UPDATE!!  Was a little 'iffy' on this quilt initially due to the smell and the fact that it looked like of 'plasticky"....however, it washes beautifully and is nice and light for summer cover.....Am pleased  Not sure what to give this Quilt set.  It is lovely, exactly what I wanted design and colour-wise, and it's light.  However, unpacking it, it had a strange plastic smell.  I washed it as instructed and hung it out to dry on the line (live about a football field away from the ocean so the breezes and fresh).  It still smelled the 1st day but seems less so now.  However, in closer inspection of the pillow sham inside, it almost looks like plastic or foam laminated onto cloth.  So, the jury is still out on this item...my fear is it won't last any time but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and perhaps review again later.