https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707261#M293713 <P>I know you want your sheets to match but maybe if you have a white sheet set you can mix some white into it.</P> <P>If all else fails keep the lights out.<IMG src="https://community.qvc.com/" /></P> <P>Maybe others have better ideas.</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:05:56 GMT Pqfan 2014-03-22T16:05:56Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707237#M293708 <P>Now I'm wondering what to do with my flat sheet and four pillow cases. I can no longer get the same sheets, and of course I want my sheets and pillow cases to match. It seems so wasteful to throw away the flat sheets and pillow cases.</P> <P>Any suggestions? Thanks!</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:54:22 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707237#M293708 Sue98 2014-03-22T15:54:22Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707242#M293709 <P>Call your local animal shelter and see if they could use them. Same with a vet's office that has a surgical area.</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:04:05 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707242#M293709 kdgn 2014-03-22T16:04:05Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707246#M293710 You want the whole bed to match but why? I'd look for a bottom sheet that blended with the rest or contrasted nicely. Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:04:13 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707246#M293710 tansy 2014-03-22T16:04:13Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707251#M293711 <P>Use them as drop cloths when you paint. </P> <P> </P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:04:22 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707251#M293711 glb613 2014-03-22T16:04:22Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707256#M293712 <P>Use them with a coordinating set - mix and match. </P> <P>Otherwise, you'll never be able to use them. </P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:05:30 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707256#M293712 brii 2014-03-22T16:05:30Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707261#M293713 <P>I know you want your sheets to match but maybe if you have a white sheet set you can mix some white into it.</P> <P>If all else fails keep the lights out.<IMG src="https://community.qvc.com/" /></P> <P>Maybe others have better ideas.</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:05:56 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707261#M293713 Pqfan 2014-03-22T16:05:56Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707266#M293714 <P>How old is the set? I bought a set at Christmas and the elastic ripped out the first time I put them on the bed ...back they went.</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:07:27 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707266#M293714 scotttie 2014-03-22T16:07:27Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707271#M293715 <P>I've never been in to "matchy-matchy".</P> <P>Pick a color that coordinates with the flat sheet, and go with that.</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:08:40 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707271#M293715 Yuban3 2014-03-22T16:08:40Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707276#M293716 <P>Thanks for the suggestions, everybody. These sheets were over 3 years old. </P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:09:06 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707276#M293716 Sue98 2014-03-22T16:09:06Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707280#M293717 <P>I vote animal shelter.</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:17:41 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707280#M293717 Preds 2014-03-22T16:17:41Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707284#M293718 <P>try bed, bath beyond (and I think Kmart might have them too )</P> <P>they sell individual sheets, I had the same thing happen to me and I found a close match in color. </P> <P>whose idea is it to only sell sets of sheets?</P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:05:37 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707284#M293718 jackthebear 2014-03-22T17:05:37Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707287#M293719 <P>Send it to me.</P> <P>I will make some curtains and matching sheets for my dollhouse.<IMG src="https://community.qvc.com/" /></P> <P> </P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:12:28 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707287#M293719 Pqfan 2014-03-22T17:12:28Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707293#M293720 <P>As others have said, buy a fitted sheet in a coordinating color. It will be like having a new set! </P> <P> </P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:31:29 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707293#M293720 Marienkaefer2 2014-03-22T17:31:29Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707298#M293721 <P>Or donate them. Pet shelters have been mentioned, but crisis shelters for abused women and children could use them as well.</P> <P> </P> Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:33:35 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707298#M293721 Marienkaefer2 2014-03-22T17:33:35Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707302#M293722 <P>I'm not matchy and I would use them but if you don't want to do that and if you garden, I would cut them in strips to tie up tomato plants, or use as drop cloths when painting as someone else suggested.</P> Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:13:17 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707302#M293722 Lakk 2014-03-23T11:13:17Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707307#M293723 <P>I've had the fitted sheets in two of my sets wear out. I replaced them coordinating solid colors.</P> Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:19:08 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707307#M293723 firstsoprano 2014-03-23T16:19:08Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707313#M293724 <P>The fitted one is always the one that wears out for us too. I use my pillow cases as rags when they get dingy. I replace pillow cases pretty often.</P> Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:07:18 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707313#M293724 DREAMON 2014-03-23T21:07:18Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707318#M293725 <BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN class="quote_author">On 3/22/2014 <STRONG>sue98</STRONG> said:</SPAN> <P>Now I'm wondering what to do with my flat sheet and four pillow cases. I can no longer get the same sheets, and of course I want my sheets and pillow cases to match. It seems so wasteful to throw away the flat sheets and pillow cases.</P> <P>Any suggestions? Thanks!</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>When I use to sleep in a bed, and as me being a male, the color of a sheet nobody but myself would see? Mix and match was my way and were I still able to sleep in a bed it would be no different.</P> <P>Guys aren't usually into matching things, even things people see, but I am just speaking for myself now.</P> Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:37:13 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/My-fitted-bed-sheet-just-ripped/m-p/707318#M293725 hckynut 2014-03-24T00:37:13Z