Every time we put a folding video out, we ask for comment. Well, I mean we do
that in all of our videos but in the folding videos, we ask you what else you
want to know how to fold. So this is the fourth installment of our folding series
and we are covering how to fold a fitted sheet, a skirt, a maxi dress, how to hang
fold a sweater, and how to create animals out of towels, and it is being highly
debated what this animal actually is. The point is, I'm going to show you the
technique, the animal, and the creativity, that's all up to you. Stick around. We get
asked all the time about how to fold fitted sheets and I know everybody wants
their fitted sheet to look like this. It looks hard but trust me, it's not that
hard once you figure out how to get it done. A quick pointer, my sheets are silk
so they look super wrinkled. Most people's sheets aren't going to look like this.
Either way, this is a straightforward technique and it will take your sheets
from looking freaky to looking fabulous. The first thing you're going to do is find
one corner on each side of your fitted sheet and you're going to stick one hand
through one point and one hand through the other point. Then, this is the easy part,
you're going to clap your hands together and you're going to marry the two corners
together. So basically, you're going to use one hand as your pole I suppose and
you're going to wrap the other corner around the top of that pole. Now you
should have one end of your rectangle perfectly square. You're going to get to
the other side where you'll see the two opposite corners and you're going to do
the same thing. Find one corner and then you're going to wrap the other corner on
top of that. Now if you look at the sheet lying down you're going to see it looks
like a rectangle and that means you've done everything properly and from here it
is smooth sailing. All you're going to do is a tri-fold, so you're going to fold
your sheet in thirds, you're going to fold it in thirds again, and you'll see your
fitted sheet is now perfectly folded. Next up, how to fold a maxi dress. The thing is
with maxi dresses they tend to be A-line and in fact, this tip will work not only
for maxi dresses but shorter dresses or even A-line skirts and here is what it
looks like at the end, and here is how we're going to do it. I would recommend
hanging your maxi dresses when possible but if you don't have closet space or if
you're traveling, this is the way that you want to do it. So lay your maxi dress out
flat on a surface and the whole concept behind folding is we want to have straight
lines. And I've said this many times in our folding videos before, once you got
the straight lines down folding it is a breeze. So we're going to create a
straight edge on one half of the dress so you can see it's sort of goes on a bias
once I folded it and we're going to repeat that on the other side. Now everything
looks straight, kind of like a long, skinny rectangle. I'm going to flip the
top of the dress down and this part is really easy. We're just going to fold a
bunch of times until it looks nice. And viola, done. And on the topic of fancy,
frilly female outfits we have the skirt. Skirts are pretty simple because they're
mostly square already so there's not much to do. My recommendation is to just do a
couple of tri-folds and you have yourself a nice, little skirt package. A lot of us
hang our sweater like this but every now and then you'll pull your sweater off the
hanger only to see those permanent hanger impressions in the shoulder area. There is
a way to avoid it. It is called the hang fold not to be confused with a hang nail,
and it's quite simple to do. Start off by laying your sweater flat and then folding
it in half. Once that's done, take the hook of your hanger, place it into the
armpit area of your sweater, pull the body portion of your sweater across the hanger
and then take the arm portion of your sweater and fold it across the other part
of the hanger. This is what the hang fold looks like when it's all complete. I think
it's a great technique to use for your more delicate sweaters. The reason I was
saying not to do it for all of your sweaters is because it can get a little
bit bulky. For your finer materials it's okay but for anything that's a little bit
thicker, you're just going to want to hang it as you normally would. All right, on to
the towel animals. So full disclosure here, this is my first time trying it. I
was on a cruise ship. The guy who took care of our room created this elaborate
zoo of towel animals so I thought it would be kind of fun to give it a try. But, like
I said, this is my first time, read some instructions, we're going to try together.
What you're going to do is take the tip of one end of the towel and fold it into a
triangle and then you're going to repeat on the other side leaving a few inches
down there at the bottom. Now we're going to roll each corner in to create the body
of the animal. The real secret here is that I rolled inward, not straight. Now
you're going to fold the towel up a little bit to create a body. You can see what's
going on here. And then you're going to form with your hands the swan head and
beak. So this will require a little bit of patience and manipulation. Again, this is
my first time so I'd appreciate no judgments unless you want to tell me I'm
doing a great job, in which case I'm open to it. I got to be honest with you, not
looking like a swan, more looking like someone leaning over a toilet and puking.
Either way, I never said I was a pro at this, this was my first time. I would love
to see if you give one of these towel animal, person, sculpture things a try and
what your success rate is like. So tag me on Instagram, I'm @melissamaker, the
camera guy who's great idea this was by the way, he's @thechadreynolds, we are
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