Sizes of single bedding for children and adults

When choosing bed linen, many are guided by the color, softness and natural origin of the material. But all these and a number of other parameters are immediately depreciated if the appropriate dimensions are not selected.

The typical sizes of single bedding are indicated in the Russian state standard. The tables indicate that duvet covers can be 210x150, or 214x146, or 220x150, or 248x215 centimeters. Deviations of more than 5 cm are considered unacceptable, this immediately takes the product out of the frame of high-quality products. Sheets can be 203x120 or 214x120 cm in size. But the sizes (in cm) are also recognized as standard:

• 210x160;
• 215x150;
• 210x160;
• 260x180.

Pull-on sheets do not have such a dimensional grid. They fit strictly under the mattress.

Three types of pillowcases are allowed:

• 60x60;
• 70x50;
• 70x70.

The approach to bedding (their dimensions) in Europe differs markedly from that adopted in Russia. There they recognize only sheets 200x240 and 240x280 cm. As for the European-style duvet covers, the most common type has a length of 2.2 and a width of 2 m. Both figures can increase by 5 or 25 centimeters. A typical set includes a pair of rectangular pillowcases (50x70) or square (70x70).

Items labeled "Baby Bed" / "Crib" will include 40x60 pillowcases. An ordinary sheet in them will have a size of 120x170. Equipped with elastic band - 60x120, duvet cover 100x120, mattress 56x118 centimeters.

The largest sets - "Double" / "Full", include:

• pillowcases 51x76 or 65x65 centimeters;
• classic sheets 229x274;
• duvet covers 200x220;
• sheets with elastic bands 140x90;
• mattresses - the same 140x190 centimeters.

The choice of bed linen that would suitably serve in childhood is a very difficult task. When determining its dimensions, you need to look so that the sheet does not expose the mattress, and the blanket does not roll into a lump. Newborns need to buy duvet covers 100x145 or 110x145 centimeters in size. The pillowcase should have sides of 40 and 60 centimeters, respectively.

When the baby is moved to a more solid bed, the duvet cover expands. Its dimensions are already 110x150 or 112x147 cm. Kindergarten students use duvet covers 115x150 or 120x150 centimeters in size. But the pillowcase retains its original dimensions (40 x 60 cm).

All such recommendations are only indicative. In the process of sewing work in factories, a deviation of 5 cm in one direction or another is allowed. EU and US made lingerie will invariably be even bigger.

Some of the kits for babies may include a mattress. Most of these mattresses are 120x60 centimeters in size. The height of the pillows is usually 2 cm.The set may also include bumpers, the dimensions of which are 60x36 cm.

Consumer demands are not always met by standard textiles. Quite often you have to take laundry that deviates from the standard sizes. Suffice it to say that individual manufacturers supply kits and individual items that differ by 10-15 cm in one direction or another.But in the full sense of the word, bed linen, which is made in Western European countries and the United States, can also be called non-standard for the Russian consumer.

For information on how to determine the size of the laundry you need, see the following video.