Duvet positioning revelation

[PippaXo]

I did what another Mumsnet user recommended this morning and placed my king sized duvet with the stitched lines going horizontally inside the duvet cover. Revelation was that it fitted so much better. Apparently, this is how they are meant to go. Can't believe that I have never realised this in all the years!

No need to do that. Fold it in half diagonally, you'll see which is the longer side immediately.

That California roll in the video looked too faffy.

I put left top corner of the duvet in the cover - then holding it in my mouth I do the other corner then just shake it down.

Easy.

I have written on the labels of super-king sheets and duvet which corner the label goes in (usually bottom right or top left).

Pondering giant pegs now - I have sunbed towel clips which might work.

My duvets, no matter the size, all have a label on them (washing instructions). That little label always goes at the bottom of the cover. Duvets fit perfectly.

Ditto!

our duvet has the same amount of squares so must be a square

Never noticed a “wrong” way. I put my duvet in any which way and it’s always fine.

Come on, I don’t think she meant that she thought 230x220 was a square because she doesn’t understand maths 🙄

She’s probably just never looked at the actual dimensions. We have a double and I’ve just had to go a quick google to confirm that that is square - not because I don’t understand squares but because I’ve never cared to look at the cm width and length.

My duvet is 200x200, according to the label. 🤔 Hang on, going to fetch the measuring tape.

That’s a double

Well, TIL I've been using a double duvet on a king size bed. 🤷

I’ve got a king size duvet on a double bed so it hangs better over the sides. I just put it in the cover whatever way 🤷‍♀️

It’s a surprise to me that some people can get up in the morning and put their underwear on the right way round.

Mine has eight squares across and seven down.

All bunched at the top and empty sides makes me feel sick.

Yes, but I have a super king, it's too unwieldy to fold diagonally.

That's pretty much a square! Enough of a square for me not to notice its actually a rectangle

i struggled with that today!

My Hungarian goose feather down duvet puts itself in its cover

<smug>

that video looks ridiculous
and why do they say Lay your comforter on top?

i today today discovered the measurements of my duvet
W230cm x L220cm

no bother!

Odds are that yours is a standard double then. They are square - 200x200. With a small dose of common sense, you can see that will make no difference and there is no 'wrong' way with a square.

King and Super king duvets (and their covers) are not square. Same as single duvets are not and you wouldn't put one of those in sideways! None of this is stuff that requires any form of advanced education.

Well I grant you that the difference between putting the duvet in the right way to the wrong way is not massive. There is only about 2 inches difference between the width and length of a king size duvet. However, if you put it in with the widest part of the duvet going horizontally instead of vertically, the cover fits perfectly instead of sort of fitting.
The concept of a perfectly fitting duvet cover gives much satisfaction. Probably too much time on my hands!

I always put my king size duvet in vertically it fits perfectly. The super king we use in winter fits horizontally.

I just put that on DH's side!

Surely everyone washes duvet covers inside out and then puts them on the duvet by sticking arms into the inside out cover to the top corners, then grabbing top corners of the duvet through the cover, and then shaking the cover over the duvet? No need for clothes pegs!