It always wants to ride up the sides of my bed because elastic never wants to hold it in place. When I wash and dry my sheets it inevitably spirals up in the washer and dryer so it never washes or dries properly. Then it’s a pain in the ass to try and fold neatly.
I feel like I’m failing adulthood after being bested by a bedsheet.
You must log in or register to comment.
I feel like I’m failing adulthood after being bested by a bedsheet.
Don’t worry, no one can actually fold the fitted sheet nicely. I channel Lorelei Gilmore when I fold mine (jump to 0:45 for the relevant part, there aren’t many videos of this scene apparently).
Dry a good thick blanket at the same time. It may stop the wrapping but if you check in ten minutes, it’s a lot easier to unwrap. Much more likely, it wraps around the blanket and that stops the wrapping of the sheet around itself. Helps to do that wrapping around the blanket itself by hand before hand.
Edit: also…
I didn’t see anybody else share how to fold a fitted sheet, so here you go. This is how I’ve been folding mine for several years now. It’s a game-changer.
Hey, thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.
Fitted sheets are awful. For a start they never fit.
I use a massive flat sheet and just tuck it under the mattress. If your mattress fits in your bed frame rather than on it, use a mattress topper and tuck the sheet under that.
I am the bottom sheet in my bed. I feel you, I can barely deal with myself.
So real it hurts
This is a cool community. I never expected so many helpful replies to this. Thank you all.
one stupid idiot fuck has yet to make a fitted sheet with any sort of orientation indication on it so I refuse to sleep on a bed I’ve got a yoga mat it cost $15
Lots of them anymore have little “top/bottom” or “head/foot” tags on the inside. Very handy.
Target sells them now! Mine have tags on the parts that go either by your foot or head board that say that’s where they go. They also have extra pleating at the corners so that they stay tucked deep under the mattress. Iove them! Oh, and elastic around the entire thing so they tuck under the entire mattress.
The Lands End sheets do label the sides with discreet tags inside the fitted sheets, they might be worth it for that alone (tho they’re also p comfortable)
Do you latch your sheets below your matress’ corners? They’re usually meant to fully cover the top and all sides, except for those with no elastic.
Or, perhaps the elastic has gotten too lash, so they slip out from below and ride up the sides?
I don’t have a proper solution for washing and drying, except putting them in a washing bag so they don’t eat all the other laundry.
I do latch them below the corners. I have a foam mattress topper, so fitted sheets just fit around the mattress. As a result, there isn’t a lot of extra material to go under the mattress.
I learned these straps exist. Going to give it a shot.
fitted sheets just fit around the mattress
This is your core problem. They need to fit a good ways past the edge. You need a ‘deeper’ fitted sheet.
there trick is to pull the elastic down far enough so it reaches over the bottom edge of the mattress.
forget folding it neatly. you can adult without that skill
Also depends on the sheet. I have one that always pops off no matter how well I secure it on the corners.
you can adult without that skill
Thanks, that makes me feel better about my adultery skills
Thanks, that makes me feel better about my adultery skills
Stop cheating on your spouse.
No wonder the sheets don’t stay on the bed 😂
Glue it to your bed. To wash, hose it down every few months. It takes about a week to dry the mattress, so you just have to get used to sleeping on a damp surface. Apply Febreze liberally.
Have you tried flat sheets rather than fitted?
Always fitted. I think that’s my problem.
Wash bedclothes separately at at least 60°C. Germs die and salt and fat will dissolve. No folding, because who cares it won’t make a difference after 1 night. And yeah what elbow said, pull the fittet sheets as far as possible over the mattress. The rubber ring should be as small as possible on the backside. The sewn corners on the bed sheet should rest on the mattress’ corners that are on the underside, or even being stretched further
Mattresses have an enormous variance in thickness, and sheets vary considerably in the depth of the “pocket.” If your sheets can barely fit over a too-thick mattress, then they’re going to pop off when you move on them. You might just want to buy some new sheets with a deeper pocket. Alternatively, you can buy elastic straps that go under the bed and clip onto the sheets. You’ll generally either find these as a four pack of short ones that are meant to go only at the corners, or as a two pack of long ones meant to stretch under the entire bed and attach opposite sides. Get the long ones; they generally perform much better.
I don’t even fold it. I use it until it’s well past time to throw it away.
I think some places you can buy sheets and pillowcases separately and not in sets. What this can allow you to do is buy a flat sheet and use it on your mattress instead of a fitted sheet. You might need to buy a size bigger for this to work, I don’t know.
The flat sheet should be better because you can tuck it under the mattress and it will not do that crazy balling up in the wash/dry.
I just talked myself into trying this someday.
This is what most hotels seem to be doing these days. At least the ones I’ve stayed at.
