Those of you who know me, you are aware of the hate-hate relationship that I've had over the years with the vile fitted sheet. All kinds of stall tactics to never, ever have to fold them were implored. From washing, drying and remaking the bed all in the same day (with the same set of sheets) to just wadding the thing up in a ball...I realized when the thought of reorganizing our linen closed made me break out in a cold sweat (because THAT sheet was in there), I had a problem. I don't know what gave me the courage to finally face my issue head on (it could have been the 4 cups of coffee), but after ehrhumm5hourserhhhcough, cough...I finally put the sheet "to bed." [Pun intended.] Here is a step by step on how:
Take your flat sheet and fold it in half, then going the opposite way, half again so that it is in quarters. Lay it out on a flat surface (either a table or bed will do). |
Take the two sets of pinched seams and bring them together, folding the sheet in half loosely. |
You see here that I have the four pinched seams in my left hand and I am straightening out the un-elasticized edge with my right. I stuck to fingers into the loops and pulled them taught. |
Gently lay the sheet down on top of the flat sheet so that it looked like this. I never realized that there could actually be two flat folds (on the right and bottom of the picture). |
Taking the left third of the flat sheet, fold it onto itself with the fitted sheet inside. |
Fold right third into the middle. |
Next fold the pillow cases (all but one for the set). |
Fold down in half. |
Fold up into quarter. |
Fold from left to right. |
Fold again from left to right. Repeat for each case (except for one). |
Go back to sheets. Fold in half from top to bottom. |
Fold in a third from top. |
Fold remaining third up and then flip over so that the seams are on the bottom. |
While holding the pillowcases tight to the sheets, put your left hand under the bottom pillowcase (like a spatula) and fold the items over towards the right. |
Fold over again from left to right. |
Your sheets/cases should look a burrito. |
Add the finishing touches by stuffing the extra pillowcase into the sheets' crevices. |
Wallah! Isn't it beautiful??!!?? |
Myself, I've done this three times since figuring it out and it just keeps getting easier...no more dreaded fitted sheet. We're friends.
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