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?
YEAH – thanks for the video. Mine normally end up in a ball! How about an easy way to change a crib sheet? I always have to pull the mattress out!
No way – very cool! Thanks a bunch!
I have seen other tutorials and have been following them. I seem to do fine with smaller sheets but the double and queen sizes (I don’t have king) seem to start off okay but end up bulky, so I’m not sure where I’m going wrong with those ones. But like you I am not a cleanie but I like clean!
Thanks – I just washed the bedding and was dreading the fight with that thing.
Thank you! I have always wondered the best way to do this.
Fitted sheets are tough:-)
thanks so much i kept meaning to look this up online but always forget once i get to my computer hehe. i love doing laundry too i tell everyone i would rather have a dream laundry room than a dream kitchen hah!
Good video! 🙂
I saw that on Martha Stewart years ago, when I first got married, and it was SO helpful! My mom just folded them willy-nilly so we had majorly uneven sheets in the linen closet. Learning to fold my fitted sheets like that has been such a help – I don’t even think about it anymore! 🙂
Thank you so much for showing this. I knew how to do the first half where you match the corners, but I could never figure out how to get it to fold nicely. The extra fold into a rectangle will help alot! I also take my sheets and stick them in one of the pillowcases. This way, my hubby can help change sheets and he doesn’t need me to pick out the right sheets. Thanks!!
Well, you *know* I think this was a fabulous vlog!
I’ve had it on my to-do list for the past 6 weeks to get a vlog up about sheets. But my camera man doesn’t ever seem to be home when I need to shoot it! I’m glad you were able to!
Beautiful work. 🙂
-Lauren