Linen Sheet (Natural, Queen)

Description

The incomparable comfort and quality of cool, strong, smooth pure linen - either white or natural. I make these sheets the old way: flat, and large enough to tuck around a mattress. I am incensed whenever I have to make a bed with a mean spirited, stingily proportioned fitted sheet - straining to get the last corner down, seeing the sides roll up again like window shades if the elastic isn't hooked under the bottom. Once on, the sides too often ride up to expose an unappetising inch or two of mattress or mattress protector. Part of the problem is that mattresses seem to get deeper all the time: who wants to have to think of these things? Fitted sheets use far less fabric than a traditional flat sheet, and 'sheet sets' not only have a fitted bottom sheet, but the top sheet is usually short. Modern fitted sheets and short flat top sheets may seem like a convenience, but the impetus behind them was to save on fabric. This is a cost benefit for the manufacturer, as he is quite literally cutting corners. The traditional way, usurped by this twentieth century penny-pinching, was to have flat sheets large enough to be securely tucked in all the way round. Hospital corners provide a time-honored neat finish but if you don't care, you don't have to do them! However this skill is still very much a feather in the domestic cap, right up there with hollandaise sauce. As you can see from the video (above) , not only is it faster with two people, it is almost fun. Try it with a dear one. You will learn a lot about each other