Hi All,
Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I had out-of-town guests in for my husband’s 50th birthday party I threw for him on Saturday. (It was a great time!)
In getting ready for our guests I put away all the flannel sheets and got out the spring/summer ones. In our guest room I use sheets from Vera Wang that I bought at Kohl’s. The “SimplyVera” sheets are 100% Egyptian cotton. I bought them because they have a beautiful cuff of lavender silk along the edge of the pillow cases and the flat sheet. The lavender coordinates beautifully with the wall color.
While in theory the sheets are beautiful, in reality they are a nightmare! Coming off the winter where I was using “wash and wear” flannel sheets, I am in sheet shock with my seasonal 100% cotton sheets. The ones on our bed are 100% organic cotton and they fair no better than Vera’s. WRINKLES, WRINKLES, WRINKLES! Why don’t they put just a bit of polyester into the sheets to prevent the wrinkles?
I can’t believe that Vera Wang would put her name on products that are not very user friendly. If I was putting my name on these sheets, I would have taken them home and used them. Maybe I’m in the minority but I do not have time to IRON SHEETS. (Perhaps the “real wives” of TV fame have maids or house keepers do the tedious task but at my house, I AM the maid!)
After nearly two hours of trying to iron the wrinkles out of the sheets, I added Downy’s Wrinkle Releaser to my shopping list. It’s amazing how the tedious task of ironing jogged my memory as to how I dealt with the wrinkles last year. Not that the wrinkle releaser takes care of the wrinkles completely, but it cuts down on the amount of ironing I have to do.
I’m curious – what kind of sheets do you use? How do you deal with the wrinkle issues of 100% Egyptian cotton?
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I buy the highest thread count available. Generally they are always 100% cotton, sometimes organic or bamboo or egyptian – depends on what’s on sale. I just iron them wrinkles right out. But, I do have a steam setting on my washer and wrinkle releaser on my dryer if need be. But, I love to iron, so I’ve never fretted about it. And I too am the maid. LOL
To be honest if they are comfy who cares about the wrinkles…one night of sleeping on them they are probably a bit wrinkled anyway??? Maybe I am wrong on this??? I am a FLUFF girl if a FLUFF doesn’t get the wrinkles out I am in trouble!! LOL!!
Not these sheets – they are wrinkle farms! FLUFF does not do it. I know they will get wrinkled when guests sleep in them but they are used wrinkles. I mean, how would you like to go to a hotel and instead of seeing nice crisp sheets you see wrinkled ones. Not good.
My solution? Guests have to sleep in the tree house or in the little building outside! ;o)
Hey there….I have a great set of sheets with a very high thread count (not sure of the count because I found them at the thrift store….brand new and the best sheets I’ve ever had)! I wash them weekly and then dry by themselves. After they finish drying I put the bed together and I don’t have wrinkles. I think the secret is the thread count.
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