Fitted Sheets

[beekeyknee]

I've never had trouble folding fitted sheets.

http://www.nickmom.com/photos/fitted-sheets-with-i-am-not-made-to-be-folded-note/?xid=taboola_nm

 

[frigilux]

That's great! I have only one set of sheets, so folding is never an issue. They go straight from the dryer back onto the bed.

 

[DADoES]

 
I learned to fold fitted sheets when I was 10 years old.  The procedure was explained in the user guide for my grandmother's Whirlpool dryer.

 

[petek]

Why do you need to fold fitted sheets all that well anyways. Once you stretch them over the mattress all the wrinkles disappear and they're covered up regardless LOL

 

[davey7]

Wait, so how DO you fold them? Mine always look awful.

Just glad I don't have to iron 12 foot wide vintage tablecloths like at Chatsworth.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I learned from the instructions on the back of the package of sheets and instructions in an old BH&G or Ladies' Home Urinal. You start with the finished side facing away from you, tuck the corner pockets into each other the first two times you fold which puts all of the fitted pockets in one corner. Smooth the sheet and finish it by folding the pocket with the 4 fitted corners on the inside. It won't look like a folded top sheet, but it doesn't look like a wadded up ball of fabric either.

 

[rp2813]

I've attempted to fold them but unless there's a trick to doing it quickly without spreading the sheet out first, I've gone back to letting them sit in the laundry basket until it's time to change sheets. 

 

If I'm storing them for a long period, such as fleece sheets we don't use during the warm months, I'll make the effort to fold the fitted one properly.  Otherwise my time is too valuable.

 

[liamy1]

Fold a fitted sheet

This may help

 

[norgeway]

I let!

Donald fold them, he worked in department stores for 20 years ,so he can make them look like they were new, I on the other hand make a mess!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Liamy1, excellent video! It shows what I was trying to describe. Thank you.

 

[toploader55]

Oh Tom...

Ladie's Home Urinal

Too Much. ROFLMAO !!!

 

[mich]

I think..

Martha's video, explains it best. Although, seems like the show guest still couldn't figure it out :/

 

[rp2813]

FAIL!

The "Living on a Dime" demo leaves out one important step.

 

After tucking corner #2 into corner #1, our friend Jill slyly transfers the whole hanging mess to the other arm before tucking in the remaining two corners. 

 

She does NOT point this out.

 

Without doing this transfer, the whole process is an epic fail -- at least that was my experience. 

 

The Martha Stewart method does not involve switching arms and it's far more confusing, as the guest clearly demonstrates.  I ended up with a sheet that looked like hers -- with three attempts.

 

I'd like to see both of these women go through the process with a king size sheet like mine and see what sort of a time they have with it.

 

After reviewing the first demo and catching Jill's serious omission, I'm heading back downstairs to try it again.

 

If that nonsense doesn't work, I'm going with this guy's routine:

 

 

 

[rp2813]

Tried it again switching arms and still ended up with a tangled uneven mess.

 

This is the wrong time to be trying this.  I'm on Prednisone for five days due to a bronchial issue, and as a result have zero patience for BS.

 

Regardless, I'll not be attempting this again.  The 30-second guy wins.

 

[danemodsandy]

This is All Very Well, But....

I learned to fold fitted sheets several eons ago. My issue with fitted sheets is a bit different:

They don't fit any more. Mattresses are all sorts of different thicknesses nowadays, and sheet makers make all sorts of different skirt depths to fit them, and there is evidently no standardized system to point out what fits what. Even worse, mass-market retailers sell sheets with an "average" skirt depth (the part that goes down the side of the mattress and tucks under it), which means they sorta fit everything, but not really.

Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, mattresses were all pretty much the same depth, and contour sheets were all capable of fitting them. Now, nothing really fits anything.

This is progress?

 

[frigilux]

How to fold fitted sheets:

 

[ptcruiser51]

Thank you Sandy!

I thought I was the only one who noticed this major linen infraction!

When I moved to FL I ditched all my old sheets and bought new. Did the same with my matresses. NOTHING I bought fits correctly. Other than duct-taping the corners to the mattress, I don't have any solutions.

As for fitted-folding, just do what my OL and aunt used to do. Put them over the bed. Which should be already made-up with your chenille or matelasse' bedspread. Straighten the sides and corners, then just fold nice. Done. Wrestling with linens makes no sense; there are more important things to do. Like ironing your dinner napkins.

 

[logixx]

Okay, I'm 30... on a Friday night... and I'm standing in front of my computer folding sheets like Martha. What's wrong with me?! LOL

I did get it to work, though, and it looks much better than just balling them up and tossing them on the highest shelf in the closet. Found some underwear in on of the sheets as well. Win/win!

 

 

[dustin92]

I half heartedly fold the fitted sheet, fold the pillowcases and stack them on top of the fitted sheet, then, neatly fold the top sheet but leave it long, then fold the top sheet around the fitted sheet and pillowcases. It usually looks fairly neat and keeps everything together.

 

[whirlcool]

My wife can do fitted sheets ok, I'm a mess at it. What usually happens is that even though I am 73 inches tall, I end up dragging half the sheet along the floor trying to get it to go together properly. And to me if you are dragging something along the floor, it's really no longer clean even though the floors are.

Since this house is so small, we don't have a folding area, and we don't have a linen closet. So whatever you fold is done as it is coming out from the dryer. Sometimes it works for me, most of the time I leave this to Karen.