Duvet covers

JackyB, I was about to post the You Tube video! I think it is worth showing again. It works for me on the odd occasion that I use a duvet. Being a hot body I sleep with only a sheet over me for most of the year.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRPfudNNd8Y

Sounds good Ailsa. Must look for that. Japanese idea sounds good too. I think a topsheet might help keep it clean although I don't find them comfortable. I only use a top sheet in summer so I can throw the duvet off if its warm.
I don't change my duvet cover every week anyway - we haven't the energy and I don't see the need.

Someone will post a link to that Youtube clip soon where they show you how to put on a duvet cover by rolling up the duvet first.

I never understood it, but those who do say it's brilliant, no effort, and much quicker.

I always wash the duvet cover inside out, put my hands in and grab the corners of the duvet and then shake it over the banisters so that the cover drops down in position. It's a bit of an effort in winter with the heavier duvet, but basically it's easy that way.

Most new washing machines these days take a larger load, so with one of those you can wash your own duvets.

Ironing, ironing? Last time I ironed anything, I had to dust the iron to start off with! I dry my sheets very carefully, finishing them off in the tumble drier, and then I fold them judiciously and put them at the bottom of the pile of sheets. By the time I've worked my way though them all (I came back from abroad with seven giant sheets and twenty four - twenty four - pillowcases!) they are suitably uncreased, hehe!

I stopped using Duvets, because they were difficult to change the covers, and also duvets were too hot for me anyway, so I changed to a microfibre reversible Comforter. It's brilliant, weighs next to nothing, no need for a cover because you buy the colour you want to match your room and it keeps keeps me warm, despite being so thin. In the winter I only need to put a fleece blanket on top of the comforter and it's more than warm enough.

Sue......100% cotton sheets are a no-no for me. Too much ironing ?

CrazyH I have some enormous 100% cotton sheets from when we lived abroad and had a seven foot wide bed. They don't move anywhere - in fact, you could probably camp in them, haha!

we've gone all Continental - so for our superking bed, with have 2 small double duvets- no-one pulling to themselves, and much much easier to change with the corners and inside out method.

My friend used to do the same as Sue and a couple of others here. I tried it, but I found it quite time consuming . The top sheet would slip all over the place. So I just have a duvet, with a cover, which I was every week,along with the bottom fitted sheet.

I now use a top sheet between the duvet cover and me. I bought a new, wool, duvet a couple of years back and it's so heavy that I struggle to change the cover. I bought a very nice cover and that stays on the bed.

I don't intend to change the duvet cover very often - I recalled that when I was a child we'd had sheets and blankets and whilst the sheets were changed every week, the blankets got an annual wash, if they were lucky!

I think M&S do cover less duvets

I saw a hotel room in Japan - they have duvet covers that make the bed look like the top of an opened tissue box - the opening showed a patterned duvet, so all you need to do is put the corners in. I hate changing m,y cover too, I end up trapped inside it half the time

I used a duvet with no cover for ages. I took it to the launderette and it came up absolutely gorgeous!
I then carried on using it with no cover.

The cover annoyed me and it was lovely sleeping without.

Who cares if it gets a bit grubby and I don't think they get that bad. I washed the fitted bottom sheet and pillow cases every week and all was well and blissful.

It smells fresh and if I think things have gone too far I'll nip to the launderette again. I just love that duvet and it feels much softer with no cover and wraps round my body perfectly cosily.