I usually only buy white or ivory sheets, 100 cotton but,  I wanted pretty sheets like the ones my mom used to put on her bed.  Well,  these are pretty but nothing like moms (which,  btw, I still have one of her fitted sheets,  its 40 years old and still soft and smooth with no pilling). These sheets pilled after the first wash and are now just too scratchy to be used for anything other than dog beds and plant cover come winter.