How to: Fold a Fitted Sheet

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

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Do you know how to fold a fitted sheet? I always would bundle mine up into a ball and shove it into a college somewhere – until my senior year of college when one of my friends taught me how to properly fold a fitted sheet. Note: Since I am only 4\’11 and my wing span is not very long I have to lay it on the bed to fold mine.

Step 1: With the sheet entirely inside out, place your left hand into any corner, and your right hand into the next closest corner.
Step 2: Placing your fingers into the seam corners match up the adjacent corners and place one corner into the other so the sheet is now folded in half.

Step 3: You now have two corners in each hand. Bring your hands together and flip the corners from your right hand onto your left hand, making sure all the seam corners are touching.

Step 4: Grab the right edge, and gently shake the sheet, allowing the elastic edges to fall toward you. Lay the sheet onto a flat surface. Note: make sure the left and bottom edges are straight and square.

Step 5: Fold in thirds length wise. 


Step 6: and into thirds once again.

Step 7: Smooth out, and be proud of your awesome work!

Note: I always fold my flat sheet with the wide edge showing so I can tell them apart.

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40 Comments on “How to: Fold a Fitted Sheet”

  5. My mother has been trying to teach me for years and I never seem to get it. Hopefully between the two of you I can finally get it. BTW super cute bed spread

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  10. I needed this tutorial! I just wad mine up into a ball and throw it in the closet because I get so frustrated with folding it.

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  16. I have to say..thanks for the tutorial bec embrassingly enough I dont know how to fold as neatly as you did!xo Navhttp://www.navlandstyle.blogspot.com/

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  18. I HATE folding fitted sheets. They never look right. When I was younger I swore that I would grow up and marry a man who would fold my fitted sheets. Or get a maid. Neither has happened. 😉

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  28. This was very informative! I always have trouble with folding them. I didn't know you were 4'11! Don't feel bad, I'm only 5'1!

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  38. I learned how to fold a fitted sheet using Martha Stewart's tutorial – she describes it differently but it looks the same as yours from step 4 on. Seriously I think it is like one of the best skills I ever learned 🙂 I used to HATE folding sheets because the fitted one always looked like a mess, but now I love looking at my organized linens!

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