(#27) Jayme Learns to Fold a Fitted Sheet

I have to admit, pictures like these

Source: tulutextiles.com via cloth & kind | krista nye schwartz on Pinterest

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make my heart sing.


Beautifully organized linen closets are weird things to get excited about,  I know.

My own closet is less than perfect.

I do that thing where I put all the sheets in a set inside a pillow case so I don't get them mixed up.

I swear I must have eaten the fourth pillow case in my sleep or something.

It still happens though.

Putting the sheets inside the pillow case makes things look kind of lumpy, mostly because it is so hard to fold those fitted sheets.

Although this is another factor that can make your linen closet a bit messy.

This is a tutorial I've tried in the past to learn how to  fold a fitted sheet.

Martha Stewart Living, October 1997

There is a foolproof technique for folding a fitted sheet. These instructions are for a right-handed person; just reverse them if you're left-handed.

Folding a Fitted Sheet How-To

1. Stand holding the sheet by the two adjacent corners of one of the shorter edges. With the sheet inside out, place one hand in each of these two corners.

2. Bring your right hand to your left, and fold the corner in your right hand over the one in your left, enveloping it. Next, reach down and pick up the corner that is hanging in front; bring it up, and fold it over the two corners in your left hand; the corner that's showing will be inside out.

3. Bring the last corner up, and fold it over the others; with its right side showing, it should envelop the other three corners.

4. Lay the folded sheet on a flat surface and straighten it into the shape shown.

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

6. Fold the sheet into a rectangle.

7. Continue folding until the rectangle is the size you want it to be.

Foolproof, huh?

Here are my results:

 




So then I thought, maybe if I watch Martha's video...




Oh my gosh! 

I am this poor woman next to Martha and her snubby fitted sheet instructor. The poor woman from the audience seems so embarrassed. I just want to give her a hug!

Clearly, this method wasn't going to work for me.

In my Pinterest search, I realized I am not the only one who has issues with this fitted sheet business as demonstrated by this tutorial below:

Source: littlewhitelion.com via Stephanie on Pinterest

So I kept looking.

And I found this

Source: motifake.com via Eduardo on Pinterest

and a video tutorial exactly like Martha's with the instructors first line was "one of the biggest challenges you're going to face in your life is how to fold a fitted sheet."

First world problems. But one that I am determined to solve.

Then I found this infograph/advertisement that clued me into the trick to this folding business.

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Thank you Sleep Number! No need for sheet origami. Just use a table.

Ta daaaa!