Quilt Buying Guide: Tips For a Good Night's Sleep

Our quality of sleep is essential to both our physical and mental health, and the bedding we choose plays a key role in the quality of our sleep. So, for the benefit of our health and wellbeing, it's a good idea to make sure your bedding is comfortable and adheres to your sleep needs. Bedding refers to a number of elements that combine to create your bedding arrangement, and quilts are arguably one of the most important elements when it comes to making your bed. A quilt acts as a covering for when you're sleeping and helps you feel comfy and cosy when snuggled up for the evening. With so many different types out there, this guide will detail everything you need to know about quilts, including their sizing and how to care for them.

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• What is a Quilt?
• Types Of Quilts: Different Compositions and Materials
• Convenient and Cosy: Washable Wool
• Versatile Pieces: Cotton And Polyester
• Fluffy Bedding: Feather And Down Quilts
• Breathable Bamboo Quilts
• What Is The Best Quilt For Allergy Sufferers?
• Quilt Size Guide: What Size Quilt Should You Choose?
• Cleaning Your Quilt: How to Wash a Quilt
• What Other Bedding Do I Need?

What is a Quilt

Before diving into the different types of quilts available, it's important to understand what a quilt is and the role it plays in your bedding. First and foremost, a quilt is a bed covering traditionally made of a filling concealed between two pieces of fabric stitched together. It is used to provide warmth and comfort when sleeping and can be constructed from a range of materials.

Types Of Quilts: Different Compositions and Materials

Types and designs of quilts vary in terms of their composition, ensuring that regardless of your sleeping habits or the weather conditions, there is a quilt that is suitable for your sleep cycle. We've detailed the most common types of quilts below, as well as the benefits each type brings.

Convenient and Cosy: Washable Wool

Washable wool quilts feature a specially treated wool filling that helps to regulate your temperature, bringing you comfort all year round. The functional construction of the filling offers a convenient cleaning, with the washable wool filling built to withstand a cleaning cycle within a washing machine, simplifying your maintenance routine.

Our KOO Washable Australian Wool Quilt, in particular, features a washable Australian wool filling that guarantees an easy maintenance routine due to it being machine washable. This filling also offers superior temperature regulation, and when paired with the natural cotton cover, brings greater comfort and breathability. Made in Australia, it's constructed with a medium weight that's perfect for all seasons.

Versatile Pieces: Cotton and Polyester

This type of quilt typically refers to a quilt constructed with a cotton cover and a polyester filling. This composition results in comfortable quilts that are lightweight and easy to care for.

The KOO All Seasons Quilt is one such quilt that features a natural cotton cover, a polyester filling and a medium weight that's perfect for all seasons. Easy to care for, it is machine washable, allowing you to conveniently wash your quilt to maintain your bedding hygiene.

Fluffy Bedding: Feather And Down Quilts

Feather and down quilts refer to a filling that consists of either feathers from ducks or geese, or down also collected from ducks and geese, but with a smaller and fluffier look. You can find feather, down and a mixture of both feather and down quilts for the best of both compositions. This make up results in a plush, lightweight quilt that is breathable and temperature regulating, so these quilts will keep you warm in the colder months while regulating your temperature throughout the warmer summer nights for a comfortable night's sleep. This type of quilt is known for being extremely soft and cosy - no matter the climate.

Breathable Bamboo Quilts

Bamboo is a naturally lightweight material and when used in the construction of a quilt, results in a bed covering that is breathable while providing you with temperature regulation properties. Durable and easy to care for, bamboo quilts are hypoallergenic, making them a great option for allergy sufferers or for those with sensitive skin.

Bamboo also brings about a luxurious silky smoothy feel, as seen with the KOO Bamboo Blend Quilt. This quilt is soft and breathable with a medium weight that makes it perfect for all seasons. With a machine washable construction, this quilt is easy to clean. Here at KOO, we love all things bamboo. Find out more about our bamboo range, including our favourite bamboo bed sheets, towels and decor pieces, by reading through our helpful styling guide.

What Is The Best Quilt For Allergy Sufferers?

Allergy sufferers may find it difficult obtain a good night's sleep throughout the allergy season, often awakened by a spike in their allergy symptoms. Those with sensitive skin may also experience a disrupted sleep cycle because of uncomfortable bedding. In these cases, it's best to shop for a hypoallergenic quilt that is specifically designed to repel common contributors to the symptoms of skin conditions and allergies, such as mould and bacteria. Quilts like the Ever Rest Deluxe Fibre Quilt, with a hypoallergenic filling that is machine washable, help relieve the symptoms of allergy sufferers and assist them in getting a good night's sleep.

Quilt Size Guide: What Size Quilt Should You Choose?

Quilts are available in corresponding sizes to mattresses, as identified in the below table:

However, if you find that you are a more restless sleeper and move around a lot in your sleep or you are sharing a bed with a partner, it's a good idea to size up when shopping for a quilt. For instance, if you have a queen bed, shop for a king quilt. This difference in size will allow your quilt to drape elegantly over your bed, oozing a cosy ambience and promoting comfort.

Cleaning Your Quilt: How To Wash A Quilt

When planning how to wash a quilt, make sure to read any provided instructions and follow the guide carefully to maintain the quality of your quilt. Some quilts, like the Ever Rest Washable Wool Quilt with its soft and breathable cotton Japara cover, can be machine washed for a convenient clean. In the case where your quilts are able to be machine washed, they typically involve washing on a gentle, cold-water cycle with mild washing detergent.

If your quilt is not machine washable, other popular approaches you can take in washing your quilt involve handwashing it in your bathtub or taking your quilt to the drycleaners for a professional clean.

What Other Bedding Do I Need?

As mentioned previously, your quilt is just one element that makes up your selection of bedding, contributing to a good night's sleep. To complete your bedding and bed linen arrangement, there are a few other essentials you'll need to ensure a good night's sleep, such as:

Fitted Sheets

Featuring an elasticated border that fits snuggly over your mattress, these sheets are designed to protect your mattress from spills and mess helping to prolong the life of your mattress. Fitted sheets like the KOO 300 Thread Count Fitted Sheet are available in a range of colour options and provide the perfect foundation to your bed linen and are available in a range of sizes to suit a variety of mattress sizes.

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Flat Sheets

Flat sheets act as a barrier between you and your quilt and provide a lightweight bed covering, perfect for layering in the winter months and providing you with a breathable bed covering in the warmer months. Flat sheets such as the KOO 300 Thread Count Flat Sheet bring a sense of luxury to your bed with their thread count and their solid colour tones. Pull your quilt cover back to expose the elegance of your flat sheet and elevate your bedroom styling.

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Quilt Covers

Available in so many patterns and colour options, quilt covers help to protect your quilt and maintain its quality, all while bringing style to your bedroom. You can also choose from a range of different compositions such as the KOO Chambray Cotton Quilt Cover Set, made from a lightweight chambray cotton fabric, and the KOO Bamboo Linen Quilt Cover Set, made from lightweight, breathable bamboo linen. Both quilt covers are also able to be machine washed for a convenient clean. Quilt cover sets like these two often feature coordinating pillowcases, providing you with a cohesive bed linen arrangement in one handy set that protects both your quilt and your pillows.

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Pillows

When sleeping, it's important that your head is elevated with a pillow to maintain alignment for your head, neck and spine. With so many different types of pillows out there, you'll be sure to find the perfect pillow for your firmness preferences. You can also shop from a range of different sizes. Standard sized pillows are the typical choice for sleepers. Our KOO Standard Pillow offers a medium profile and feel that is ideal for back sleepers. Made in Australia, the natural cotton cover provides a greater level of comfort helping you to rest and unwind. Pillows can also be used to bring dimension to your bedding. Larger pillows like our KOO European Pillow are ideal for decoration, while also providing extra support when sitting in bed. Made with a natural cotton cover and a polyester fill, this European pillow is machine washable and easy to care for.

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Pillow Protectors

Just like how quilt covers protect your quilt and how a mattress protector protects your mattress, pillow protectors help to protect your pillows. Pillow protectors are a shielding cover that maintain the quality of your pillows. Our KOO Standard Pillow Protector protects against dust and spills, extending the lifespan of your pillow. Soft & breathable, this pillow protector also features a zip closure, making it easy to remove and wash when needed.

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Sleep Soundly With a Cosy Quilt From KOO

Quilts are essential to your bedding and are integral in obtaining a good quality night's sleep. With a range of compositions and sizes to choose from, you can find the best quilt for your bed right here at KOO. Shop our full range bedding and bed linen - including quilts and quilt covers - online and enjoy the convenience of home delivery.

You can find out more about the other bedding and bed linen essentials you need for a peaceful night's sleep by reading through our helpful buying guide.

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