Sherri's Helpful Hints

My husband is a stickler for a perfectly made bed. They do look so much better when they are properly made and the bed clothes (as my great grandmother would say) stay in place better.

Bed Making Tips

1. Straighten the mattress and the mattress pad.


2. Spread the bottom sheet right side up, wide hem at top, even and straight.


3. If the sheet is short, tuck in at top and at sides, and keep taut. Leave no wrinkles.


4. Spread the top sheet even and straight, right side down, with wide hem at top, and tuck in at bottom under mattress.


5. Spread blanket or extra covering next.


6. Turn the top sheet down over the blanket.


7. Tuck in bottom and mitre corners. Tuck in the sides.


8. To protect the blanket, it is good to use a light-weight spread over all, to be used at night as well.


9. Lay day spread smooth and even.


10. Pillows may be placed under spread or stood upon top of the made bed.
    

How to Mitre a Corner of a Sheet

1. Take corner of sheet between thumb and finger and draw around corner of the mattress.


2. At the same time, slip other hand under side edge of sheet and draw upward into a diagonal fold.


3. Lay this fold up over the mattress.


4. Now turn under mattress the part of sheet left hanging.


5. Drop upper fold and tuck in under mattress. This makes a box like corner.
   (A mitred corner will hold the bedding firmly)