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What happened to plain old fashioned sheets? White Percale Fitted Sheets
Sew Cool Intermediate CA USA Member since 4/28/06 Posts: 256	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/8/12 10:49 PM Hi all, maybe someone can give me some advice. Years ago it was easy to buy bed sheets. Percale was the way to go. Muslin sheet aways seemed not quite as good and they also seemed to pill. 200 thread count Percale purchased at a department store did the trick. Now here is my problem I care for a special needs person and just want to buy good quality percale sheets and not have to spend over $75.00 for a queen set. It would also be nice if I could just buy fitted sheets, as this is what gets the most wear. I have a vast assortment of pillow cases that never get used. I have read everything there is to read about thread count and know in order to woo the consumer the thread count has continued to increase to around 1500. I am to the point where I am thinking of going to the Fashion District in Los Angeles and buying an entire roll of very good quality sheeting and making my own. So Cool
Diana M Intermediate WA USA Member since 4/19/04 Posts: 927	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/8/12 10:57 PM I just found some today (looking for the same thing, except in double size) at landsend.com and at overstock.com. Used 'cotton percale' as search term at both sites. ------ Sewing fills my life. And my living room, and bedroom, and closets, and car . . . ----------------------------------- The advantage of a food allergy is that I get to choose the restaurant.
idahodogs Advanced Beginner ID USA Member since 4/22/08 Posts: 419	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/8/12 11:51 PM I buy sheets at Ross in the mall - it usually takes me a few tries to find what I want, but eventually I do. It helps if you are not too picky about colors. You can get sets or individual sheets. I think a Queen set is usually about $30, so you ought to find single sheets for much less. ------ - Labore est orare (work is prayer) - John Ruskin
Julkane   Intermediate PA USA Member since 9/14/07 Posts: 448	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 12/9/12 9:30 AM Also remember that the higher the thread count, the less ability for the cotton to breath. So if you are one of those 'hot' ladies, you stay cooler with lower thread count. ------ Elna Excellence 740, Pfaff Quilt expression 4.0, Janome 300E, Brother 8500D, Janome 900CPX CoverPro, Brother 5234 Project Runway Serger, Singer Treadle http://juliannasjourney.blogspot.com/
diane s Intermediate OR USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 3919	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 12/9/12 11:48 AM Percale is really hard to find these days. I found a set at Tuesday Morning for $35.00, Penneys has a poly/cotton blend percale that don't wrinkle, but I think they're only in sets. You might be able to make the top sheet into a fitted depending on the mattress thickness. ------ My grandmother taught me to sew when I was 10, and I've been sewing ever since.
sewsally   Intermediate WA USA Member since 8/18/02 Posts: 1206	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 12/9/12 12:02 PM I found some nice 400 and 600 count cotton sets(queen) at Kohl's last year for less than $50. Nice and smooth and comfortable. I like the 400 TC the best.
aliann1   Intermediate CO USA Member since 12/8/07 Posts: 233	Login to reply to this post In reply to Julkane << 1 member likes this. Date: 12/9/12 1:18 PM I didn't think about the sheets with the higher thread counts being too hot. That's good to know.
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9417	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sew Cool << Like this post Date: 12/9/12 2:16 PM I remember once seeing an episode of "The Shopping Bags" (a Canadian TV show where they test products) where people were given the choice between different 100% cotton sheets, ranging from lower thread-count to super-high thread-count -- they didn't show them the labels, just let them lie down on the sheets to see what they thought. Almost everyone picked a medium-high count sheet because it had the right balance of softness and crispness. It wasn't the most expensive one -- it was mid-priced. Most people didn't like the highest-count one nearly as well, because it wasn't as soft. -- Edited on 12/9/12 2:20 PM -- ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
Irene   Intermediate CA USA Member since 1/4/03 Posts: 930	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/9/12 2:56 PM A few years ago, when I was seeking inexpensive flat sheets, Ikea had just what I needed: neutral colored cotton sheets, sold as individual "components" (flat sheets, fitted sheets, pillowcases in separate packages).
Doris W. in TN   Intermediate TN USA Member since 2/9/04 Posts: 6803	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sew Cool << Like this post Date: 12/9/12 6:41 PM A year or more ago, I bought two sets of new Percale sheets from LL Bean. They've done very nicely. LLBean Percale Fitted I did a "Search" of the Message Boards here using the word Percale, and found a few old discussions about sheets. That's how I learned about these. There was another online/catalog vendor, perhaps The Company Store(?), that PR members liked their Percale sheets. You might want to give the search function here a try.

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