We’re confident that once you’ve purchased 100% Egyptian Cotton Bedsheets that you will never want to purchase another inferior set of sheets again! To help you figure out what to do with all of your old sheet sets, we’ve been doing a series called “Recycle Old Bedsheets” that features creative sheet uses from around the globe.

Idea #2: Donate Them

You could take your old bedsheets and donate them to a local animal shelter.

Donate old sheets and towels to a local animal shelter. Most shelters will accept old blankets, bath towels, hand towels, sheets, pillows, pillowcases, bathroom rugs and t-shirts. Shelters use these for lining pet cages, cleaning up messes, drying off wet dogs, providing warm bedding, and covering kennel doors when pets need a rest from the light. Most shelters are under-served in this area, so any extra help is greatly appreciated.

Before you donate all of your sheets, make sure you’ve ordered a brand-new set of gorgeous, high quality 100% Egyptian Cotton Bedsheets. We know you won’t be disappointed!

Our Split King Sheets sets are the highest quality sheets you will find for your Split King bed! At 600 thread count, 100% Egyptian Cotton – they will last for years and become more and more comfortable over time! Whether you’ve got an adjustable bed or simply a split king, these sheets will be perfect for your needs.

While there are great benefits to a Split King bed, finding a top quality sheet set for a split mattress was often a challenge, until now! A Split King is often used when a mattress is very thick, since two mattresses are much easier to transport and move, and it allows each person sleeping on the bed to have a unique fitted sheet. A split king bed is composed of two mattresses. The bedding includes a fitted sheet for each mattress and one flat sheet that covers both.

The split king bed (also known as “dual king”) is the same size as a regular king bed. The only difference is that it consists of two separate mattresses that each measure 38 x 80 inches — instead of just one large one.

• 600 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Split King Sheets
• Includes 1 King Flat Sheet and 2 Twin Extra Long Fitted Sheets
• Navy Blue and Black colors only

Sizing:

• 1 King Flat Sheet: 110″ X 104″
• 2 Twin Extra Long Fitted Sheets: 38″ X 80″ (Deep Pocket up 18 inches)
• 2 King Pillow Cases: 21″ x 40″
• Fitted with elastic all around for proper fit.
• Machine wash and dry
• Imported

Product Details:

Ready for real luxury? Woven from 100% Egyptian Cotton, these indulgently soft, 600 thread count sheets are exquisitely designed and expertly tailored to provide the ultimate night’s sleep. Nothing but the sweetest dreams await. Available in a variety of subtle, sophisticated colors that coordinate with a variety of bedding collections. Egyptian Cotton is extremely durable and will get softer through many years of use. Egyptian cotton is world renowned for its superior quality, with long staple fibers that enable a tighter weave, extra softness, more luster, and greater durability. Our sheets have been mercerized to increase their luster and help ensure that their color holds through years of washing.

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Our 100% Egyptian Cotton sheets are so wonderful that you won’t need to fold them – you’ll pull them straight from the dryer and put them back onto the bed!

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Here is a comparison of our towel to a regular cotton towel from a big box store.

This is what our towel set looks like in the package:

Close up of our label (900 GSM 100% Egyptian Cotton):

Our hand towel is significantly bigger and thicker than the big box store towel:

{Yes, these are both hand towels!}

You can see the labels from each – our towel is much higher quality and larger:

Our bath towel shown below the big box store towel – it is bigger, thicker and much higher quality:

As you can see, your 100% Egyptian Cotton investment is worth every penny! When compared side by side, there is no comparison. Once you’ve experienced the quality and beauty of our Egyptian Cotton towels, you will never use a sub-standard towel again!

Visit www.egyptiancottonbedsheets.com TODAY to pick out your colors!

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Idea #1: Clothing

You could take your old bedsheets and fashion them into clothing.

In July 2010, Craftster.org challenged their readers:

“The Craft Challenge this month was Bed Sheet Getup. The challenge was to use one or more bed sheets to create a piece of clothing (or even an entire outfit, if you were really inspired!)!”

The members of Craftster used their creativity to come up with some pretty amazing creations! You can find a list of links to the final products HERE. Here are a few photos of creative entries:

Skirt made from plaid flannel sheet

A pinkish colored King sheet formed the underskirt...

Lady Gaga inspired wedding dress

Anna Feng Steampunk Avatrix out of bedsheets

Before you start cutting and sewing your old bedsheets, make sure you’ve ordered a brand-new set of gorgeous, high quality 100% Egyptian Cotton Bedsheets. We know you won’t be disappointed!

For all of your holiday purchases, use the coupon code: HH15 to receive 15% off!

Be sure to check our Specials page for even more discounts!

Christmas Bedroom from www.abeachcottage.com

1. Warm, not Hot or Cold

When washing your 100% Egyptian Cotton bed linens, you should use a proper water temperature to ensure the sheets remain in mint condition. How do you find the perfect water temperature? Place your hand in flow of water. If it’s uncomfortable to touch, it is too warm and you need to turn it to a lower temperature.

2. Gentle

Fine linens should be washed separately from other items and washed on the gentle cycle. They do not require as much agitation as dirtier, rougher fabrics and should be treated with kindness.

100% Egyptian Cotton bed linens are made of all natural cotton fibers, which can be damaged by washing in too hot of water or by not properly caring for them.

Our 100% Egyptian Cotton products are made of high quality fabric that will last for generations!

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Seif Kamel has written a fascinating article about purchasing Egyptian Cotton from Egypt on the www.touregypt.net website. In the article, he included a section called “History of Cotton in Egypt”. We think you will be interested in knowing where the cotton used to manufacture our 100% Egyptian Cotton products comes from. Please enjoy this excerpt from his article:

“Although some scholars argue that cotton was planted in Egypt thousands of years ago, it is almost certain that the high quality Egyptian cotton that is so popular around the world now was not known to the ancient Egyptians.

Irregardless of whether cotton was present in more ancient times, it was Mohammed Ali, often referred to as the founder of modern Egypt, who introduced, in 1822, the commercial production of cotton in Egypt. Indeed, Egypt already had a native cotton, known as baladi, prior to 1822, but what was desperately needed by the cotton mills of Europe was a superior quality of cotton which could stand ginning and milling and emerge strong enough and with a staple fine enough to be woven into high quality cloth.

Between 1818 and 1819, a Frenchman named Jumel, who had been to America and knew something about cotton, tried to persuade Mohammed Ali that an Ethiopian cotton called Maho, after a Turkish bey who grew it in his garden, could revolutionize the whole agricultural output of Egypt. Though Mohammed Ali wasn’t convinced, Jamel and a local merchant planted a plot of the Maho cotton nearby the Heliopolis obelisk  By 1820 they had shipped three bales of it to Trieste, which convinced Mohammed Ali enough to put Jamel in charge of his own cotton plantations.

In 1822 some Americans arrived in Cairo to show Mohammed Ali a “Whitney Saw-gin” cotton gin, but he chose instead to buy a roller gin. However, that machine did not work for the Egyptians, because the fellah’s (peasant) hands and feet were cheaper. Though the introduction of cotton hardly went smoothly in Egypt, Mohammed Ali nevertheless saw in it the gold mine he had been seeking. All cotton in Egypt belonged to him, and he began to extend the crop all over the Delta. Mohammed Ali began to sell the whole crop each year at a fixed price, and capital flowed into Egypt.

What this gradual concentration on a single crop eventually did to Egypt’s economy can hardly be measured even today. It was not simply a commodity, because it created a new European interest in possessing Egypt, and it began the process of turning Egypt into a single crop colonial country, tied as a source of raw material to the apron strings of European manufacturing. However, at this point, it was Mohammed Ali himself who controlled the huge sums of cash that the cotton generated.

However, it was cotton that also brought the credit system to Cairo. European banks enticed Mohammad Ali and his successors to borrow, and often at exorbitant rates of interest. It seems that they needed more money than the cotton generated in order to industrialize and modernize Egypt.

This went on for some time, and the country of Egypt was modernized to a significant extent. And even though Egypt had gotten itself into debt with the Europeans, it was perhaps a manageable burden.

However, the American Civil War erupted in 1861, which effectively ended the supply of American cotton for a period of time. This created an amazing escalation in price for Egyptian cotton. Exports of it rose from about $16 million dollars in 1862 to $56 million dollars in 1864.

By this time, Egypt was ruled by Ismail, Mohammed Ali‘s grandson. Ismail had been educated in France and had traveled extensively in Europe, and he wanted Cairo to rival the modern quarters of Paris. He created would come to be known as the  “Paris on the Nile,” and with the increased cotton exports, he spent money like never before. Of course, he also opened another resource, built with Egyptian money and blood, that Europeans thirsted for, and that was the Suez Canal.

In the end, one might say that cotton failed Egypt, since after the American Civil War, the US reentered the market. However, it really was not the fault of cotton, but the wealth that it promised which was to blame for Egypt’s colonization by Europe. The rulers of Egypt, and perhaps especially Ismail, spent more, and took out more loans from European bankers, often with terribly unjust terms, than they could ever repay. So Egypt succumbed to Europe without a single shot being fired. In 1879, Britain and France did what they had been waiting to do for a long time. They simply repossessed Egypt, telling Ismail to abdicate, which he did. However, cotton did change the face of Egypt, and allowed it to move into the modern world, though it was now controlled by Europeans, and would be until 1952. Even today, cotton remains a major cash crop in Egypt, and it’s fame is likely to keep it that way for many years to come. ”

If you enjoyed this article, please visit www.touregypt.net for more valuable information about Egypt.

If you would like to experience high quality, 100% Egyptian Cotton for yourself, please visit our website to purchase bedsheets, towels, bathrobes and other Egyptian Cotton products.