Fitted Sheets & Sheet Suspenders

I've learned in my 72 years on this earth not to assume anything. Just because I have learned something the hard way does not mean that there is not at least one or two out there who have yet to learn the same thing. So, I thought I'd share this one.

I changed my bed linens tonight and tossed the previous set into the washer and dryer. Of course, when I laid out my clean set, the cat jumped right on top because he knows how great clean linens smell. Little does he know how great they smell when dried outside on a line, but that is a subject for another time and another place.

Some of the corners on my fitted sheets are a bit stretched out and I use sheet "suspenders" on them. Or, some might call them sheet "garters."

Years ago, I had no trouble buying these by catalog or online. All of them, back then, had metal clips and stretchy ribbed fabric elastic between the clips. They were great.

Then I ran into trouble. The last few times I tried to buy some, either online or in some place like Walmart, they were plastic clips and something that was plastic, but not fabric elastic, between the clips. These did not work at all for me. The clips kept slipping off. I'd turn over in bed, and suddenly the corner of the sheet slithered over the corner of the mattress and began making its own way along the bed.

Well, I just found something that works as well as "sheet" suspenders - it is simply ironing board cover holders!

So far, every pack I have looked at has the metal clips and the good elastic between the clips. They aren't as sturdy and they tend to stretch out after a while, but they still hold and that, to me, is what counts.

Of course, you probably all already knew that. But if you did, why didn't you tell me?