Pillowcases in Bulk for Hotels, Hospitals and Laundries

Which closure keeps the pillow in the case?

A tuck or an inside flap. Both fold back over the end of the pillow and hold it in place. The pillow stays in the case in use and in the laundry.

Both add a layer of fabric and one more seam. The laundry also has more to press at the open end. A plain open end is quicker to make up and folds flatter. But nothing holds the pillow once the bed is disturbed.

Housewife or oxford?

Housewife is stitched close to the pillow with no border. Oxford carries a flat fabric border on all four sides. Name the style you want on the order.

The border is fabric with no pillow behind it. So an oxford case is larger. It has to be pressed flat to sit square on the bed. Housewife gives the laundry less to press. Both styles can be made in the same fabric as the rest of the bed.

How do you match pillowcases to sheets you already buy?

Send a sample of the wholesale pillowcases you buy now. We read the fabric and the construction from the sample. If your hotel pillow cases must sit beside stock from another mill, a sample settles it. If you cannot send a sample, give us the blend, the thread count, the weave and the Pantone reference.

White is not one shade. Two whites dyed in different mills can look different on the same bed. So agree the Pantone reference before production starts.

How many covers per bed should you order?

That number comes from your wash cycle, not from the pillowcase. Count the pillows on each bed. Then decide how many full changes you want in laundry, in transport and in reserve at any time.

Where you can, put the whole rotation of bulk pillowcases on one order. Every case is then made together. We keep your spec on file, so a repeat order is made to the same measurements years later.

Who orders pillowcases in bulk?

Buyers who make up the same bed many times over. The case is changed far more often than the pillow under it.

• Hotels and serviced apartments, where hotel pillowcases have to match the rest of the bed.
• Wards and care homes, ordering hospital pillowcases for the pillows already in service.
• Laundries, which need commercial pillowcases to drop straight into an existing rotation.
• Store programmes, which take wholesale pillow covers bagged singly for the shelf.

What else goes on the bed?

Sheets on the same spec. Our flat sheets and fitted sheets use the same fabrics, thread counts and weaves. One Pantone reference then runs across the bed. The same pillow cover manufacturer makes both, so nothing is matched by eye.

Duvet covers, comforters, pillow protectors and mattress protection sit in the full bed linen range.