How To Fold A Fitted Sheet Into A Nice Flat Rectangle

Folding laundry is a huge pain, but fitted sheets are in a category of their own. Those round elastic “corners” never match up, and even if you manage to get one side of the sheets semi-flat, the other side will inevitably bunch up. Fortunately, there’s a technique that actually works.

To get a fitted sheet into a nice flat rectangle, the key is to have all the corners tucked into each other. Observe:

Watch the video from YouTube user Hisgirl777 for a better demonstration, but here are the steps:

1. Take the sheet warm out of the dryer (for fewer wrinkles) and shake it out.

2. Lay the sheet down with the long side facing you (across your body).

3. Stick your fingers into the bottom left corner.

4. Take the opposite corner right above it and pull it over the corner in your hand.

5. Repeat on the right side: place your right hand in the bottom right corner, then pull the opposite corner over it. You’ll now be holding the corners in each hand.

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6. Turn the corners in your left hand over the corners you’re holding in the right. Now all four corners will be on your right hand.

7. Lay down this new square and smooth it out.

8. Square off the corners as best you can.

9. Fold into rectangles.

When you’re done you might not even be able to tell it’s a fitted sheet. Now you don’t need to stuff balls of fitted sheets in your linen closet or drawers—and chances are, it’ll save some precious storage space.

This story was originally published in 2011 and was updated on 11/21/19 to provide more thorough and current information.

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