What size bed does a 72 by 108 flat sheet fit?

Answer 1

When I was a child in the 60s and early 70s, before fitted sheets existed, we used sheets that were 72 x 108 on the mattresses of our twin beds. We used them as the bottom sheets, not the top sheets. We put them on using "hospital corners." On change-the-sheets day, I remember looking through the cupboard of sheets at the tags on the sheets looking for "72 x 108." 72 x 108 provides about 10 inches to tuck under each side of a twin mattress.

Answer 2

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