Bedding matters

Nearly fifty years ago I bought bedding for my marriage bed. The bed itself was leftover from the sale of my Grandmother's furniture. Just two bed end really as we replaced the old spring base and, with great excitement, covered up the beautiful wood with Estapol antique white.
But back to the bedding.
I bought double bed sheets in tasteful orange patterns (well, it was the 70s!) They are long since gone as is the bed, although only recently from my daughter's spare room.
A lovely golden (later dyed brown ) candlewick bedspread went on the top.
And for warmth, lovley thick pure wool Onkaparinga, made in Lobethal South Australia, blankets.
Later I inherited Mum's satin bound woollen blankets. Hers were in tasteful green whereas mine were - yes, you guessed it - orange.

So when did the whole quilt (doona, duvet? ) thing happen? My children had them and I have some quilts and  covers. But I really don't like the whole thing that much.
There has been debate (yep, hear it on the radio while shopping) about whether you need a top sheet with a quilt. You sure do and I instruct my visiting grandies as to which part of the bed they insert thier body into. Under the top sheet, so I only need to wash that sheet and not the whole quilt arrangement, because I particularly dislike wrangling quilts into and out of thier covers. Yes, I know there are YouTube clips about how to do it as there are on how to fold fitted sheets, but I still dislike both.

In a recent hotel stay there was a very thick quilt on top of a bottom sheet and no way to adjust it. So it was either be too cosy or throw it all off and lie there with no covering.

In some places we've stayed including the one where I am right now, there is a bottom sheet, a top sheet a quilt and then another sheet tucked in over the top so it looks like a quilt in a cover but isn't really. I quite like that idea and have adopted it at home, with the quilt, then the unfilled quilt cover right over the top of the top sheet and trusty orange Onkaparinga, made in SA blankets. All eminently adjustable for temperature.
My dear blankets, I salute you.