For a blanket, I love either 100% cotton quilts or my Sferra (white) Plush Blanket, which is also 100% cotton.

My favorite pillow case is my Thomas Lee case...also 100% cotton, smooth, and cool. I also like their sheets, which I have, but if I were buying them now, I'd buy two flats rather than a flat and a fitted, and tuck the flat in on all four sides. The Lees are large enough to be able to do that. By using a flat sheets on the bottom, you can tuck it in very tightly so you are sleeping on a smooth surface. Fitted sheets now don't fit mattresses because mattresses come in so many depths now. Lee sheets are in the cool & smooth category.

My cool and crisp sheets are my 1888 Mills 100% organic cotton, also large enough to tuck in as a bottom sheet, which I buy from a hospitality company since I need a number of them (12 to a case). But the 12 cases of these cost the same as a set of Thomas Lee!

Lee sheets are on sale right now!

https://www.thomasleeltd.com/cotton-bedding/cotton-sheets-and-pillowcases/

I just got the LL Bean sunwashed percale sheets. They are cool and crisp. They have been laundered a couple of times and seem great.

localeater, those sheets get great 5-star reviews.

I haven't liked anything nearly as much as the LL Bean percale sheets. Now I need to try the sunwashed percale ones they have!

I bought Thomas Lee sheets a few months ago and I'm using them but they're not my favorite. They're a little heavier than I'd like and are very wrinkled. I prefer lighter sheets that come out of the dryer smooth. Do the LL Bean ones cone out of the dryer smooth or wrinkled?

Agree w/Joanie, although the only pillow case I use is the Thomas Lee.

Vintage sheets from eBay.

I was very disappointed when I first bought my Thomas Lee pillow cases, but after washing them at least 10 times, they morphed into my all-time favorites. Always cool and crisp. A bit on the heavy side, but I like them like that.

Peacock Alley twill sheets, or Matouk percale. But to be really smooth and cool, they must be ironed.

Unfortunately kswl is right - ironing is key to getting that really smooth surface. I do iron my pillow cases and if it happens to be a stormy/snowy day and I don't want to go out then I'll iron the sheets, too. Another LLBean percale sheet lover here and now I must look at the sunwashed, too.

I LOVE my bamboo sheets! They are silky smooth, don't wrinkle when taken out of the dryer at the right time, so comfy that they cuddle me to sleep. I've had many different thread count numbers, nothing so far beats bamboo.

Reminder To Self: Buy another set before they do away with Olympic Queen.

I was at my local LL Bean this morning and looked at the two percales. The sunwashed percale was on the display bed and I thought they were soft and not crisp. They looked like thy had been laundered and then put on the bed.

Their more expensive set - the Premium Egyptian Percale looked crisp an smooth. I'm going to order a set of pillow cases to see how they launder.

You may like the LL Bean Pima cotton percale sheets. I bought a set a few months before I tried RL. They are cool and very smooth but I don't like them because they are noisy. I know that sounds absurd but you can literally hear your body move on the sheets.

I have the LL Bean 280 Pima Percale. I think they are the best fitting sheets I have had. They look great on my 15 inch bed. I think they'll last a long time as well. They aren't as soft and smooth as I would have like though.

Does anyone have any experience with LL Bean, Thomas Lee, The Company Store, and other sheets?

I believe LL Bean is discontinuing the Egyptian Percale.

I bought new sheets for the guest room but didn't do a sleep test before my guest arrived. Weeks later I mentioned to the guest that the sheets were "noisy". She said "yes, very noisy, but I didn't want to appear ungrateful for your thoughtful invitation by mentioning it".

Now it's BAMBOO only for the guest room.

Rough Linen Forever!

No Bamboo for us since it's rayon and a hot chemical mess.

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, wants you to know that the soft “bamboo” fabrics on the market today are rayon. They are made using toxic chemicals in a process that releases pollutants into the air. Extracting bamboo fibers is expensive and time-consuming, and textiles made just from bamboo fiber don’t feel silky smooth.

There’s also no evidence that rayon made from bamboo retains the antimicrobial properties of the bamboo plant, as some sellers and manufacturers claim. Even when bamboo is the “plant source” used to create rayon, no traits of the original plant are left in the finished product.

FTC on Bamboo Fabrics

Thank you, Brushworks!

+1 for Rough Linen :)

Make it another thumbs up for RL. I love the textural feel of linen and no noise when I move. My ll Bean sheets that are noisy are going to be offered to my daughter. What I love most about linen is that it doesn't sleep hot.

My husband sleeps hot, and he fell in love with this blanket i bought on amazon so much he wouldnt let me change it out with the seasons-i love it too, so its not like he twisted my arm though. Having trouble trying to paste the link but its called "madison park micro velour plush blanket - cream - king". Softest most cuddle invoking blanket I have ever had.