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The irony? Fitted sheets were undoubtedly invented to make bed-making more efficient. We can thank Bertha Berman for patenting the fitted bed sheet back in 1959. The original patent application even ...

Knowing how to fold a fitted sheet is a deceptively tricky endeavor—one false move, and you’ve got yourself a mess that looks more like a bundle than bed sheets. Unlike top sheets and pillowcases that ...

Folding a fitted sheet is one of those chores that feels impossible to master — no matter how hard you try, those pesky elastic edges never seem to line up. We’ve all been there (and I'm sure we've ...

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When I was young and wild, my party tricks included tying a cherry stem with my teeth and hula-hooping on bars. Fast-forward 200 years, and these days I like to knock people's socks off by showing ...

Place the sheet on a flat surface like a table, countertop, or bed. You should see a C-shape in the fabric. Fold the edges from the outside in, smoothing the fabric as you go. Fold in thirds again ...

Are you a fitted-sheet whisperer or a closet scruncher? TV host Lisa Quinn, author of Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets: Your Ultimate Guide to Domestic Liberation, is an unapologetic scruncher. ...