How Can I Keep Sheets on the Mattress?

By

carnation037

Re: How can I keep sheets on the mattress?
Try my bedhug for keeping your sheets in place.
www.mybedhug.com (06/16/2008) By Kathy

I know I am late in reading this but I did try
going to the site listed by Kathy and it didn't
say or show anything about beds and keeping
sheets on them. Anyone know of this bed hug
thing?

By

Onesummer

Try deep pockets sheets

By

Joycer

Sock Tape! I already posted my hint but I'll copy it here. To keep your sheets snug or bedding from falling on the floor, and making the bed in the morning a snap, just use sock tape (clear, heavy plastic tape used by hockey players to keep their hockey socks up) on the two bottom corners of the covers. Start the tape on the top and wrap it straight down, lift the corner of the mattress and bring it up the other side to the top.

I tape the mattress cover on all 4 corners to keep it snug and then tape the bottom corners of the cover sheet and quilt. In the morning all you have to do is pull your covers up. I have a king size bed so this doesn't interfere with my leg room.

On wash day, just peel the old tape and re-tape the clean sheets and blankets. In the past I have saved the waistband off of my boy's underwear if it was in good shape and re-used it for the corners of of my bedding. I'd put the sheets on the bed, pin the stretched elastic to hug the corners tight and take it to the sewing machine for the final stitching. That works okay but I prefer using the sock tape. There is a picture with my original post as well.

By

cookwie

Get new sheets at a discount store. It's easier in the long run. From now on, make sure you have a thread count of at least 200 because these have the deeper pockets.

By Carol in PA (Guest Post)

My sister has twin beds. She uses double bed sheets on her twins and they stay put. Also, they're easier for her to put on the bed and tuck.

Good luck

By

dietvanilla

honey I have the same problem with the deep ends and the mattress pad so now I buy the king size sheets and I have a queen bed it works, for the extra stuff I just tuck underneath and get more covers on my side now. You are right those belts or stapps were a pain to me. To tell you the truth a waste of money.

By Michele (Guest Post)

When I had a set of sheets that did the same thing, I used large safety pins to hold it to the corner of the mattress. It was a challenge to get the pins on and off, but the sheet stayed in place.

By

theseamstress

narrow elastic in packs at walmart craft department in 5 yards lenght for 99 cent per package. measure the width of your matteress, cut 2 pieces of elastic that long and pin to each side with safety pins about 1/4 down on each end side to side by running it under your matteress then pinning to your sheets sides. can even leave on while washing your sheets. works great.