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Seriously - how do you fold fitted sheets?

Brian&NikkiBrian&Nikki
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I'm almost 30 and my idea of folding a fitted sheet is tumbling it into a nice ball and throwing it in the closet. 
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Re: Seriously - how do you fold fitted sheets?

  • QuazelQuazel member
    I attempt to fold it for about 10 seconds and then ball it into the matching pillow case.  I wonder why I even try to fold it at this point, I know it never actually gets folded.
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  • mrskadamsmrskadams
    Haha, I'm actually teased about the way I fold them because I'm a bit anal about it.  I try really hard to tuck in the corners and get them as close to perfect as possible.  I wish I could do what you do.
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  • betsnupbetsnup member
    Ha!  I finally mastered doing it when I was living on my own during college, but it's nice to have DH help me.  We usually get them folded pretty nicely when it's the two of us.
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  • laura-n-brianlaura-n-brian
    I hand it to DH and he folds it LOL
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  • JimsBride08JimsBride08
    I match the corners up so it makes a funny triangle, then I roll it up into a wrinkly mess.
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  • rylen11rylen11

    You treat the seam corners as real corners.

    So if you hold the sheet up with one hand in the seam on each side, then fold so the seam parts become the edges, the curvy part falls inside. Do the same thing on the bottom, and you have a normal rectangle.

     Did that make any sense at all?

     

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  • CIBCIB
    Yeah, It is a hassle sometimes. What I do is I fold the round corners inwards so that it just makes a regular corner instead of rounded. Do that for all four obviously. Then you can proceed to folding like a regular rectangular sheet. Oh, I forgot to mention when you do fold in the round corners to make them squared, you have to fold all sides inwards too. I probably confused you more than you were to begin with. I guess go ahead, ball it up and toss it in the closet.
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  • ashg8rashg8r
    Funny that you posted this b/c a few weeks ago I was so frustrated with this that I actually looked it up online and found a youtube video that has TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED the way I fold fitted sheets.  So ridiculous that you can even find that on youtube, but now I have nicely folded sheets!
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  • PlannedChaosPlannedChaos
    Like this.
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  • Ash-LeighAsh-Leigh

    I wondered the same thing a few days ago when I was washing stuff. I just ended up wadding them up. Hopefully they'll flatten once on the mattress, which I have to totally remove from the crib to put the sheet on! Good thing it weighs like 2 pounds!

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  • Brian&NikkiBrian&Nikki

    imageashg8r:
    Funny that you posted this b/c a few weeks ago I was so frustrated with this that I actually looked it up online and found a youtube video that has TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED the way I fold fitted sheets.  So ridiculous that you can even find that on youtube, but now I have nicely folded sheets!

    Please share this video link with me.  As for all you other pro-folders - thanks for the tips. I will give it a shot. 

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  • MPSWMPSW member

    I am completely OCD about folding sheets and towels, and having an uber-organized linen closet. The rest of my house is filled with neatly stacked piles of crap everywhere, but for one little space in the closet, it is pure utopia.

    That said, I observe the Martha Stewart method of folding fitted sheets...Works like a charm, and I can do it alone without DH helping.

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    imagePlannedChaos:
    Like this.

    I'll have to try this. He makes it seem so easy!

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  • StellasmomStellasmom member
    imagerylen11:

    You treat the seam corners as real corners.

    So if you hold the sheet up with one hand in the seam on each side, then fold so the seam parts become the edges, the curvy part falls inside. Do the same thing on the bottom, and you have a normal rectangle.

     Did that make any sense at all?

     

     This is what I do. It really works.

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  • Brian&NikkiBrian&Nikki
    imagePlannedChaos:
    Like this.
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  • Brian&NikkiBrian&Nikki
    imagePlannedChaos:
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    Wow that video is inspirational. He may be my idol.
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  • zivvyzivvy
    This is the standard by which I find myself in awe of MIL's housekeeping: she know how to fold fitted sheets PERFECTLY. I myself prefer the wad-in-a-ball method. No one's perfect.
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  • pinkbubblespinkbubbles
    ditto the martha stewart way. i love her. i am EXTREMELY anal about my sheets/towels being folded. my DH did laundry while i was away in europe for a month and when i came back i had to redo all the folding lmao.?
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  • GraciousMrsGraciousMrs member
    A late response...but I needed this post over the weekend.  I gave up and was tired of my linen closet looking like a mess.  I bought those canvas storage bins for the sheet sets.....hides the fitted ball sheet!
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