Show I Buy Sheets to Fit Mattress To protect the bed and to give maximum sleeping comfort sheets should be long enough and wide enough to tuck underneath the mattress mattress mattress mat mat- tress at least five or six inches on all sides The average mattress is approximately 74 or 75 inches long Since the size marked on the finished finished finished fin fin- sheet sheet muslin muslin as well as percale per per- cale indicates cale-indicates indicates the torn or un un- hemmed size it is a good plan to to allow five inches for shrinkage and another five inches for hemming r WI t t r k r r t 2 d |