Our Navy family had to move into a 1953 "ranchette" with teensy bedrooms, with part of that being hubby and me downsizing from our beloved Calif. King to a queen, with inches to spare. We weren't thrilled at purchasing all new bed and bedding and were looking to economize. We were agonizing for months over whether to spend $$$ on the heavy matelasse all-cotton quilts we own from another, spendy, store but couldn't quite bring ourselves to. We were resigning ourselves to microfiber (shudder) but kept coming back to this one. I am deeply suspicious of cheap crap from offshore manufacturers because you're a fool if you don't think you're going to get ripped off at some point. But even I, one of the more suspicious people in the world, started to believe it might be okay after reading all the reviewers' profiles of their other reviews and seeing the photos. Either that or these guys are better scammers than the ones who faked the Moon landing. (Kidding, people.) So, at $30 vs. multiple hundreds, what the hey. So far, so good. It claims it's cotton on the front, polyester on the backing, with cotton/poly fill. I am surprised to see the backing is polyester because it is not at all shiny, slick, or plasticky. You may be able to see some of the texture if you can zoom in on one of my photos (the polyester backing is the solid aqua part). I am surprised to see there is any fill at all because it is so lightweight, I wouldn't be surprised if it were just the fronts and backs sewn together with a running quilting stitch, with nothing in between. That part doesn't matter to us, though; just looking for something to finish off our bed, not seeking a weighted feeling or much warmth. The colors are lovely--a true aqua or "Bondi blue,"--with the accent colors in a darkish warm charcoal (like, darkish gray with a hint of warm brown tone) off-white, and a nice citrus-y chartreuse. I eyeballed the stitching pretty hard--well trained by my needle-woman grandmother--and took photos of two loose threads I saw, one at a hem and one in the middle. Not concerned . . . yet . . . as long as I don't develop a lot more. The stitching is even, and the sizing is true including the shams fitting standard pillows. Last and biggest test will be the laundry, and I will update my posting when that happens. I'm braced for the worst! Because otherwise, this is awesome. I don't know whether this is a new company and they're low-balling trying to build their volume, and they'll raise their prices later, or whether they just run the cheapest sweatshop in the world (which, sadly, is a whole other conversation). But so far, this quilt and sham set rocks. Now I just have to figure out how to upload photos.