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 INTRODUCTION
Don’t flip your lid just yet! A solution
to folding your fitted bed sheets is
here. Let’s clean up those linen closets
and get them looking sharp!

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 STEP 1
With the bed sheet inside
out, place hands in adjacent
corners of the long length
of the sheet.
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STEP 2
TIP:
Washing and drying your sheets with
fabric sof tener before folding makes the
fabric easier to move. Also, folding the
sheets while they are warm will produce
fewer wrinkles.
Bring hands together and
fold one corner of the bed
sheet over the other corner.
After, hold that pair of
corners in one hand.
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 STEP 3
Reach down and pick up
the corner that is hanging in
front and fold it over the pair
of corners you are already
holding. Repeat with the
remainding corner.
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STEP 4
TIP:
When tucking the corners into one another,
it is easier to go counter-clockwise for
right-hand people, and clockwise for
lef t-handed people.
After you have gathered
all corners together, lay
the sheet down on a flat
surface and smooth out
all of the wrinkles before
continuing to fold.
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 STEP 5 STEP 6
FACT:
In 1820, Thomas Handcock invented
elastic to originally be used in gloves,
suspenders, shoes, and stockings.

Fold the edge of the sheet Fold the other edge of

1/3 of the way, starting the sheet up to create a
with the corners, so that all rectangle. Continue folding
elastic is hidden. to desired size.

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