Flannel Duvet Covers

Flannel is the duvet cover for cold months and cool sleepers. Pick this if your bedroom runs cold or you want brushed-cotton softness against your skin. Match the size to your bed: flannel duvet cover queen and flannel duvet cover king options are both available.

If your bedroom runs warm year-round, flannel will be too much for spring and summer. Keep it as your winter duvet cover and rotate to percale or sateen for warmer months.

Flannel is cotton (sometimes wool, but ours is cotton) brushed on one or both sides to raise the fibre and create a soft, fuzzy surface. The brushing traps air, which is why flannel feels warmer than plain woven cotton.

The weight is measured in grams per square metre (gsm). Heavier flannel feels warmer and lasts longer.

For most climates, yes. Flannel works best from autumn through early spring. By April, most people switch to percale or sateen for the warmer months.

If you live somewhere properly cold, a flannel duvet cover can serve you year-round.

Flannel is brushed and warm. Percale is plain-woven, crisp, and cool. Sateen is satin-woven, smooth, and slightly warmer than percale but cooler than flannel.

For a cold bedroom, flannel duvet cover. For a hot one, percale. For drape and silkiness, sateen.

Every flannel duvet cover is woven, brushed, and sewn in Portugal, in the same Lintexport mill we've been running since 1967. Brushing is what makes flannel flannel, and we do it ourselves, in the right gsm for warmth and durability.

Our flannel duvet covers come in sizes for 140, 160, 180, and 200 cm beds, including flannel duvet cover queen (152 cm) and flannel duvet cover king (193 cm) sizes for North American shoppers. Match the size to your bed, not your duvet.

Wash warm (30-40°C) with mild detergent. No bleach and no fabric softener, since softener mats the brushed fibres and reduces flannel's warmth. Tumble dry low to keep the loft up; long line drying alone leaves flannel a little stiff.