Sateen bedding set
Sateen 400 · 3 colours
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- Designed in Finland
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Silky, fluid, warm
Cotton sateen is a smooth fabric with a slight sheen that drapes softly and feels warm on the skin. Our sateen is GOTS-certified organic cotton with a thread count of 400, woven in Portugal from long-staple combed cotton. The bedding is also sewn in Portugal and designed in Finland. In sateen we make a bedding set in Helmi (pearl white), Särkkä (sand) and Ulappa (navy blue). It suits you especially if you get cold easily or like a smooth surface that looks neat without ironing. Sateen is washed at 60°C inside out, and the fabric is also certified to OEKO-TEX Standard 100.
Sateen 400 · 3 colours
from €99.00
Cotton sateen is woven in a sateen weave, where the yarn goes over four threads and under one. The long lengths of yarn left on the surface make the fabric smooth with a slight sheen. Sateen drapes softly over the duvet, and it feels warmer and silkier on the skin than percale.
The word sateen is often confused with silk or polyester satin. Our sateen is 100% cotton, and its sheen comes from the weave. That is why it breathes like cotton and washes like cotton, and it doesn't feel plasticky or sweaty.
Sateen suits you if you get cold easily, like a smooth surface or want a sheet that looks neat on the bed without ironing. Sateen creases less than percale and linen. If you sleep very hot, percale or linen may feel cooler. Sateen is also a good choice for a cool bedroom and long winter evenings.
Our sateen has a thread count of 400. A sateen weave holds more threads than a plain weave, so sateen usually has a higher thread count than percale. 400 is a balance: the fabric is soft and dense, but not heavy. Very high thread counts, over 600 say, are often reached with multi-ply yarn, which doesn't make the fabric any more durable. Read more about thread count.
Our sateen is GOTS-certified organic cotton, woven in Portugal from long-staple combed cotton. GOTS requires organic farming and covers the environmental and labour requirements of the whole production chain. The fabric is also certified to OEKO-TEX Standard 100. The long fibre makes the yarn smooth, which matters for sateen, because the yarn shows on the surface.
Wash sateen bedding at 60°C inside out to keep the surface smooth. Avoid a hard spin and an overfull drum. Line dry or tumble dry on a normal setting. The sheen lasts best if you iron or mangle the bedding damp on a medium setting, but sateen also looks neat without ironing.
Sateen is a winter fabric. On long, cold nights its smooth surface feels warm as soon as you get into bed, and the sheet doesn't feel cool the way percale does. In summer, sateen can feel stuffy if you sleep hot, so many people switch to linen or percale then. If you want one set of bedding all year round and you feel the cold, sateen is a good choice.
Our sateen bedding is designed in Helsinki and sewn in Portugal. The duvet cover has a hidden button placket with wooden buttons and ties in the inside corners, and the pillowcases have an envelope closure.
In sateen we make a bedding set in Helmi, Särkkä and Ulappa. You can see all our cotton bedding on the cotton bedding page. Compare sateen and percale in our guide.
Bedding woven in a sateen weave. Our sateen is 100% cotton, not silk or polyester.
Sateen feels warmer than percale or linen, because its dense, smooth surface lets less air through.
Long-staple combed cotton pills very little. Wash sateen inside out and avoid hard rubbing.
A little. The sheen is subtle and comes from the weave.
Percale stands up to friction slightly better because its weave is tighter. Looked after well, both last for years.
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