Thank you for your advice MamaPinky

Lucille Your Welcome

I got a cheap set of sheets from Walmart. They are not fleece. But they have pilled badly & I keep wondering what I did wrong.

I have a fabric shaver, but that’s gonna take days to shave the front, back & pillow cases of a king sheet set!!!!!!

JeCrigler - It may be the quality of the sheets....made with short fibers which have a tendency to pill.

Summer hit the nail on the head. Short threads. And don't fall for thread count. The manufactures count on us thinking the higher the thread count the better the quality. So a sheet may be 400 1000or higher (it amazes me how many threads can be twisted together to make one strand) anyway if the high thread count sheet is made using short threads they will most likely pill or have a high risk of doing so. A really great cotton sheet can have a low thread count even 250 and be absolutly terrific with no pilling if its made using long staple threads. The packaging will state made with long staple threads. If the manufacturer does not label the product as long staple threads it probably isn't as this is an important selling point. Remember the old sheets the ones grandma used, the type some of us wish were still made or at least made in a price comfortable with our wallet....yep low thread count but long staple cotton threads. Another thing we fall for. 100% Egyptian cotton. ..Egypt does grow some lovely high quality cotton, but poor quality can also be found in Egypt so just because it says 100% Egyptian cotton doesn't mean its high quality as it only needs to be grown in Egypt to carry the label. One of the hardest things to buy in modern days are sheets. Ya darn near need a textile degree and you definitely need a large wallet. LOL.

So is fleece always a short thread or just the cheap fleeces? The fleece sheets I bought were on sale for $9 but were originally $75. It has been my experience though that paying a lot doesn't guarantee quality. I do have a fleece pajama bottom I've had for years which hasn't pilled, but also I have bought fleece sweatshirts that pill so bad I can only use them for one season.

The sheets arrived, I will take great care laundering them because I hope they will hold out at least for the season, in their present soft and cuddly condition. I like crisp cotton rich sheets for summer, but even through winter is short here, I look forward to these soft fleece sheets.

Oh Yea....now remember don't over fill the washer as poly needs lots of room to move freely. I was thinking Lucille since our sheets now come from everywhere but the US I thought I'd warn you that they would have probably been treated with all kinds of chemicals. Some so they will fold nicely for packaging some so there won't be wrinkles and some are even sprayed with insecticide. They will wash out. Lol. Hope you and your Grandaughter enjoy them and keep toasty.