These are the kind of bed spreads you find in hotels - the material is soft as others have mentioned. It's a middle weight so not too warm for use in the summer. The kind size is not cut the way I like - ie: the spread doesn't fall on the sides much below my mattress, I like it to fall to the bottom of the bed frame. Overall it's a good product and I will purchase again for our queen in the guest room (a king so it's nice and over sized to cover to the bottom of the frame, not mid mattress.