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Dan Rather tweet: (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2020 OP
So true. jls4561 Jul 2020 #1
Almost 70, and I still can't do it. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #2
LOL... thank you for this MissMillie Jul 2020 #3
My sister, too ailsagirl Jul 2020 #12
Oh, I can do it MissMillie Jul 2020 #17
That is true ailsagirl Jul 2020 #19
My ex can do the same thing. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #16
Humbling? 2naSalit Jul 2020 #4
You are a goddess (or a god, whichever the case may be)! nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #5
Not really, it's not hard to do. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6
Perhaps you could give lessons ailsagirl Jul 2020 #13
Well... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #14
Well, thank you!! ailsagirl Jul 2020 #18
I hope you do... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #20
How to fold a fitted sheet... dixiechiken1 Jul 2020 #7
That's exactly how mine look after I have "folded" them. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #8
That's all there is to it? ailsagirl Jul 2020 #11
... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #21
So true matt819 Jul 2020 #9
I never was able to do it!! ailsagirl Jul 2020 #10
My (queen-sized) fitted sheet pops out at least once every night... First Speaker Jul 2020 #15

MissMillie

(38,553 posts)
3. LOL... thank you for this
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 05:01 PM
Jul 2020

My mom was SOOOO good at folding a fitted sheet, you couldn't tell it from the flat sheet.

MissMillie

(38,553 posts)
17. Oh, I can do it
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:39 AM
Jul 2020

but to do it right takes a little time.

Instead, the sheet tends to just go straight back onto the bed.

2naSalit

(86,564 posts)
14. Well...
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 10:52 PM
Jul 2020

You take the corners of one end of the thing and stack them, one inside the other and sort of drape the corners over one hand and hang on to that corner. With the other hand, find the edges from one side of the corner, holding them together, lightly run your hand down the edges* to the other two corners and do the same thing with them. Now drape all the corners over your hand and line up the edges with the other, find the center and fold that to the point of all the corners, not the edges of the fabric, you will have excess fabric for a moment. Now lay the whole thing on a flat surface and smooth the middle of the sheet fabric and make sure you have the edges together along both edges not worrying about the corners for this part. Now take the weird corner part and one of the edges and fold the excess part in at the edge so that you now have a straight fold. Do this with the other edge so that you have a realistic looking rectangle, fold into a tidy rectangle/square from there. All you are doing is lining up the fabric so you can fold in, like flaps, the excess parts that go down the side of the mattress in so you have a shape you can fold neatly.

Takes a little practice and sometimes I have to start over because I had the wrong corners together or one end was inside out.

* I usually hold them with my index finger in between to smooth it all at the same time and lifting and lightly shaking the fabric below helps it all line up. You don't have to go the whole length all at once either, I do a gathering thing where I straighten out a foot or two at a time.

Try it, you'll like it.



ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)
18. Well, thank you!!
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 03:12 PM
Jul 2020

I will keep those instructions until the next time I change the sheets and see what happens!

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
15. My (queen-sized) fitted sheet pops out at least once every night...
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:04 PM
Jul 2020

...I get up to pee, and there it is, lying haphazardly next to my head, no matter how carefully I've fitted it before I go to bed. Considering this...there's no way in hell I'll *ever* be able to fold one like a normal human being...

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