Fitted sheets

MissAdventure

Is there not extra material on the mattress, though, if you size up?

Read this as 'Is there not extra marital on the mattress'.....😳

I I do hope not.
I haven't the energy!

What do you do with sheets you no longer use? Such a lot of material but just clog up the linen cupboard.

Towels too. I have far more than I'll ever need.

I don't mind if fitted sheets are a bit big as you can just tuck them in. Too small on the other hand is tricky.

Sorry, two 'I's.
Fingers are playing up, along with eyes.
People will just have to work out what i mean.

I'll probably take my old sheets to a charity shop.
Or, I'll check them over, and decide they're not worth it.

Grammaretto. There must be lots of people who would welcome sheets etc, but finding them is difficult. Charity shops do have them for sale. I have taken mine there. And have given a friend with horses and DD for her dog drying some old towels.

I had single size plain coloured duvet covers , duvets and sheets and managed to pass them on to friends whose had GC. They were all in good condition, but the towels were more worn. Fine for dogs and horses.
Would a local church welcome sheets etc for parishioners who are short of cash. Could you ring your local church and ask? A shame for good things to go to waste

MissAdventure

Is there not extra material on the mattress, though, if you size up?

Depends. Don’t go for extra deep sheets if your mattress is normal depth.
Mine is 38 + I have a pander topper so I like the extra depth.
I just wash & dry in my heat pump tumble dryer & don’t bother to iron as there doesn’t seem to be creases if I get it out straight away.

Dunelm take used bedding, even duvets and pillows. Our Tesco also accepts them but I don’t know if that’s a country-wide thing.

Thanks HelterSkelter. That's helpful. I'll need to do it gradually because noone can cope with huge amounts, at least our charity shops can't.

I wonder what Dunelm did with the old stuff? SueDomin

I wonder that as well. Duvets are so expensive to launder or clean and they would need to be clean before Dunelm passed them on if they were going to be used as duvets and not just disposed of. I must Google the question and see if AI comes up with answer.

They are "recylced or repurposed" by the Salvation Army. So says AI in a very speedy answer. That's useful to know. I wonder if the Salvation Army would take them directly and the bedding and towels as well.

Asda Living have great fitted sheets and they are deeper so stay put.

Oh, thank you.