# Phoney bed linen sizes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764 "2008-12-26T19:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/21 "2008-12-30T02:37:27Z")
I don’t understand why people aren’t able to find sheets separately. I know that I’ve seen them sold that way at Kmart, Target, Macy’s, Sears and Lands End. But once when I was a kid, my frugal mother was surprised that a set of two pillowcases was more expensive than a single flat sheet, so she sewed her own. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/22 "2008-12-30T02:44:20Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > Try something like Linen Source, they sell some sets, but sell most of their sheets by the piece so you could get two flats or whatever else combination you like. They also sell pillowcases, usually by the pair, so you can order 2, 4, 6, etc. > > They have tons of flannel, but here is a link to [one flannel page.](http://www.linensource.com/default.aspx?page=productdetails&categoryid=58&pattern=VJF&productcode=00&cm_re=sc-_-Flannel%20Sheets-_-velvet%20flannel%20bedding) YAY! Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/23 "2008-12-30T02:46:27Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > My DD’s bed They have their own bed? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/24 "2008-12-30T08:42:54Z")
> [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](#): > > At least you people have standard size mattresses–my mattress is at least 60 years old (probably more) and is some weird size between twin and full. I believe that size is (or was) called “single”. It’s not very common any more. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/25 "2008-12-30T09:36:43Z")
I must say, I love my mattress, a “Queen”, purchased a few years ago. BUT, it is very thick/deep and the sheets which should fit it based on size don’t. I mean, they DO, as in I use them, but they are constantly pulling up on the corners and it drives me NUTS! It is quite to work-out to get them on to begin with, and then they creep up. I am constantly tugging them back on. :smack: It’s enough to make one turn to thoughts of conspiracy. :dubious:😉 ps, a 60 yr old mattress? Wow! You’ve got me beat…had a futon for about 15 yrs. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/26 "2008-12-30T10:43:40Z")
> [@MsJinx](#): > > My college dorm a (very) long time ago issued two flat sheets at the beginning of term. After that you exchanged only one sheet at a time weekly. The instructions were to bring your bottom sheet in, put the previous week’s top sheet on bottom, and use the new sheet as the topsheet. All year long. I can understand the reason, and the top sheet shouldn’t be too ‘used’, but still…you never got the feel of slipping between two clean sheets. When I gave birth at an Air Force hospital, this is how we were allocated bed linens, too. I believe that we (the patients) were expected to change them every day. It’s been nearly 30 years ago, so I don’t really remember how often we were supposed to change them. When I was in the hospital (not an AF hospital this time) a few years back, the housekeeper changed top and bottom sheets on MWF, and the bottom sheets were knit fitted sheets. It was sort of like sleeping on a nice big Tshirt…very comfy. ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/27 "2008-12-30T15:09:02Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > That’s funny, it’s exactly what we had to do in juvy! Did you also get limited to seven sheets (counted yourself on the “honor system”) of toilet tissue? 😛 > Juvy = Street College. Well, sort of. No, never heard of that rule, at least not in my dorm. My student job was in a different dorm’s housing services office. If I saw the trees TPed on the way to work, I knew that 1)there would be a lot of requests for toilet paper that day and 2)I would probably be told to give only one roll per floor. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/28 "2008-12-30T18:19:43Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > I must say, I love my mattress, a “Queen”, purchased a few years ago. BUT, it is very thick/deep and the sheets which should fit it based on size don’t. I mean, they DO, as in I use them, but they are constantly pulling up on the corners and it drives me NUTS! > > It is quite to work-out to get them on to begin with, and then they creep up. I am constantly tugging them back on. > > :smack: > > It’s enough to make one turn to thoughts of conspiracy. :dubious:😉 > > ps, a 60 yr old mattress? Wow! You’ve got me beat…had a futon for about 15 yrs. Yeh, you have to get the “deep pocket” sheets, as I’m sure you know. However, if your mattress is 15 inches thick, you can’t trust that the deep pocket sheets which say they’ll fit 15 inches actually will. You have to buy a bigger pocket, like I found out. I buy 18 inch pocket sheets to fit my 15 inch thick mattress. After a couple of washings, they’ll fit just right. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764/29 "2008-12-30T20:15:47Z")
Ikea is another place that sells each sheet separately, and you can buy pillowcases (in pairs) by themselves, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phoney-bed-linen-sizes/478764.md?page=1)