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How to Fold A Fitted Sheet (For Jules)

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Today I am going to show you how to fold a fitted sheet so that you can take your bed linen from this

to this!

I normally fold as soon as I take from the line, but because I know that many of you are not able to do that I have left it sitting in the basket crumpled to make it ‘real’.

Take the fitted sheet and place it on the table with a short end running the length of the table on the left. Make sure that your sheet has the’right side’ down on the table.

I know you are looking at that thinking “She has got to be kidding!”  but stay with me…..

Find the stitched corner on the left

Then on the right

I have put my hand into the sheet and up to the corner so that I can turn it inside out (my right hand is now inside!)

Now take that right hand over to the corner we sorted on the left and push it into the corner,

and holding all of those corners in your left hand,

stretch the sheet out across the table with your right hand.

Do the same at the other end and you end up with this:

Fold the elastic edge in so that you end up with a fairly good rectangle

Now fold the left hand side over (about where the elastic is) smoothing with your hand (this is the ironing lol)

Then fold the other side in as well

Fold up a third of the way

Then the other.   

Now that wasn’t so hard was it!!!  BUT we still have more in the basket!
Fold the straight sheet in half lengthwise and then in half and half again width wise.
Don’t forget the ironing!  😉 Fold in half again

Now take your folded fitted sheet and place it on the straight sheet, leaving enough to fold down over at the top

We mustn’t forget the pillow cases!  Fold them in half both ways and sit them on top

Fold the top over
Fold the bottom up

And again and there you have it – when you go to make the bed there will be no more searching through the linen looking for matching pillow cases!  Doesn’t it look neat!
The back

and  the side

and best of all, the front!  Won’t that look lovely in the linen cupboard!!

I hope that helps you get those fitted sheets under control.  
A couple of Nanny tips:  If you hang your sheets on the line, fold the straight sheet in half across so that the folding is already started when you take it off.  Hang the fitted sheet by the corners on the short side with the other end the same one line away and then as you take the pegs out you have it half folded! (It all helps)
Until next time

Nanny xx

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  1. I learnt this from the Martha Stewart website 🙂 But I do the corner thing again so that all 4 corners are together. What I didn’t know was to fold them all together with the pillowcases! Thanks for the awesome tip! Kinda makes me want to go and sort out my linen cupboard….. But yeah not today LOL.

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