Is there any logical way to fold a fitted sheet?

Question

Completely frivolous question, but for the life of me, I've never been able to figure out how to do this and not have it end up looking like a big ol' mess...lol.
Just curious...

Answer 1

You will need to do this, near a bed or table, because at one point you have to lay it down.

Start by folding it in half and nest the corners. You will end up with two of the corners flipped inside the other two. Then fold it in half again, so that all the corners all nested together.

Lay the peice down, and make sure that the flat ends is smooth and matched up. Fold the long end attached to the fitted corner in towards the middle about a third of the way.

Then fold the other side in over the top of it. The folding in thirds is the really important part. (Thirds are best for twin and full sheets. If you are using queen or kings iszed it may be more like 1/4 of the way in. You can kind of eyeball it based on the size of the sheet and the shelf your ar putting it on.)

Tuck all the gathers on the inside so the outside is smooth. After folding in thirds (or whatever fraction works for you) longways, take the end that has the fitted corner and fold it in so that it is about a big as you would like the final product to be. Then keep folding it over until all the excess is taken up. If there is an uneven edge fold it in, and then fold the two sides/ folded edges in towards each other so that you have a square that has one side that is a smooth folded edge, and one side that is two smoth folded edges. I then fold my flat sheet in half, and half, then in thirds long ways and wrap it around the fitted sheets. The pillow cases can also get tucked inside the package. Then all the peices are in together.

I don't know if I explained this well enough for you to follow it, but I hope it helps. I taught the lady who does the drop in laundry at my laundraumat to do this, and now she only folds the sheets this way.

I hope it helps. And don't give up after one try. It took me a few times to really get it down, but now all my linens stack in my closet without a problem.

Answer 2

1) Find 2 corners of the sheet
2) Make a fist with one hand and place it into one corner of the sheet
3) Now take that fist, which should wrapped in the sheet corner, and put it into the other corner. The two corners will fit nicely and be nestled together.
4) Now still holding onto that corner you've just put together, slide your free hand down and nestle the other two corners together.
5) Your sheet will now look like a rectangle with the top corners rounded and the bottom corners squared - picture a loaf of bread from the side. Shake the sheet a bit so it is smooth and there are no big wrinkles.
6) Now, grab one of the short sides of the rectangle and fold the sheet in half - so that both short sides are together.
7) All the rounded corners will be together. Go ahead and fit them into one another, so it's like one big pocket in that one corner. Shake the sheet again to even everything out and smooth wrinkles.
8) Now fold in half again. Making sure that the combined rounded corners are neatly neatly folded along with the sheet.
9) Keep folding until it is sized to your liking.

*Note: For my third to last fold, I like to take the sheet and fold it into thirds. Take the rounded corner and fold in for a third of the sheet. Take the other side and fold that over what you've just folded in. Now the sheet is a third of the size. Keep folding until it suits you.

Answer 3

Ok,I learned this one day when I experimented.I'll try my best to help you by explaining my descriptions.Here goes:
1).You take the corners where the seams are so they fold.Ya know where the seam starts at the sewn egde of the sheet,Well,I usually put the end of the seam,which is towards the actual sheet,not towards the sewn edge.And I put it so on either side of where you are holding it,one side has the seam and it looks like it's been folded like a triangle.On the other side of where your hand is,it looks like a regular sheet,because the corner-part is folded on the other side.(I sure hope I'm making sense here)When you figure that out,meet the two corners that go from left and right at one of the ends of the mattress.After you have made the corners meet.The corners you have just made look like a triangle.

2).You do it again with the other end of the sheet.

3).Then when it looks like it's been folded like a long,skinnier rectangle.[______] Looks similar to this,only I couldn't make a top line.You then proceed to take one end and let it meet the other end so it looks like a square.[___],something like this.

4).After you have finished folding it that way,finish folding it so it will fit wherever you put it.when I'm done folding it,it looks similar to this:[__].Like a narrower rectangle...I hope I have helped you...
P.S.,I was folding a fitted sheet while I explained it,so I made sure I was giving directions correctly.

Answer 4

With the sheet inside out, place one hand in each of two adjacent corners.

Bring your right hand to your left, and fold the corner on your right hand over the one in your left, so the corner on top is right-side out.

Next, reach down and pick up the corner that is adjacent to the one that was in your right hand (it will be hanging in front), and fold it over the other two corners; this third corner will be inside out.

Bring the last corner up, and fold it over the others so it is right-side out.

Lay the sheet on a flat surface, and shape

Fold two edges in, so all the elastic is hidden.

Fold the strip of fabric into a rectangle. Continue folding until the rectangle is the size you want.

There are pictures on how to in this link http://www.target.com.au/abouttarget/homewares/fittedsheet.htm

Answer 5

My mother always took the time to fold them in half and tuck the elastic corners neatly together, then fold over the elastic and fold some more. Some how they always came out in nice neat squares. I never mastered that technique. I just wad them up and shove them in the linen closet.

Answer 6

Fold it so you tuck the two length wise corners into each other, then fold in half & tuck the other two corners into each other, Fold again & again depending on space needed to store.

Answer 7

:) not really square but if you fold it like a normal sheet then roll you can fit more into a space and almost have order and less noticeable on those horrible elastic corners

Answer 8

Well there are complicated ways to do that.

But I find if I just keep folding it in half, it ends up in a nice square and just fine.

Answer 9

ok try this one==take one end of the elastic fold it to the middle,same with the othr then then fromthere fold into whatever size square that you want, good luck with it.

Answer 10

I'm a bachelor, and thanks to the Martha Stewart website, I've finally figured out how to do it better than most women!

(Even if you can't do it her way right off the bat, you'll get the general gist of it....do it on a flat surface at first if you have trouble.)

Darn! Unfortunately....that page on her site no longer exists!