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jokir44 05-07-2014 09:37 AM

I buy the sheets with deeper pockets for my thick mattress. Seen them anywhere from 13' to 17' but may also have them larger.

Lisa_wanna_b_quilter 05-07-2014 09:42 AM

Sheet suspenders work well.

gale 05-07-2014 11:33 AM

I bought sheets at target for my kids' beds (which have thick memory foam toppers on them) and they are really nice and deep. They have a double elastic on every corner which seems to make it easier to put on plus keeps it on. They aren't cheap though (IMO-maybe I'm a cheapskate) so right now each kid has one set and for washing, we take them off early and get them all washed and dried so they can put them back on at bedtime.

the bonus-no folding of sheets.

tessagin 05-07-2014 11:48 AM

I'll have to try these!

Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter (Post 6707613)
Sheet suspenders work well.


Onebyone 05-07-2014 12:36 PM

Fitted mattress pads and fitted sheet with large gussets work for me. I have two fitted mattress pads on each bed. Sure keeps them clean and looking like new.

jokir44 05-07-2014 01:47 PM

Oops I wrote 13' to 17'. I meant inches! That would have been one big sheet.

Sunnie 05-07-2014 03:43 PM


Originally Posted by jokir44 (Post 6707833)
Oops I wrote 13' to 17'. I meant inches! That would have been one big sheet.

I didn't even catch that. Sized for the Jolly Green Giant!

yngldy 05-07-2014 06:49 PM

I had that problem and as weird as it sounds, I put the sheet first on the corner that kept slipping and made sure it was snuggly settled in, then next, the diagonal corner, then the one on the same side as the diagonal, then the last one. It seemed to stay a little longer between adjustments. Just try to snuggle them in the corners as well as you can.

irishrose 05-07-2014 07:32 PM

I folded a square of fabric diagonally and sewed it to each side of the corner when I had some difficult sheets. Kind of like a bigger than average gusset. Are the sheets a woven cotton? It sounds like they are stretchy.

Sunnie 05-08-2014 01:53 AM


Originally Posted by irishrose (Post 6708183)
I folded a square of fabric diagonally and sewed it to each side of the corner when I had some difficult sheets. Kind of like a bigger than average gusset. Are the sheets a woven cotton? It sounds like they are stretchy.

The sheets are 100% woven cotton so no stretching. How big a square did you start with?


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