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Household Hints & Help

raccoon

(31,530 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2018, 07:50 AM Apr 2018

Yall who sew, I have a question. I have some old bedsheets (I keep them forever) [View all]

and the elastic on the corners of the fitted sheet has lost its mojo. So the corners, especially the upper corners, don't always stay put on the mattress.

I could just sew some elastic over the old elastic, or next to it, but how do I know how to measure it? Do I measure the old elastic and add or subtract X inches?

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Yall who sew, I have a question. I have some old bedsheets (I keep them forever) [View all] raccoon Apr 2018 OP

Take off old elastic. 9-10 inches new would be starting cpamomfromtexas Apr 2018 #1

put a piece of elastic on the corner from one end of a strip that's there to the other end. shraby Apr 2018 #2

Here you go.... Zoonart Apr 2018 #3

Forget the sewing, just buy some bed sheet clips. procon Apr 2018 #4

I never got these things to work for me. Laffy Kat Apr 2018 #6

There are many different styles and configurations available, but I like the procon Apr 2018 #7

I use those garter-looking things they sell in the linens section of dept stores, or... TreasonousBastard Apr 2018 #5

Thanks, everyone, for your responses! I'll try either the elastic or the clips. nt raccoon Apr 2018 #8