Virginia sits on remarkably clean item of bedding (7)
I believe the answer is:
valance
'item of bedding' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'virginia sits on remarkably clean' is the wordplay.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'sits on' says to put letters next to each other.
'remarkably' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'clean' is an anagram of 'lance'.
'va'+'lance'='VALANCE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for valance that I've seen before include "Short curtain around a window" , "Hanging border of drapery" , "Lace van (anag) - piece of decorative screening material attached to a bed frame" , "Decorative piece to conceal fixtures, of curtains perhaps" , "hangover on bed" .)