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I have just learnt how to fold a fitted sheet

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Thanks to this topic on Mumsnet I am starting to get my house in order (Flylady). I think I might be a bit obsessed though. I have just watched this and am so excited. Have I lost it completely??
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 06-Nov-09 15:08:36
I learnt how to fold them recently but I do it standing with the sheet hanging down (and a LOT quicker than him)
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 06-Nov-09 14:51:41
flower - apparently that clip is a fake according to another clip grin
There is another clip on that youtube page for getting a car door open with a tennis ball.

I don't drive, we don't have a car, but it can't be that easy to get into a locked car, can it?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 06-Nov-09 11:38:06
good to know but takes him 10 minutes!
fizzy:
"I fold duvet covers up and put the folded pillowcases inside (not inside the cover just inside the last folding) so it comes out as one bundle."

that's a brilliant idea: i spend ages looking for the matching pillowcases (which is why the bed usually ends up with completely different pillowcases on it)
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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 23:53:31
You are Anthea Turner and I claim my £5.00..
Am loving this. Will give my so much more space in my cupboard.

PMSL @ stillsquiffy - that has to be quote of the week.
Confession: I have been known to re-fold the towels when DH has put them away, I like them all folded the same way so they look neat in the cupboard blush.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 22:29:34
I do the fitted sheet thing but standing up with my left hand in the corner of the sheet and it drapes up my arm toward my shoulder. I only lay it on a bed to do the final folding, all the corner tucking is done whilst standing.

I do it so fast, I had to slow it down so my Mum could see how I did it grin

I fold duvet covers up and put the folded pillowcases inside (not inside the cover just inside the last folding) so it comes out as one bundle.

I also do that fast t shirt fold but it means the arm of the t shirt is underneath so can get messy when DH roots through his pile to find a specific t shirt. <contemplates where she can get cardboard to make folding device>

I actually enjoy folding. I am definitely anal, I even fold my dishcloths a particular way. I am Monica from Friends.
I do the stuff inside a pillowcase thing too after reading it on a how to survive a larger family thread
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