Check out this easy step by step video that shows you how to fold a fitted sheet! You can do it in just a minute once you learn how! No more wadded sheets!
How to Fold A Fitted Sheet
Here’s our “How to Fold A Fitted Sheet” video, which has been very popular with many readers! It’s amazing how something like folding a fitted sheet can drive so many people crazy! Hopefully, this will help you get it under control!
We get this question so often, “What if my sheet has elastic on all the sides?” The idea is still the same. Tuck the 4 corners into each other smooth the sides as best as you can and continue. I do like to do my sheets which are like this laying on a table or bed and it does take a minute or so longer but it is still done the same way.
Watch our “How to Fold A Fitted Sheet” video below!
We have been asked “Why would I want to learn how to fold a fitted sheet?” Well it really does only take 1-2 minutes to fold a fitted sheet once you learn how. The best part is you don’t have to worry about them taking up so much space in the closet. If you have a small our like mine a folded fitted sheet can save a lot of room!
Another tip is after you have folded your sheets. Put both the folded fitted sheet, folded flat sheet and folded pillowcase in one of the pillowcases you can then have them all together neatly on the shelf. Then when you need your sheets they are all together in one easy set.
Of course if you don’t get how to fold a fitted sheet down the first time, keep trying until you do. You will never go back to wadding a sheet again!
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I guess I’m the only person who doesn’t “get” this – I’ve watched this video dozens of times – but honestly I’m lost on the VERY FIRST STEP!! You tell us to hold our sheet length wise with the “right” side towards our body…. what does the “right side” mean? The right as opposed to the “wrong”? The right as opposed to the “left”? I have no idea which is the right, the left or the wrong side!! Any suggestions anyone can give me will be GREATLY appreciated! Every time I attempt this I end up with a huge pile of wrinkled, messed up sheet!!
That’s ok Brenda. There is a right and a wrong side of to a sheet. The seams are always on the wrong side. That is what I am talking about in the video but don’t even think about that part if it is confusing you. At first just to get the hang of it let’s try this. Lay the sheet on the bed spread out as flat as you can. Pull each bottom corner up and tuck them into the corners that are straight above them. Then take the 2 corners that are now tucked together on the one side and bring them over and tuck them into the other 2 corners. Try practicing that a few times. The whole idea is to just tuck the 4 corners into each other. I just do it standing up and once you get the jest of it and can get it from practicing on the bed you can then go to standing and doing it if you want.
I’d love to see you do this with my type of sheets…king size fitted with elastic all around? That would really help…I didn’t have twin sized sheets as a child & I doubt many of us sleep in twins.
I didn’t do the video with twin size and the concept is the same even if you have elastic all around. You just tuck in all four corners and do the same thing. The elastic makes no difference really except to take a little bit longer to straighten and fuss with it but not that much longer. It would help if you could learn on a sheet that maybe doesn’t have elastic and then would be easier to move on to a sheet with elastic though.
I have California King sheets with elastic all around. It still makes a big package when folded. I make my top sheets fitted by tying the corners in a knot and tuck it under mattress and it always stays there.
Great idea Bernece on tying the corners. I normally use a flat sheet for the top and bottom so I may have to try this.