How to Fold a Fitted Sheet
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I am not a cleanie by nature. But, I love to have a clean house. It frees me up to do the things that I do love. However, laundry is one of the household tasks I actually enjoy. Yeah, call me crazy. There is something therapeutic about seeing a mess of stinky Boy clothes transformed into nice neat stacks. Even if the nice neat stacks last about 32 seconds.
A couple things that my mom taught me many moons ago about laundry:
- Starched and ironed pillowcases feel divine.
- It’s better to match socks as they come through the dryer than to let them pile up in number until they fill a duffle bag that could weigh down the brawniest of seamen. Yeah, you make me laugh, Mom.
- Folding fitted sheets is not only easy, but makes your cupboards look so much nicer.
In case you never learned how to fold a fitted sheet, here’s my brief tutorial.
I used a crib sheet in this example, but if you need to see it larger than a baby bed, let me know and me and my trusty camera man will go back to work.
This works for me. How about you?
I learned how to do that a few years ago and my linen closet has never looked better!
Thanks so much… I always wondered what I was doing wrong and thanks to your video, I have figured it out.
YOU ROCK!!!
I have to say, the thought has NEVER occurred to me that you could make your fitted sheets look good – kinda thought it was just one of those things! I learn something new every day – thank you! 🙂
I learned to fold my sheets just like that as a little girl! I have been doing it that way ever since. I just read somewhere…can’t remember where…about storing your sheet sets in one of the pillowcases to keep everything together and neat. I really like that idea, so I am going to try that too!
My husband is so great at folding sheets, I have left that daunting task to him for the last 13 years. I simply put them in a basket on his side of the bed, and before he goes to bed, he folds them with his nice long arms and tons of patience in a nice neat little pile. (I have him convinced that because I’m only 5 foot tall, my arms just aren’t long enough to do a good job!) And that’s how I fold fitted sheets! = ) You do a great job, though!
@Janine, Well, I’m 5 foot 3. So, I’m not sure that excuse is going to work! 😉
@Jessica Fisher, I told my hubby what I commented on your post about folding sheets…he said, “I know your arms are long enough…but I don’t mind folding the sheets for you.” Just one more reason to give 10 more years. Thanks for encouraging the endearing dinner conversation.
@Janine, My husband also is the “fitted sheet folder” in our house. He does an amazing job. Although he keeps showing me “just how easy it is”. I tell him it’s easier for me to have him do it! I love that man! 🙂
@Michelle K, I was always told..”if it ain’t broke….don’t fix it!” My hubby is fully confident in all that I do, so he doesn’t balk at folding some sheets. So I say….Amen. = ) Enjoy your perfectly folded sheets!
*Smile* I have been married for almost 20 years and never knew how to fold a fitted sheet. We’re never too old to learn something new!
Thank you very much!!
Frances
Great job! My mother-in-law taught me to fold the same way and then to wrap the folded flat sheet around the folded fitted sheet and pillowcases. It works perfect to keep everything together in the closet. We’ve been doing it for the last 11 years!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! In all my years of wadding fitted sheets and hoping no one would ever see them . . . where were you??? Thanks again! 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Now don’t think bad of me but I would like a video on how to get my towels folded nice and neatly as well.
I can do that! My aunt is a towel freak. She taught me that one.
I love this! Most of the time I get so frustrated with those pesky fitted sheets that they get balled up in the cupboard. Thanks for the video!