A controversial question not to be taken as flame bait...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Is there any GOOD way to fold a fitted sheet?

And do fundies fold them differently than pinkos?

Palestinians differently than Israelis?

Gun owners differently than gun control people?

Pro choice differently than No choice?

Just wanted to know as I do a midnight laundry.

[Maple]

1. Dunno about all those people

but I find just gathering them into a big ball works for me. :D

[Sparkle]

2. I don't know how but my aunt showed me once how she folds them.

I swear that sheet looked like it was in one of the packages from the department store. I was very impressed. She used to be a housekeeper.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. Wow! For me to do that, I would have to lay the sheet on the floor and

spend 15 minutes getting frustrated before wadding it into a ball.

[Lex]

4. Here's my method:

Take one of the two pillowcases and use it as a storagebag for the fitted sheet, the flat sheet, and the other pillowcase.

Loosely fold them in no particular way and put them all in the pillowcase. Put pillowcase in the closet, and then everything stays together!

Not directly on point, but this is how I deal with the sheet sets.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. I like that. Short simple and neat.

[kodi]

5. yes, ask your mother.

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[FreedomFry]

6. Yes, there is a good (and proper) way to fold a fitted sheet ...

Starting with one corner (turned right side out), fit an adjacent corner into it, then the next corner, and the next. When you're done, two corners will be inside-out, and two will be right side out. Each time you put another corner in, smooth out the rest of the sheet. When all corners are fitted together, it will make a sort of square which you can then fold.

It's a lot easier to show someone than to tell it.

[Sparkle]

8. I think that's how my aunt did it.

She didn't have to put it on the floor or anything. That sheet was perfect!

[laheina]

15. That's how I do it.:)

To make it simple, fold from the corners (where top of the corner of the mattress would fit) and not the edges (the part that fits around the bottom of the mattress.) Nifty. ;)

[skygazer]

18. Works like a charm

Learned that from watching a woman who worked in a laundromat do it. It still depresses me to recall how excited I was about it.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

20. LOL!!! Not as depressing as asking a forum about it, I'm sure!

[miss_kitty]

9. my best roommate could fold those fitted sheets so flat, sometimes I

couldn't tell if it was fitted or flat. And he was a blues musician, a guitarist.

I don't know how his ethno/cultural opposite would fold those sheets, but Jack folded flat! It's a gift! :)

[huellewig]

10. I only have one set of sheets..

..so I do laundry and put them back on the bed.

[KT2000]

12. My method too

works great.

[laheina]

16. Now that's the *really* simple way.

:)

[babylonsister]

11. No easy way unless your name is

Martha Stewart. She proved to me that it was actually doable. But do I think it's worth it? Not even...
Bon soir/See ya later/

[jdots]

13. run to the bed and put it on

you can't fold the damn things

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

22. You may be on to something here....

[fleabert]

14. hard to tell you ... easier if you can see it being done.

my mother taught me, it never ceases to amaze those who've never seen it.

Hold sheet lengthwise

put your hand in one corner, middle finger poking the corner seam
put the same end opposite corner on top of that hand (two corners poked by middle finger

Do the same with the other hand, opposite end of sheet

you should now have a long skinny sheet with only two corners, no twists in the middle or ends, shake out any folds or big wrinkles in the fabric. (the sheet is halved lengthwise)

bring left hand to right hand, transfer left corners to right hand, keep the corner seams together on the middle finger.
Grab the middle of the sheets with left hand, you now have all four corners on one hand and the middle of the sheet is the new end in your left hand. This means the sheet is now in fourths.

(for beginners) Lay the sheet on a table or top of washer/dryer. Create a smooth corner where the elastic is by folding in the fabric towards the body of the sheet, continuing the line from the corner all the way to the 'uncornered' end. This evens up the uncornered end and the corners together. Then fold like a normal sheet. This is the part that is really hard to communicate... basically, you make the elastic a non-issue by reshaping the sheet at this point. It reminds me of wrapping a present in a way, the way you do corners by tucking in the sides.

I will take pics someday and post them. once you practice a bit, they come out quick and flat as a pancake! I can't fold them any other way.

[babylonsister]

17. So how DID you finally fold your sheets?

Inquiring minds...

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. I am a lib to the core and I use the crumple and stuff method

those things are UNFOLDABLE!!!! So I crumple them and stuff them into the back of the bedding shelf in the linen closet.

[Lizzie Borden]

21. I remember that Martha Stewart covered this...

on her show once, but I've never been anal enough to follow her directions. I'm afraid I'm one of those roll it into a ball people.

[vixengrl]

23. Start with an itty-bitty little closet--add about a zillion

sheets, pillow cases, towels, blankets, what have you. Fold your fitted sheet as best as you can, which means a slightly odd shaped *thing* with the elastic bits all tucked in. Insert somewhere in the middle of the sheet-pillow case-towel-blanket strata, possibly using a lever. Time and pressure do the rest. Or that's how I do it. One day, I may go in looking for a sheet and come out with a diamond.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Match the seams up in the corners perfectly and you've got it.

It took me a while to get it right, but now my fitted sheets store as nicely as my flat ones.