The other day I picked my daughter's quilt up off her bed and noticed how soft it felt. Much more so than the couple of quilts out on the couch. All are made with high quality fabric, all have been washed but hers was made with bamboo/cotton blend batting. The other two were 100% cotton (Quilter's Dream). Could that factor alone effect how soft the quilt would feel? (When I say soft I don't just mean the feel of the external fabric, but the drape and everything is "soft" )
My husband thinks because her quilt has been really "used" (read thrashed around :) ) and broken in is why it feels so much softer. Maybe I need to stick my couch quilt on her bed for awhile and see if it softens up? :)