What is the best way to fold a fitted sheet? Is there an answer to this age-old question? When I told mine they came out as just a blob.
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Fitted sheets!
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Look it up on YouTube. For me it's a lot better to have visual aid. There are several vids on there and most use the same basic method. It's fairly easy.
I've given up and mine are just a blob also. :lol3:
It's blobs in this house! My Grandmothers are the only ones I know who can do it!
Personally; I don't even care anymore! I'm just happy they make it to the linen closet!
Personally; I don't even care anymore! I'm just happy they make it to the linen closet!
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[ Personally; I don't even care anymore! I'm just happy they make it to the linen closet!
I agree - I just kind of fold them as best I can and just smash them down as flat as I can.
I agree - I just kind of fold them as best I can and just smash them down as flat as I can.
It's so easy to do! It's a bit difficult to explain it in writing, but once you learn you'll be amazed at how neat your sheet sets are. First, you know how there is a short seam at each corner of the sheet? The trick is to put those all together, one inside the other. Basically, you take one corner in one hand, an adjacent corner in the other hand (it helps to poke a finger into the point made by the seam), bring those corners together and flip one over the other (like pulling a hood over your head; the corner on your left hand is a noggin and the corner on the right is the hood). Do the same with the other two corners. The sheet will be folded in half neatly, with two corners inside the other two. Then you repeat, taking one side and folding it over the other, in the same way (hood on noggin); the sheet will be folded in quarters; after that, it's easy to fold it neatly and tuck it into the matching flat sheet (that should already be folded). Some people then tuck the sheet set into a matching pillowcase to store them all together.
I know that's probably confusing to visualize as you read it, so here's a video on youtube that demonstrates it, though once you get the hang of it you don't have to be as fussy about it as the guy in the video is:
I used to work in a hotel. This method doesn't take long to get used to and you'll never forget it once you get the hang of it.
I know that's probably confusing to visualize as you read it, so here's a video on youtube that demonstrates it, though once you get the hang of it you don't have to be as fussy about it as the guy in the video is:
I used to work in a hotel. This method doesn't take long to get used to and you'll never forget it once you get the hang of it.
That's pretty much how I (try) to do it. I find that spreading the sheet out on the bed and folding it from there helps me do a better job. I just walk from side to side along the bed and fold that way. I also do that with our top sheets. (I tend to get some feline help along the way, too.)
Never thought about putting the sheets in to the pillowcase though.
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That's me, also! Lol!
After watching the video, I will stick with rolling them into balls, lol.
I just grab the corners and fold it like a flat sheet. It's not even because the edges are doubled but it's better than wadding it up and stuffing it in the drawer, LOL :tongue2:.
That's how I learned to do it from my Mom way back when. If I'm in the mood or reorganizing my linen closet, I take the time to make them neat. However, I hate folding stuff, so most of the time I still follow the method, but it's haphazard and not as neat and more like a blob, LOL
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The video makes it look fairly easy ---- will try it next laundry day, but I have a feeling my sheets will still look like a "blob".
Twin or double fitted sheets never posed a problem for me, but king-sized were a real pain till I started throwing them over a clothesline and using it as a folding aid. I don't do a particularly neat job, but they're folded. :lol3:
I don't think I would even try to fold the king size sheets without something big to help! We still only have one set of sheets for our king size bed; so they get washed and put right back on!Twin or double fitted sheets never posed a problem for me, but king-sized were a real pain till I started throwing them over a clothesline and using it as a folding aid. I don't do a particularly neat job, but they're folded.
I will try this method with my kid's sheets. Hopefully the smaller size will help!
I can't even handle the the trick folding for tee shirts.I know the corner thing for the fitted sheets but they end up in that ball thing someone else said. Cats sit on all of them first anyway. Clean sheets are what we desire the most over here
My husband knows how to do this (!), but I've never mastered it.
I wash 'em, he folds 'em, so it works out OK.
I wash 'em, he folds 'em, so it works out OK.
I used to be pretty good at it, but now if they make it to the linen closet (and not just plopped on the spare bed until I change them), they''ve gotten pretty blob-like. Doesn't matter to me, really, I've got better things to do with my time than fold sheets
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I shove the fitted sheet in a pillowcase with the other matching pillowcase in there as well.
