I purchased these sheets to replace a very expensive set of sheets that finally had gotten so bad I had to toss them. The sheets looked and felt very nice out of the package. I always wash sheets before placing them on the bed. When they came out of the washer the red piping had bled onto the white sheets everywhere there was piping. The piping runs around the flat sheet and around the pillow cases. I now have white, pink and red sheets. The overall quality of the material is o.k. I would not purchase these sheets again based on the bleeding of color.