I do all the time!! I remember watching Martha Stewart showing the newly divorced Phil Donohue (?) on his daytime show. Once you get the gist of it, it becomes second nature. My linens are all stacked neatly, fitted, atop that the flat, atop that the cases. Wish I knew how to post a pic....but believe me!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-a2FR1iwqg

Here's Martha to teach you!

I've had them looking pretty good at times if I have the patience to fold them meticulously. Usually I don't so they're kind of a mess but no one else sees them so not a huge priority. If I have an extra set of sheets in the closet of a guest room at our cabin then I fold them nicely.

If you can lay them out on the bed while folding that helps a lot. Otherwise you need to be tall with long arms.

daisychain....you're so funny! It's really a little bit of OCD maybe? I can't stand the looks of messy linen shelves....which results in wrinkled, messy sheets on the bed, which means the bed looks rumpled, which means the whole room looks askew! See where this goes?

I fold them by lying them on the bed, fold in half and line everything up, then fold in half again. Might not be perfect but then I put the folded top, bottom, and pillowcases inside one pillowcase and store it that way. It looks neat on the shelf and quick to grab the set you want. But truthfully, I mostly just wash, dry, and back on the bed in a couple of hours. I only have two sets of sheets for my bed. I don't want to store more.

At least I have a kindred spirit in Daisychain. Martha gets under my skin. Pretty sure she doesn't fold her own sheets but nice that one of her minions coached her on how to do it! I've decided that it is one of those "life is too short" things. I also don't iron sheets, although I have on occasion ironed pillow cases for guests.

Martha was pretty fun in this video. Years ago I saw a video of her with her

Mom, learning to fold fitted sheets. Really, we should all just wash & dry them & put back onto bed!! I have completely given up, even with DH help. Have a set in the dryer now I keep fluffing to avoid folding!!!

To answer original post....NO!!! :)

The dryer has replaced my ironing board. I am the queen of taking things out of the dryer and hanging/folding them, putting them back on the bed. Last time I used my iron was to iron the center crease out of my Christmas tablecloth.

I fold fitted sheets all the time and the fold the flat sheet, the pillows and make a neat little bundle which gets put in the linen closet.

I fold my fitted sheets. I also iron my top sheets and my pillowcases. 😎

I use the Martha method too!

It can be done but I think it's hard to make them look as nice as the flat sheet. During the pandemic I have been cleaning out/organizing every closet, cabinet and drawer. We have two "linen closets", the larger one being in our MBath. We have a large armoire in the MBed so I moved all linens for that bedroom to the armoire. As someone mentioned, I put the sets of sheets in a large basket. Guest room sheets/blankets, etc. are stored in a chest in that room as the drawers are empty. I do make sure those look nice and neat.

sc_irish, I'm glad you took it as humorous (my dry sense of humour is often misinterpreted). I'd take a drop of OCD if it meant that my linen closet had little white packets on each shelf, rather than needing me to shoulder the door shut.

I do as Annie. I fold as week as I can the fitted then fold the pillowcases and place them inside a perfectly folded flat sheet so it all looks “perfectly” folded in the closet. Also makes pulling out the clean sheets tidier as well.

Maybe I don't belong here. Just kidding, I come here for my daily dose of "this is how I want to be!"

This is why I decided a year or so ago to stop using fitted sheets! When I was a child, all our bed linens were flat sheets, top and bottom. I decided life is too short for me to bother with - for me - the extra work of getting a fitted sheet on the bed, and 'folding' fitted for storing. I'm not suggesting skipping fitted sheets altogether for anyone else, just saying what works for me. I buy sheets that are sold individually now. I happen to enjoy having a variety of sheet sets (2 flats and cases) and love how these are so easy to fold and stack. No lessons needed, and fuss-free. Top and bottom are interchangeable, so I think will wear better.

I don't care if my sheets are folded perfectly and look pretty on the shelves of my linen closet. I care that they're clean and smell good and are white cotton. I don't enjoy putting the fitted sheet on the bed (back in the day we called them "contour sheets"). Generally they smooth out once they're on the bed and spend a night surrounding my body heat.

I learned from Martha.

I keep the dirty sheets in the hamper, wash them fresh, and then put them on the bed. Problem solved!

I am tall and have long arms and I cannot fold sheets according to that video. When I do need to fold them, they get folded using the bed as an assist, put between the flat sheet along with the pillowcases and tucked into the linen closet and look decent. Most of the time, they go right back on the bed.

I have a favorite set of sheets. The cleaning person changes my sheets. On the day she comes, I strip the bed, wash and dry the sheets. I fold the top sheet and pillow cases and just throw the freshly laundered fitted sheet on the bed for her. No folding required. I can fold the fitted sheet although it comes out a little lumpy.

I'm short and somehow I manage to fold our king fitted sheets just fine. My mother or grandmother (can't remember) taught me and it's just always been second nature to me. I always have 3 sets - one on the bed, one in the wash and one in the linen closet - on rotation. But I totally get not wanting to bother and just shoving them into a basket!

My laundry room is on the main floor and my king size bed is on the upper floor. I know how to fold the fitted sheets but it is really hard (I use flannel sheets) to fold them like that working solo if you have no place to set it down - like on the bed. My arms just aren't long enough, so they are seldom perfectly folded. If I take them upstairs to fold them, they are wrinkled already.

I recently got a new bed with a split king size adjustable mattresses. (two extra long twins). The fitted sheets are a snap to fold - twin size vs king size. They always turn out perfectly.

I can do it but I don't always do it with the care that I should. I follow this woman's method for the most part.

https://www.thecoast.net.nz/trending-now/video-goes-viral-showing-how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet-perfectly-in-just-one-minute/#ath

The guest bed has one set of sheets. Wash, dry, back on bed.

I have three sets, flannel for winter and regular for summer, with wash, dry, back on bed the usual thing. And since the other sets are in my closet, I really don't care how they fold, as long as they're reasonably compact.

Did Martha’s cell mate teach her this trick?

Actually, I rarely fold sheets. Wash, back on the bed.

I would LOVE to be able to do this. I can't tell you how many times people have tried to teach me, or how many times I have watched the various youtubes. I have always been challenged with things like this. I may try watching once more, but I have accepted that I am high functioining and pat myself on the back for that. I do get them looking pretty neat and my linen closet is pretty tidy and even looking so I'm ok with that.

I will still try and watch and try again ( and probably again and again).

I remember doing this when I was a kid. It’s not a big deal. I like a neat closet. Many times though, I just put the washed and dried set right back on. It just seems to make sense.

Salonva, do watch the Martha video that olychick linked. It is actually hilarious in that it shows that even Martha thinks it's impossible and needs help from her staff to get it done. I am like the lady they try to teach whose sheet ends up much in the same way the fishing line did in the bottom of our very small boat when my parents tried to take 5 little kids fishing for the first time.

I fold my fitted sheets. I also iron my top sheets and my pillowcases

BB is my spirit animal; I do exactly the same with my linens.

The video is exaggerated for effect, once you get the hang of it folding fitted sheets that way is pretty easy. I can't say I LIKE doing it, but you do end up with a neatly folded sheet that stacks well.

As for ironing, I started that years ago because my bed is truly my sanctuary and the feel of crisp clean ironed sheets and pillowcases is such a lovely little treat when I climb in at night to read and then drift off.

It's no big deal to do and since I follow my mother's rule of 3 with linens (one set on the bed, one in the laundry, one in the closet) I usually wait till I've got a couple of unironed sets then do them in front of whatever HGTV show I want to idly watch.

I got the Martha method down years ago. But I still have to following along with a video when using the Burrito Method to put the comforter cover back on. Thank goodness for smartphone and iPad, I can have it on the nightstand and pause as I go! Before, I was running from the computer in the home office back to the bedroom for every step.

I used to have three sets of sheets for each bed. One on the bed, one in the linen closet, and one to be washed. Now, being, ahem, somewhat older if not wiser, I wash the sheets that are on the bed and put them right back on-no folding necessary. Mine are linen and I have a duvet, so I put the bottom sheet on and smooth it, no top sheet. I iron the pillowcases. If I have guests, I iron the top sheet sheet, too, since most people prefer to have a top sheet.

I also used to use a flat sheet as the bottom sheet, but switched back to fitted when Rough Linen offered them. Mattresses are just so heavy now, that I had a difficult time getting the sheet tightly under the top end of the mattress.

I always think of my father in law when I struggle to fold fitted sheets. He demo'd how to do it just standing casually in the laundry room. But he was 6' and I'm not.i sure do miss that man.

No thanks, Martha.

My dryer gives me the sheets already rolled up tight. They call it the Samsung Roll.

I used to be able to do it with no problem when there was only elastic on the corners but the sheets with elastic all around are a real pain - it can be done but so not worth it.

Chessey, you are so right about the elastic-all-around sheets! They are much harder to fold tidily! All the more reason to wash and put right back on the bed!

Cyn, as a kid we had to make our beds with 'hospital corners', but after I got rid of my fitted sheets, I just drape the bottom sheet over the mattress (and the top sheet as well) and have no problems, except just a minor issue with the one set that is much skimpier in the width than the others. I do the same for blankets - never tucked in, just draped. An advantage discovered after switching is that the lack of tucking helps my feet feel less bound and confined. Apparently no one else prefers just flats over fitted....