touch and greater comfort than sheeting material made with large amounts of synthetic material it is also comparatively easier to remove stains from cotton in addition the utilization of substantial amounts of cotton in the sheeting material 10 enables the provision of such sheeting material for institutional use in colors which retain their brightness the utilization of a natural material such as cotton to define generally of the order of 70 by weight of the sheeting material 10 enables such sheeting material to be subjected to numerous laundry cycles without destroying what is often referred to as the brightness and cleanliness of such sheeting material in comparing sheeting material 10 with previously proposed sheeting materials which utilize substantial amounts of synthetic materials such as polyester it was found that such previously proposed sheeting materials became dull and their brightness was greatly diminished after about 100 institutional laundry cycles as previously defined however the sheeting material 10 retains its bright clean appearance after 150 institutional laundry cycles and in some instances after as many as 200 such cycles the sheeting material 10 is made with its exposed surfaces free of special treatment or finish in this manner chemicals which tend to degrade and weaken the fibers and or filaments defining the warps 11 and wefts 12 and which also tend to retain stains thereon are avoided it will also be appreciated that the sheeting material 10 with substantial amounts of cotton comprising the same lends itself to the provision of colored selvages for instant.