Fitted Sheets

9 years ago

I posted this a couple of hours ago, but it seems to have disappeared.

We recently bought a gel filled memory foam (Novaform) from Costco, and we love it! We get up with no stiffness whatsoever. But it also raised the mattress height 3" so some of our bedding no longer fit.

I typically buy bedding at the second hand stores, after looking at them closely for stains, but I was in a local store the other day as they advertise their Egyptian cotton sheet sets for $20. At the till I asked the girl if the fitted sheet has the elastic all the way around it. She said that they are all made that way. I didn't buy it. We have one set like that and I don't like it at all. ARE fitted sheets now made with the elastic wrapped all the way around?

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Elizabeth

9 years ago

All of my newer sheets have the elastic all the way around. I am not fond of it. They are harder to put on and monsters to fold.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
All of the ones I have bought recently yes they do. I much prefer it, they stay on my extremely tall mattress so much better than the ones with elastic at the corners. There might be some that are 4 corners I don't know how you would know.
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No just make new corners. That is all that is needed to make them fit. The excess can be tucked in under the mattress and the elastic being all around will hold it there. You will be taking the corners in about an inch on the width and an inch and a half on the length so on the head and foot it will be an inch for the width and on the sides it will be about 1 1/2 inches on each end for the length. When you sew it start at what will be your new top corners and taper it to the elastic and let the elastic do the work of tightening the bottom. so each corner seam will be 1 in x 1 1/2 inches from the existing corner seam at the top and tapering to nothing at the bottom If you still don't like the look then sew the corners straight down and go right over the elastic then sew back and forth over the elastic to strengthen the seam but I really think the tapering will be enough
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Elizabeth
9 years ago
If you bought sheets online, there might be a customer review or a Q and A that might tell you in advance. I doubt that a cashier would know as it isn't stated on the packaging.
Dakota
9 years ago
The fitted sheet I recently bought had the elastic all the way around. I did get a fitted sheet with deep pockets so I don't know if this has something to do with it. It is a little harder to put on but it stays better than the ones I had that just had the elastic on the corner. With those I had to put the sheet back on everyday because it kept coming off.
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9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Check those sheets VERY carefully. The super-cheap "Egyptian Cotton sheet sets" typically have SMALL PRINT right above that wording that says, "as soft as." They're microfiber.
Lily Spider
9 years ago
I just bought sheets at kohls and yep elastic all the way around. I didn't even think about it. Probably because I don't fold fitted sheets I just ball them up and squish them down with the flat sheet :)

They were inexpensive, soft and stay on well.
Michael
9 years ago
I can't remember when elastic wasn't featured on cotton fitted sheets. An old set of Dan River Percale from the early 70's has a 360 degree band. The newer, top end brands like Red Land Cotton and Authenticity50 also feature elastic banded fitted sheets.
chessey35
9 years ago
All the ones i've bought recently have elastic all around. I don't like them. Used to be able to fold but now it's impossible. I think they're harder to put on also.
Rusty
9 years ago
I really like the elastic all the way around. They stay in place so much better than those that just had elasticized corners ever did.

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Anglophilia
9 years ago
Yes, impossible to fold. Also, with all today's mattresses being so ungodly thick, so are the fitted bottom sheets. I have to have my mattress and box springs custom made as I have a 35 yr old Charleston Rice bed and with thicker mattress etc, it would take a ladder to get in bed and I'd lose the entire headboard. So these new fitted sheets are not very "fitted" on my mattress - WAY too big.
mamapinky0
9 years ago
Too big for my standard twin beds also..I don't use fitted very often as I use sheets from the 50's and there were no fitted, besides I can't fold a fitted and ironing them is the worlds most difficult job.
Elizabeth
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Elastic all the way around became the standard about the time adjustable beds came into fashion. The corners-only fitted sheets came untucked along the long mattress sides.
susie53_gw
9 years ago
I just bought 3 new sets of sheets and they have elastic all the way around. I am anxious to see how easy or difficult they are to put on. When I put the sheets on I put one corner on and then put the other one diagonally from it. Seems to work well.
donna_loomis
9 years ago
The last three sets I bought did have elastic all the way around. That might not be a bad thing, but what I didn't like is that the elastic is inside a casing, meaning that it is not stitched TO the fabric of the sheet, so I have to adjust the gathers sometimes. I don't like that aspect. I didn't know it was the new thing, thought it was just this brand. The best fitted sheets I had actually had no elastic. They were really "fitted" by seaming in strategic areas at each corner. Of course, that was before we had several different heights of mattresses. A full size was just that, LOL. And yes, the new sheets are a despicable mess when I fold them. I used to be proud of my sheet folding, but not any more.
cynic
9 years ago
No suggestions and haven't bought any lately but I know what you're going through. Back when I was using the featherbed and mattress topper I just gave up and put the fitted sheet over the featherbed and let it be. So what if it didn't cover the mattress completely? Not a big deal to me and it was much easier to put the sheet on the bed.
cynic
9 years ago
No suggestions and haven't bought any lately but I know what you're going through. Back when I was using the featherbed and mattress topper I just gave up and put the fitted sheet over the featherbed and let it be. So what if it didn't cover the mattress completely? Not a big deal to me and it was much easier to put the sheet on the bed.

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