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MORE SHEET PRBLEMS.... I think about

Flatbush — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 07:56:20 GMT

Since house cat mentioned her sheet problems, it reminded me of the problems I have:

1.Double bed, regular older mattress and now,most fitted sheets have a very large mattress depth, so my bed winds up very wrinkled and baggy. each morning.

2.I also hate trying to find the top or bottom of the sheets. I should have bought stripped sheets only, so I could easily figure it out.

3. Trying to fold a fitted sheet is a skill I have have never mastered in spite of trying. Even tho I have watched Martha Stewart on You tube. I lack the necessary talent. My linen closet looks greyt, except for the heaps of messy, fitted, sheet balls laying on top of the flat sheets all neatly folded into piles.

Well, that's enough complaining, but only for today...

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catter70 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:56:51 GMT

I'm missing the skill to fold fitted sheets, also.It always ends up looking like a triangle.

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Pooky1 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:00:02 GMT

My mil will spend Alot of time folding her fitted sheet. I was with her Yestauday will she was folding clothes. My wife and I don't fold fitted sheets we basically roll them up and that's good enough for us.

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:27:07 GMT

If I was at your home I could show you how to easily fold a fitted sheet.

You can do this width-wise or length-wise. Fold the sheet in half and invert one pocket, tuck it into the one it's next to. DO this at both ends. Then fold the sheet in half again and repeat.

This process is really easy, I think maybe folks make harder than it really is.

If need be, lay the folded on your bed, fold in half, invert one pocket into its mate, do this at the other end of the sheet and repeat. FOld sheet in half and repeat.

DONE!

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:32:38 GMT

Roll them up in a ball, really????????????????????? @Pooky1

Fresh clean linens don't deserve to just be rolling them up in a messy ball, wrinkled as all get-out. Sorry but THIS IS NOT THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Group 5 minus 1 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:50:15 GMT

After I fold the sheets per MS I roll them up,length wise, easier to find in the linen closet.

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Harpa — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:52:03 GMT

@FlatbushFor #2 - If there is a tag on the sheet, it is usually at one corner. I put that corner at the top left. If no tag, then I use use a tiny safety pin to mark it.

#1 - Don't they have something like "bed suspenders" that you can clasp the extra fabric together at the corners in order to keep everything taut?

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house_cat — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:07:03 GMT

@Flatbush

Yep, folding fitted sheets is another reason I despise them. I've watched numerous videos on how to fold them and I still can't figure it out. It probably doesn't help that I'm 5' tall, with the armspan of a T-Rex, so dealing with king or queen sized sheets is pretty comical, at best.

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fthunt — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:49:32 GMT

@Pooky1 I roll them too.......a neat roll is good enough for me

Better things to do with my time!

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cindyNC — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:50:50 GMT

youTube..............my go to for solving problems like this!

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Carmie — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:16:06 GMT

Most fitted sheets have a tag on them. That tag will be placed on the end that goes either at the head or foot of the bed. Your choice depending on pattern on the sheets.

I always fold my fitted sheets by placing the corners inside one another. They look okay folded.

i normally cheat by taking the sheets as soon as they are dry and putting the same ones back on the bed. That way my linen closet stays neat looking and I don't have to fool round with fancy folding.

Last spring, I bought zippered storage boxes that exactly fit my closet shelves. I store my sheets in them together as a set. My closet stays organized even if I have to dig to find something. I can remove an item and the whole lot doesn't fall on the floor.

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kitcat51 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:59:23 GMT

Here's my simple sheet lifestyle: 1 set for each bed...take off bed, wash, dry, put back on bed. So far 52 years of no folding, no storing.

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We rescue cats — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:05:19 GMT

@kitcat51

@Carmie

Exactly what we do....saves my frustration for something more deserving than folding the sheets! LOL!! Out of the dryer and onto the bed!

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Still Raining — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:09:11 GMT

@Flatbush

Oh my, how did I get this old and never even thought to look at the stripes!!

Yes I have queen bed striped bottom sheets and still search around for the tag 😆 If I wasn't so embarrassed I would walk upstairs and verify. Don't tell!

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ECBG — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:08:15 GMT

@Flatbush

I fold the fitted sheet on the ironing board. It's a rectangle inside a rectangle.

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Pooky1 — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:50:34 GMT

Thank you. I actually use to fold them not great but not bad.when my wife folds clothes and the big king size fitted sheet she would say in not going nuts to fold a sheet that's hard to fold and she started rolling them so when I fold them I'm like I'm rolling them to. And pinkdogwood I'm not offended by your comment I'm finding it funny . I'm not saying you were trying to offend me . my wife may not want neat fitted sheets but she does want towels and other things folded neatly.

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ECBG — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:03:40 GMT

The easiest way to tackle this issue for so many is to launder the sheets and return them to the bed.

When you want to change colors, freshly launder the set from your storage.

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Lucky Charm — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:45:37 GMT

Sheets are so easy to fold for me because all my sheets come straight off the clothesline. <I can hear gasps!>

I always keep the tag at the bottom left, when making the bed. It's the first thing I look for. I couldn't stand it if the tag ended up at the head of the bed.

I'm not one for turning (flipping) mattresses from head to toe, either. I don't think I'd be able to get into the bed!

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AuntG — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 16:11:42 GMT

Only have two sets for each bed (winter and summer). When I wash our sheets, they get dried and put right back on. I really don't care what the unused set in my linen closet looks like - my town cut costs by eliminating the linen closet police!

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haddon9 — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 01:13:08 GMT

I don't have sheet problems but instead I have a very hard time getting my blanket into a duvet cover.

I purchased a duvet cover because I have a nice down blanket but wanted a new color for the bed. So rather than getting a new blanket or comforter I got a duvet cover to put the blanket into. It's a big pain trying to get it in!