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Can you fold a fitted sheet?

alias1001
alias1001 Posts: 635 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
My mother had shown as a child, but I can't seem to pull it off anymore. I am woefully inadequate adult.
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  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    :wife problems:
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I can do everything with laundry except fold...
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    Do I know how to? YES
    Do I? NO

    It's easier if you have 2 people, I live alone. They end up looking like big mounds of fabric...
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    Yup
  • melsmith612
    melsmith612 Posts: 727 Member
    I turn them inside out and then collect the seams from the corners and fold that way. A folding table in the laundry area is a BIG help on this.
  • Birdie
    Birdie Posts: 256 Member
    Nope. check youtube, maybe you can find an instructional video
  • morgansmom02
    morgansmom02 Posts: 1,131 Member
    I try and try and then get mad and shove it in the closet in a little ball.
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    No, but I only have one anyway. It goes right from the dryer to the bed, sometimes even the same day!
  • Cindy873
    Cindy873 Posts: 1,165
    I own one fitted sheet per bed. They get washed and go back on the beds the same day. Folding problem: eliminated! :laugh:
  • evereadysmile
    evereadysmile Posts: 137
    Tuck the points of the corners into each other like this: http://youtu.be/_Z5k9nWcuFc
  • The_New_Christina
    The_New_Christina Posts: 818 Member
    http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Fitted-Sheet
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    Yes, its easy.
  • sonjarogers72
    sonjarogers72 Posts: 110 Member
    YEP!
  • rhonniema
    rhonniema Posts: 522 Member
    No.
    I don't even do laundry. lol.
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    No, I don't know how but I might have at one time. As a single mom, I have much better things to do, like living. Stupid fitted sheets.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    I'm far too lazy to properly fold fitted sheets. They get half-assed folded and thrown in the linen closet where nobody can see them!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    If by "fold" you mean "wad in a ball" then, yes.
  • ObtainingBalance
    ObtainingBalance Posts: 1,446 Member
    I can do everything with laundry except fold...

    LOL.
  • asaw00
    asaw00 Posts: 1,904 Member
    I don't know if there is a right way to do it, but this is how I do it. Fold in half (top to bottom) tuck the corners into the corners, then fold in half again(side to side) tuck inthat corner and kinda roll/fold three times and if its still too big fold it again. Thats how I do it!
  • jaxxie
    jaxxie Posts: 576 Member
    You're supposed to fold them?:sad:
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    My mom can fold a fitted sheet and it looks just like a flat sheet when she is done. I wasn't so lucky to inherit that talent so I just wash, dry and then put right back on the bed, no folding needed. :)
  • ggcat
    ggcat Posts: 313 Member
    If by "fold" you mean "wad in a ball" then, yes.

    I stopped trying.....
  • dkkwilson
    dkkwilson Posts: 19 Member
    Seems pointless to me. A rough-justice folding (or even just cramming it into a ball) seems to be more efficient. I mean, when it is not in your closet, you cover it up with a top sheet and comforter and you lay on it. Who cares if you folded it "right"?
  • ObtainingBalance
    ObtainingBalance Posts: 1,446 Member
    Is this a fitness/diet site or a laundry site?

    I would throw it in a ball and put it in a closet....

    OR listen to the other peoples advice on here :D
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    I just fold the sides and corners down so that I have a flat piece of fabric to work with. You need a big flat space like a folding table or bed to do it. It's not hard.
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    Is this a fitness/diet site or a laundry site?

    I would throw it in a ball and put it in a closet....

    OR listen to the other peoples advice on here :D
    This would be the Chit-chat forum, actually.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I always fold it in half once, then roll it up like a sleeping bag. That also makes it easier to tell the fitted sheets from the flat sheets when glancing into the closet.
  • snowdrop_diva
    snowdrop_diva Posts: 142 Member
    Yep.
  • MsP90X
    MsP90X Posts: 1,053 Member
    I can fold them like nobody's business!!

    Tuck the corners inside each other, then lay the "square" on a table. Fold 1/3 of the fabric towards the middle and then fold the fabric over again creating a long rectangular piece. Next fold the long piece by 3rds again, towards the middle from one end and then repeated with the other end. You get a perfectly folded piece of material.

    If you can visualize that... super easy with just one person :)
  • rhvandan
    rhvandan Posts: 185
    Yes, I can. My dad will actually save all of his for when I come over and then have me fold his too. He's 61, I'm 31... I'm not quite sure how he survived before I started doing this for him... Men, eh?
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