Egyptian Cotton: Egyptian cotton is a fine, lustrous, long-staple cotton that produces a soft, high-quality fabric.

Gusset: A gusset refers to the depth of a top mattress.

Hemstitch: A hemstitch is a stitch used to create a decorative, open weave pattern. A hemstitch is created by sewing along a line from which threads have been drawn out, gathering the cross threads into a series of small groups.

Jacquard: Jacquard is a system of weaving which, because of a pattern-making mechanism of great versatility, permits the production of woven designs of considerable size. The Jacquard loom, a derivation of the old drawboy hand loom, was credited to Joseph Marie Jacquard in France in the early 19th century. On the Jacquard loom, because threads are handled individually, anywhere from 100 to 15,000 threads may have independent weave action, allowing for complicated curvilinear designs. Jacquard-woven fabrics—particularly sheets—have a warm, silky finish.

Percale: Percale is a fine, plain-woven cloth of closely set combed and carded long-staple cotton. Percale produces very high-grade and fine-quality linen.

Piece-Dyeing: Piece-dyeing is a process of dyeing fabric in the piece or bolt.

Satin: Satin is a fabric with a characteristicly smooth surface and high luster due to the high number of floats on the fabric. Constructed of mercerized cotton, satin is even stronger than plain cotton and has a greater affinity to dyes. Weft or filler satins are usually referred to as sateen.

Shrinkage: Shrinkage is the contraction of a fiber, yarn, or fabric after washing and drying. Most products made of natural fibers have a tendency to shrink 4-6%.

Thread Count: Thread count is the number of yarns per square inch in a woven fabric.

Yarn-Dyeing: Yarn-dyeing refers to fabric made from yarn that has been dyed before weaving.