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Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover

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Re: Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover

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Related question: what method do you use to keep the duvet in place inside the cover? I have some animal themed safety pins that my parents used on my duvet since I was a child. I put four of them in a square shape around the middle of the cover when the duvet is inside.

If needed, I grab a cover border, and align the duvet border within it, make sure corners are aligned too, and then again : shake it. It comes back to place.

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My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.

WTF!? I heard before that putting a cover on a duvet was a thing, a problem, a mystery... are ppl making this up? is this a joke I don't get invert, tie corners together and what not... my family and everyone i know do it the way @pablobaz describes it. it's simple and effective. change sheets whenever you feel like doing it, because its easy and fast... endof story

Hard agree. Changing a duvet cover is not hard. Maybe we are just getting stupider as a species.

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Then it is like changing your shirt every two months? You do sweat when sleeping.

Presumably they wash though, probably after getting out of bed.

And before crawling into it.

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My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.

That’s how I learned it from my mama and that’s what ill teach the children.

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Related question: what method do you use to keep the duvet in place inside the cover? I have some animal themed safety pins that my parents used on my duvet since I was a child. I put four of them in a square shape around the middle of the cover when the duvet is inside.

It just stays.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFOhjljieqs same method, but in video form.

much better with this advance technology

While it was quaint to read through the high effort blog post, it was like reading a cooking blog that starts off with reminiscing about travels through an Italian village where they learnt how to make toast.

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Yeah, I don't think there's a need for the roll. You just need to make sure you can hold it high enough in the air to shake the thing without letting the bottom rest on the floor. I just think of it like a really big pillow case. I put the pillow case on inside out so I do the same for the duvet cover. I don't remember where I picked this up either, but I do remember it caused an ex girlfriend to get irrationally ang…

I think it could be useful for shorter people who can't hold it up high enough. I just hold it up and shake it, though.

As a short person, my strategy is to stand on the bed for extra height for this method. Or just be lazy and accept the slightly uneven distribution, which works itself out after the first night anyway.

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I wasn't even aware duvets were still used outside of hotels. You guys don't just have sheets and a regular blanket on your bed? Is it a cultural/regional thing? They seem very annoying to deal with and I've never found them to be particularly comfortable, so I'm surprised so many people here seem to use them.

None of the apartments I've lived in for the past few years have had a washer large enough to wash a king-sized comforter, so I use a duvet instead.

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Interesting that this is referred to as Japanese shirt folding. This is how I learned to do it decades ago, and there was no Japanese attribution at the time. I wonder if it is claimed (by whom?) to have been invented in Japan, or if it's just because the video is in Japanese.

I learned about it from the Superdry brand which is a Japanese brand.

Superdry is a UK brand. They just make use of Japanese aesthetics.
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