Folding bedclothes

It wouldn't cross my mind to fold before putting into the washing machine- I loosely bundle the linen up to take it downstairs then chuck it in ? and I iron sheets, duvet covers and pillowcases

I don't fold either but if my husband strips his bed he folds it and even more annoying puts the pillows and duvet back on the bed so I have to take it off again to put the clean bedding on!

i take the bedding off the bed and throw it on the floor then gather the resulting bundle up and throw it downstairs [can't go up or down stairs carrying things as i need both hands on the handrails].

then i just bundle the bundle into the washing machine to wash on a 60 degree wash [advised by kim and aggie!].

i don't tumble dry bedding. in the summer it's out on the line and carefully folded when dry to put in the airing cupboard .......... no ironing.

in the winter, it's draped over the clothes airer in the conservatory and, once again, folded when dry ......... again no ironing.

i HATE ironing - and i HATE making beds as it takes me so long to make one - i've got arthritis so find the walking to and fro very difficult [and my back aches after only a little bit of this].

one of these days, when i win the lottery [if i only entered!], i think i might employ a maid to do this for me!

I don't like putting bedding out on the line when there's pollen around, as there is now. There have been hazel catkins out for weeks now and the pollen makes me wheeze. The birches are still to come.

I don't iron unless really essential, which is practically never. I throw the washing downstairs as I normally drop something on the way down. It is put in the machine unfolded and removed immediately after the machine stops to prevent wrinkles(so no ironing required) and hung outside to dry. I have stopped using softener and there doesn't seem to be any difference. Clothes are folded straight from the line, I bring one sheet in at a time to fold unless it is raining.

I also am of the opinion that if folded they do not get washed properly. I am in agreement with many others that it is a strange thing to do.

Agreed- how can they wash properly if folded ?!?

Well, what is nonnaW going to do now. After a lifetime of folding the bedding before putting it in the washing machine as she learnt from her mother nearly everyone here finds it a strange thing to do and not an effective way of washing. Can she change her? Will she want to change?

I think this a good exercise in how we cope and think about change. Not sure I could change if I was her. I am a push it all in but try not to overload. I am going to try and remember to fasten the duvets before washing as it amazes me how much gets inside during the wash.

I do button/zip up duvet covers as otherwise my machine has the ability to stow at least half the wash inside the cover.

I have put already folded tablecloths into the machine in the past and they came out still folded and stained in the middle so I consciously unfold and shake big stuff before ramming it in.

I also button up willsmadnan for the same reasons. Out on the line then iron pillowcases and one side of the duvet cover. Never iron the fitted sheet.