Frequency of use
Most kits are bought for frequent use. Materials must be natural, wear resistant. Suitable types of fiber, such as cotton, linen, in its pure form or mixed with bamboo. The addition of a small amount (up to 10%) of synthetic fiber increases the service life of textiles. The color of the linen is selected calm, in pastel colors, with a small pattern.
Baptism kit
Sets for a special occasion - wedding, baby for baptism should be stylish and elegant. They are sewn of silk, cambric, different textures and colors. In children's products, decorative elements are used - stitches and frills, embroidered using the Richelieu or satin stitch technique.
Seasonality
Just like clothes, bedding is warm and summer. In winter, it is important what material the kit is sewn from, it will be pleasant for everyone to fall asleep in bed from terry or flannel 100%. Cotton. The thematic drawing of a snowy forest will emphasize the winter affiliation of textiles. A set of cotton velor will be no less warm. Cozy and soft, it will warm the most heat-loving sleepyheads.
Important! For frequent use in winter poplin linen is suitable, the fabric is dense, painted in bright colors shedding little.
Warm bedding
Cool flax is ideal for summer. All types of pure cotton will also be an excellent choice for the hot season. Of the new products, many will like bamboo fiber, especially bamboo flax. The fabrics are well painted in bright colors, pleasant silkiness does not irritate the body in summer, and is very hygienic. Bamboo fiber has antibacterial properties, which is especially valuable for hot time. An alternative can be viscose with a minimum of 10% synthetic fiber, as pure artificial fabrics are impractical, crease, wear out quickly. Viscose also cools during hot weather, stains well, does not fade, and has a pleasant silky sheen.
The size
An increase in the range of bedrooms sold led to the addition of new items in the list of standard sizes. In addition to a single, one and a half and double, today the euro size is widely used. It is suitable for bedrooms without a high foot. In such a bed, a sheet and a blanket hang forward, as well as on the sides.
Design
Coloring is able to give new properties to linen. So for the hot season, making a bed in blue, turquoise, purple colors is a good choice. These shades are colder and at a subconscious level are able to influence our sensations.
The industry produces many varieties of drawings.It’s good to choose fabrics in the nursery with the image of your favorite fairy-tale characters, the newlyweds will prefer red or dark blue silk sheets. 3d drawings of any subject are very popular.
Modern 3d design
Rating fabrics for bedding
To answer the question: which fabric will be better to wear, suitable for design, consider the quality of popular materials for bedding.
Polysatin
There are two types of materials in the fabric - cotton and polyester. The fibers are mixed at the spinning stage of the threads, and to weave a high-quality dense fabric with a smooth front surface, sateen weaving is used. This species has many positive characteristics:
- The fabric is small in thickness with a dense covering of thin threads.
- It tolerates washing in hot water, staining is durable.
- Spots from its surface are easily washed off, after drying it is not necessary to iron.
- The material is tensile, low cost.
Polysatin set - riot of colors
A negative property is the electrification of matter. Polysatin is not recommended for baby bedding, allergy sufferers, as it has low air permeability, poorly absorbs moisture from the surface of the body. This is a good inexpensive set for the off-season, when natural pajamas or a nightie eliminates its negative properties.
Polycotton
Fiber began to be produced in the middle of the last century. The main quality characteristic is the ratio of synthetic fibers to cotton. The best material is 65% cotton and 35% synthetic fiber. The fabric has the following positive properties:
- thanks to synthetic fibers does not wrinkle;
- does not fade, it is well painted in bright colors;
- ordinary stain detergent is suitable for stain removal;
- outwardly no different from cotton calico, but much stronger.
All the negative properties that are characteristic of polycotton mixed with synthetics appear only when there is more synthetic fiber than natural fiber. If the content of natural fiber is limited to 15%, the material is heavily pilling, characteristic spools appear. The fabric is highly electrified, not recommended for children and allergy sufferers.
Poplin
Poplin owes its name to the history of its appearance. For the first time they began to weave it in France for the vestment of the pope. A characteristic pattern on the surface of the material is formed by interweaving a larger thickness of the weft threads and a thin base. The fabric is quite dense, pleasant to the touch, has a soft sheen. It conducts air well, hypoallergenic. Despite the natural composition, it almost does not crumple and is worn for a long time.
Only fabrics made by unscrupulous manufacturers differ in their negative properties when short-fiber cotton is mixed with polyester or viscose. Such a fabric can shrink greatly during washing.
Important! The use of low-quality dyes will be obvious when washing at high speeds, the material quickly fades, and the new kit smells unpleasantly with chemical dyes.
Satin
Due to the satin weave of the threads, the fabric has a silky sheen. The highest quality long fiber cotton fabric grown in Egypt. Sateen bedding has many positive properties:
- products are durable, worn for a long time;
- in luster, sateen resembles a fabric made of natural silk;
- made from high quality cotton; safe dyes are used for dyeing;
- suitable for summer heat;
- soft and pleasant to the body tissue;
- sheds little, quite durable.
A rare disadvantage is the high price, it does not tolerate sunlight, and quickly burns out.
Linen
Flax fiber has been used for home textiles for many centuries. Modern technologies make it possible to obtain rather thin fabrics from this coarse fiber, while they remain durable and hygienic.Useful properties of linen:
- the fabric cools in the heat, it is known that the temperature between the body and linen from flax is several degrees lower than the temperature of the air;
- kills microbes, scratches in such a bed heal faster, it is noticed - linen bandages contribute to the speedy healing of wounds;
- the surface is characterized by characteristic thickenings that have a massage effect;
- to soften using a mixture of flax fiber and cotton.
Comfort and style of linen set
The disadvantages include strong creasing, shrinkage during washing, poorly painted in bright colors.
Chintz
The most common material for bedding. Consists of 100% cotton. The reasons why chintz remains a favorite material for bed textiles for many years:
- matter pleasant to the body, hypoallergenic;
- plain weaving gives the material lightness, air permeability;
- It is easily painted in bright colors pleasant to the eye.
Among the negative properties it should be noted:
- shrinkage during washing;
- unstable coloring, strongly sheds;
- wears out quickly.
Even after molting, having lost its original bright color, a set of chintz remains comfortable for sleeping.
Calico
Unlike calico, calico is denser and coarser. It is also woven with plain weave, but from threads of greater thickness. It has properties characteristic of chintz, due to its higher density it does not wear out longer.
If Ranfors is indicated on the label, this means that the material is similar to chintz and calico, but is woven from better yarns, more twist and less thickness. Ranfors wear resistance is higher, hygienic properties are the same, shedding less.
Batiste
The thinnest cotton fabric. The density of plain weaving is low, only 20-30 threads per 1cm². It does not tolerate washing. Used for baby bedding and wedding. The underwear is light and elegant, very pleasant to the body.
Atlas
Satin fabric for bedding is made from long-fiber cotton. Thanks to the satin weave, the fabric is dense, withstands up to 300 washings. It has all the best hygienic properties of cotton materials:
- hypoallergenic, recommended for baby clothes and allergies;
- absorbs sweat well, but it is easily washed off;
- the front surface is smooth with a characteristic silky sheen.
The material is expensive, which of course affects the textile products made from it. But this is the case when the invested funds pay off with a long service life.
Flannel
Cotton flannel warms well in the cold season. It happens with unilateral pile and bilateral. It absorbs sweat well, does not deform and does not fade during washing. Dense matter is worn for a long time, does not shrink.
True, the material has its drawbacks. After a short time of use, characteristic spools appear on the surface. Flannel textiles dry for a long time.
Knitwear
For bedding, mixed knitwear and a pure knit cotton made from a special knit jersey are used. In it, each loop in the column is knitted with its own thread. Integrity is ensured by the shift of the thread in the next row of knit fabric. Thanks to this knitting, the web does not bloom at break. Properties that distinguish knitted bedding:
- due to stretchability, the knitted sheet easily takes the form of a mattress;
- natural jersey does not accumulate electricity;
- knitted fabric holds paint in its structure longer.
Knitwear in a modern interior
Bedding from knitwear after washing can be severely deformed, so it is better to dry it out, laid out on a horizontal surface. It also does not tolerate ironing, you can only easily go through the steam.
Terry cloth
Terry cloth has all the properties of knitwear. It is distinguished by the presence of volume loops, which add new properties to it:
- warm matter heats well in winter;
- mahra produces a massage effect on the body;
- Due to the bulk structure, it dries for a long time.
Important! Cotton terry sheets differ in weight, they are heavy. Often, a rubber band is sewn around the perimeter so that the sheet is better held on the mattress.
Percale
Before synthetics, percale, impregnated with vegetable resins, was used to make sails. The modern percale for bedding is good for air permeation, but does not let fluff and feather out of pillow and blanket filler. High density cotton fabric has the following properties:
- does not shrink when washing;
- worn for a very long time;
- the surface is velvety pleasant to the touch, no spools are formed.
Percale in a classic interior
The last stage of material processing is sizing, the fibers of the front surface are literally glued together. The fabric is smooth, rather dense. Even with constant use of linen serves 10-12 years.
Jacquard
For the production of expensive jacquard fabric, long-fiber cotton is used. The pattern is obtained by the complex interweaving of threads during weaving. Matter has all the properties of a quality cotton fabric:
- pleasant to the body, hypoallergenic;
- the surface is soft silky;
- with proper care, worn for a long time.
Noble jacquard
Sets made of natural jacquard are washed at a low temperature, up to + 35 ° C. Such sets look beautiful in which expensive jacquard is equipped with pillowcases and a bed made of satin or satin.
Bamboo
In his homeland, in China, fiber was used many centuries ago. Bamboo was widely used in the twentieth century.
Bamboo in nature
The natural color of the fiber is gray or green. In fabric, it is usually mixed with cotton or silk in a one to one proportion. The characteristic features of bamboo fiber:
- does not absorb odors;
- hypoallergenicity is higher than that of other fibers;
- absorbs moisture well;
- wear resistant products.
Bamboo materials last longer, but they cost more.
Bamboo fabric before dyeing
Silk
Silk products have always been a symbol of luxury and good taste. Contemporaries buy a set of natural silk for a special occasion. Silk fabrics differ in appearance and feel from everything that has ever been invented on Earth:
- the delicate sheen of natural silk cannot be confused with either viscose or mercerized cotton;
- the material is durable, keeps shape well;
- hypoallergenic material is cool to the touch.
Natural silk requires special care. Dry cleaning recommended.
Luxurious silk
Tensel
Tensel fiber is obtained from eucalyptus wood. Unlike viscose, tensel (lyocell) is produced in a rather environmentally friendly way, using organic solvents. Tensel has a number of properties that distinguish it from viscose:
- not subject to shrinkage during washing;
- easy to iron;
- due to the properties of the source material has antibacterial properties;
- it is necessary to wash it at a low water temperature, not more than 40 ° С, while drying it is advisable to protect it from direct sunlight.
A set of linen for sleeping from Tensel shimmers like silk, cools like linen. Good material made of eucalyptus wood is characterized by high air permeability, it is extremely pleasant to the touch, it is the best fabric for baby bedding.
Important! Tensel is one of the latest in fiber manufacturing. You need to beware of fakes and buy linen only in a trusted store.
Eco Tencel
Going to the store
General recommendations for choosing bed linen:
- the fabric should not be visible; wear resistance and the service life of the kit depend on the density of weaving;
- it’s really possible to choose bed linen for any furniture, in Moscow and other cities there have long been several varieties of the euro-set;
- the best bedding, as a rule, is made from long-staple cotton, the invested funds will be paid off handsomely for a long service life;
- a set of natural silk can be replaced with high-quality satin weave cotton, the sensations of touch are similar.
The choice of a new set should be based on knowledge of which material is best for bedding. Color, size, number of components in the set - all choose based on the colors of the interior and the dimensions of the furniture.
