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It's never too late to tame the closet chaos — and finally learn how to fold the dreaded fitted sheet Clothes balled up in the back of your drawer? Not anymore! PEOPLE tapped two folding pros to teach ...

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Place your hands in the corners with the long side of the sheet going across your body and the top side of the fabric facing you. Take one corner in your hand and tuck it into the other. Repeat the ...

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 ...

We have come to terms with the fact that some of life's tasks are more difficult than others. One of the more common challenges is how to fold a fitted sheet that fits snuggly around your mattress.

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 ...