Other than getting married again....

[tater]

Anybody know the best way to get a fitted sheet folded after getting it out of the dryer?




Or do they just get wadded up like bras and panties?

 

[Nickel]

My sheets work themselves into a nice little cylindrical shape in the dryer. More often than not, I just put them into the closet like that. Life's too short, and any wrinkles always work themselves out when they get put on the bed.

 

[Pete]

Anybody know the best way to get a fitted sheet folded after getting it out of the dryer?




Or do they just get wadded up like bras and panties?

This is a mystery that has eluded the single man for all of recorded history. Wad it up

 

[Christy]

Anybody know the best way to get a fitted sheet folded after getting it out of the dryer?




Or do they just get wadded up like bras and panties?

You'll have to PM Steve, he's the only person I know that can actually fold a fitted sheet. I wad them up like bras and panties and stuff them in the closet.

 

[tater]

You'll have to PM Steve, he's the only person I know that can actually fold a fitted sheet. I wad them up like bras and panties and stuff them in the closet.

Ok, so I got 3 wads and a possibility if I ask Steve. Thanks.


Wait! That didn't sound right at all

 

[BS Gal]

Folding Fitted Sheets


What is the best way to fold a fitted sheet?

Julie Gootee, Nashville, IN

Folding a fitted sheet can be a frustrating task. Those elasticized corners, though convenient for keeping a sheet firmly in place on the bed, can become a jumbled mass when improperly folded. Fortunately, there is a relatively easy technique for folding these tricky linens neatly—it just takes patience, and a bit of practice.

Technique
Folding a Fitted Sheet

1. Start with your sheet inside out. While standing, hold the sheet in front of you, and place one hand in each of two adjacent corners.

2. Bring your right hand to your left, and fold the corner in your right hand over the one in your left hand, so that the corner on top is right-side out.

3. Keeping your left hand in place, reach down to the remaining two corners with your free hand, and tuck these corners into each other. Fold these corners over the first two. Your sheet should now be folded in quarters, with all four corners tucked inside one another.

4. Lay the sheet on a flat surface with the puckered end folded in over the flat part of the sheet. Touch up with an iron, if necessary, at this point. Fold two edges in, so all the elastic is hidden.

5. Fold the strip you have created into a rectangle, then continue folding until the rectangle is the size you want it to be.

 

[tater]

Folding Fitted Sheets


What is the best way to fold a fitted sheet?

Julie Gootee, Nashville, IN

Folding a fitted sheet can be a frustrating task. Those elasticized corners, though convenient for keeping a sheet firmly in place on the bed, can become a jumbled mass when improperly folded. Fortunately, there is a relatively easy technique for folding these tricky linens neatly—it just takes patience, and a bit of practice.

Technique
Folding a Fitted Sheet

1. Start with your sheet inside out. While standing, hold the sheet in front of you, and place one hand in each of two adjacent corners.

2. Bring your right hand to your left, and fold the corner in your right hand over the one in your left hand, so that the corner on top is right-side out.

3. Keeping your left hand in place, reach down to the remaining two corners with your free hand, and tuck these corners into each other. Fold these corners over the first two. Your sheet should now be folded in quarters, with all four corners tucked inside one another.

4. Lay the sheet on a flat surface with the puckered end folded in over the flat part of the sheet. Touch up with an iron, if necessary, at this point. Fold two edges in, so all the elastic is hidden.

5. Fold the strip you have created into a rectangle, then continue folding until the rectangle is the size you want it to be.

Wow, thanks, that's like the most I've read since High Skool. (I started drifting at "iron"). Hey Christy, does Steve iron his? :snicker:

 

[sweetpea]

Showing me how to fold a fitted sheet is the only thing my ex monster law was useful for.

 

[BS Gal]

Wow, thanks, that's like the most I've read since High Skool. (I started drifting at "iron"). Hey Christy, does Steve iron his? :snicker:

I don't do that. I just tuck the corners in, as suggested, and NOT inside out, but however they come out of the dryer and try to go from there. They look like crap when I'm done. I'm 5'3 on a good day. No way could I hold them up high enough that they aren't picking dust balls off the floor.

 

[princess73]

My Mom can fold them neatly. I get aggravated and ball them up after I get past the tucking the corners part. It drives my Mom crazy.

 

[onebdzee]

My dad(ex-Navy) taught me to fold fitted sheets when I was younger....he also taught us to do "hospital corners" on the bed....as well as, making all the sheets and covers so tight that you can bounce a quarter off of it(he was a little on the OCD side of life)

 

[baileydog]

Folding a fitted sheet is really very easy once you learn. Bring me a sheet and Ill show you.

 

[jazz lady]

Touch up with an iron, if necessary, at this point.

Believe me, it is NEVER necessary. But that's the way I do it albeit not so neat at times depending on how patient I am at that particular point. :shrug:

 

[Nickel]

My dad(ex-Navy) taught me to fold fitted sheets when I was younger....he also taught us to do "hospital corners" on the bed....as well as, making all the sheets and covers so tight that you can bounce a quarter off of it(he was a little on the OCD side of life)

I think it was my dad (ex-Navy) that taught me that the world will not stop spinning if your sheets aren't folded correctly.

 

[LuckyDog4]

This is a good question. Usually I just flop the corners over to make it look like I attempted to fold it. Also if its neatly all flopped over, it takes up less space than a wad would in the closet.

 

[BS Gal]

This is a good question. Usually I just flop the corners over to make it look like I attempted to fold it. Also if its neatly all flopped over, it takes up less space than a wad would in the closet.

I'm thinking I'm just gonna start buying all flat sheets. My linen closet would be oh so neat.

 

[LuckyDog4]

I'm thinking I'm just gonna start buying all flat sheets. My linen closet would be oh so neat.

Yes it would but you need a fitted sheet. Don't you? I'd think it would just slide around all over the place if you used two flat sheets.

 

[LuckyDog4]

My dad(ex-Navy) taught me to fold fitted sheets when I was younger....he also taught us to do "hospital corners" on the bed....as well as, making all the sheets and covers so tight that you can bounce a quarter off of it(he was a little on the OCD side of life)

At least he was neat. Alot of guys aren't like that. To me that would be more of an asset than a liability.

 

[migtig]

I don't do that. I just tuck the corners in, as suggested, and NOT inside out, but however they come out of the dryer and try to go from there. They look like crap when I'm done. I'm 5'3 on a good day. No way could I hold them up high enough that they aren't picking dust balls off the floor.

I'm shorter than you and I can do it.

Tater - fold the sheet in half - stick the rounded corners inside the other half's rounded corners. Then take each side and fold it a third in, making edges on the outside. Then fold in half, and possibly in half again. It will now be the correct width, but a long narrow length. Take one end of the length and fold halfway in. Do the same with the other side. Now fold in half. You can probably fold the sheet one more time in half and it's the perfect size and looks neat.

 

[Nanny Pam]

I fold them. Kinda. :shrug: They are NOT Martha Stewart folded, ...more like wadded up. They go on the bed, they get covered with a comforter. Who cares Tater....just wad it & forget it!