How the hell do you fold a fitted sheet?

[Ceolas]

Without it ending up mangled?

Don't think Anthea has covered this, has she

[Tutter]

hehehe

will be watching this with interest

i just end up with a ball of sheet, whichever way i try

[expatinscotland]

You don't.

Just ball it up and stick it in the cupboard.

[purpleturtle]

Fold?

I find if you shove it in a drawer it doesn't matter if it's folded or not.

[kittypants]

you dont you screw it up in ball and hide it.

[Spidermama]

I do that too kitty.

[kittypants]

[Ceolas]

Good to know I'm not alone in believing this is one of life's unsolved mysteries!

[BettySpaghetti]

I have a method but its difficult to explain -I sort of fold it into quarters so all the corners are together and then hook all the corners over my fist IYSWIM.

You can then fold in the sides to make a neater shape and then fold to fit in the cupboard.

Does that make me the new Anthea then ?

[foxtrot]

I can do it [smug emoticon] coutesy of Martha Stewart.

[KTeePee]

I think Anthea did cover this actually - or someone has recently in any case. Didn't look any better at the end though...

[MrsBadger]

You need America's answer to Anthea Turner - Martha Stewart .

[Othersideofthechannel]

"Just ball it up and stick it in the cupboard"

So good to know I'm not alone

[Ceolas]

We need diagrams, betty.

Scuttles off to google Martha's method...

[fannyannie]

this is how you do it

[Ceolas]

Oh MrsB you beat me to it!

[HowVeryDareYou]

trustMartha

[foxtrot]

et voila

[purpleturtle]

Betty, are you sure that's not just taking longer over screwing it up small and shoving it in a cupboard?

[MrsBadger]

not that it's in my favourites or anything

[Chloe55]

Anthea has covered this (god how embarrassing that I know that!) Anyway, the way bettyspaghetti suggested is apparantly the correct way to do it. I still can't do it though without it looking like a lump of rag.

[Ceolas]

Except I don't understand the first bit

[madmarchhare]

I cant believe that people worry about this

[Ceolas]

Btw, MrsB, have you had a scan yet? My EDD is confirmed as 24th August

[foxtrot]

LOL i have it printed out and tucked behind the ribbons on my handmade pinboard in the laundry

[BettySpaghetti]

That bloody Martha stole my idea, adapted it slightly and then explained it in a better way.

I honestly do this with my fitted sheets although you'd never guess if you saw the state of the rest of my laundry cupboard