Fabric is not a normal cotton to the touch. Not sure how it will be once washed. But I was most disappointed with the quality of the red sheets: there were thread pulled areas all over the sheets (meaning, there was color missing from apparent thread pulled/snagged prior to delivery). This was not a one time occurrence either.  Several different places on the combination of 2 sheets there was this defect. I was planning to give as a gift, but could not do that with defects in it.