Sheets - flat to fitted - any tips?

nanna60 · **Posted: 19-10-2012 , 03:45 PM** #1

I have a lot of flat sheets and would love to try make them into fitted if anyone could help please.

irishrose · **Posted: 20-10-2012 , 10:55 AM** #2

I would lay the flat sheet on the mattress and then, allowing about one inch "give" at each corner, I would pin straight down, mitering the corners. Then trim off the mitres and hem the bottom edges of the sheet and run elastic through the hem. Flat sheets are considerably wider and longer than a fitted sheet, so I would probably trim the sheet so that I had about 6" on each edge (past the depth of the mattress) to allow for the newly fitted sheet to fit nicely around the mattress.

nanna60 · **Posted: 20-10-2012 , 07:40 PM** #3

Many thanks i will try one next week on the single bed.

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	Posted: 19-10-2012 , 03:45 PM #1
nanna60 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wicklow Posts: 124	Sheets - flat to fitted - any tips? I have a lot of flat sheets and would love to try make them into fitted if anyone could help please.

	Posted: 20-10-2012 , 10:55 AM #2
irishrose Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 49	I would lay the flat sheet on the mattress and then, allowing about one inch "give" at each corner, I would pin straight down, mitering the corners. Then trim off the mitres and hem the bottom edges of the sheet and run elastic through the hem. Flat sheets are considerably wider and longer than a fitted sheet, so I would probably trim the sheet so that I had about 6" on each edge (past the depth of the mattress) to allow for the newly fitted sheet to fit nicely around the mattress.

	Posted: 20-10-2012 , 07:40 PM #3
nanna60 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wicklow Posts: 124	fitted sheets Many thanks i will try one next week on the single bed.