There are points in my life where I stop and say to myself, Now I feel like a real adult. Like when I bought my first car, or when I took that car for its first oil change. Or when I opened a savings account, or purchased my first washer and dryer. Or like when I learned how to fold a fitted sheet properly.
I had no idea this was a thing until my mother casually mentioned the possibility to me. She just threw this tidbit into conversation as though it would not blow my mind that one could actually fold a fitted sheet in a way that didn’t leave it looking like a forgotten socks in a washing machine. I don’t even remember what was being said in our initial conversation, because I immediately made my mom stop mid-sentence to elaborate on what was surely the impossible. I didn’t even know I could ask myself how to fold a fitted sheet. The notion just didn’t exist before! Once out of the packaging, the sheet lives the rest of its life as a crumpled ball, right?
Once you learn how to fold a fitted sheet, the process gets pretty easy to do, and it becomes second nature. Follow the steps in the video below!
Get ready, because once you learn how to fold a fitted sheet, your linen closets will never be the same. Plus it makes for a great party trick – if you’re ever at a party where laundry-folding is involved…
After learning how to finally wrangle a fitted sheet into a recognizable shape, I feel like I can pretty much do anything. Watch out, world – I’m great at laundry origami, and I’m comin’ for ya!
Now that you’ve tackled how to fold a fitted sheet, keep the tidy times going with these 12 tips for an organized closet!
