So beautiful!! and the texture is amazing. A soft, smooth texture. I have never had a better quilt. You can really take a gamble on ordering quilts...I know, b/c I've got a lot of duds. It is a great weight. I hate heavy blankets...but I like to layer them in the winter. It's not so light that it will blow away (I have a light weight quilt...what's the purpose??). We actually use it all year long. I add an extra blnkt in the winter, and in the summer we have just a top sheet underneath (I could definitely forego the top sheet....but, we don't roll that way!). It is just such a nice fabric...I really don't know how to explain it. SO WORTH ordering and seeing what you think. And the colors are really cool (I have the one w/ the red in it)..it's very pretty.