How to Fold a Fitted Sheet and Other Basics

How to fold a fitted sheet has baffled more than one of us along with other details of how to use bedding in your decor.

The video shows step-by-step how to fold a fitted sheet. As with many things being able to see something done makes it much easier to achieve than just reading how to do it.

Dressing your bed is much like dressing yourself. Having your selection of the different pieces co-ordinate in color, texture and design is important but just as in our personal dress, every piece doesn't need to match thread for thread. Some of the most interesting decors are those that co-ordinate the colors, textures, styles and scale.

For most, jacquard weave is as big a mystery as how to fold a fitted sheet. What exactly does jacquard weave mean? It is a weave structure that is the basis in creating different patterns such as geometric, floral, tapestries, brocades and damasks. Intricate woven patterns can only be created by this type weave which is woven on the same type loom created by Joseph-Marie Jacquard in the early 19th century.

Understanding thread count is an important basic and denotes the number of threads per square inch. Many times people describe the higher thread count bedding as feeling like silk. This mystery is easier and quicker to solve than that of how to fold a fitted sheet.

Combined with the the high thread count is the long staple Egyptian cotton. You feel the bedding and, immediately, think that it is silk. With the added benefit of master craftsmen in Italy superb luxury bedding is created.

Now that you have the understanding of some of the luxury bedding basics, along with knowing how to fold a fitted sheet, you are ready to enjoy the great experience of luxury bedding.