4 Ways to Fold a T-Shirt Nicely
When we go shopping, we often see T-shirts that are folded very nicely. And of course, we’d like to see the same kind of neatness at home in our own wardrobes.
5-Minute Crafts is explaining how to fold T-shirts as a pro does. Also, we’re sharing secrets on how to store them if you don’t have a lot of space in your closet and drawers and how to put them into a suitcase to avoid crumpling them.
1. Classic method
The classic method allows you to fold T-shirts the way shop assistants do. To do this:
- Take the T-shirt in your hands.
- Put the T-shirt with its back facing you.
- In your mind, divide the T-shirt into 4 parts and fold the right part to the center.
- Fold the T-shirt in half with its front side facing you.
- Fold the left side back.
- Place the T-shirt with its front side facing you.
2. Marie Kondo method
An expert on the organization of the household, Marie Kondo offers her own way of folding T-shirts. It’s especially useful if you’re limited in free space:
- Put the T-shirt with its back facing you.
- Make a horizontal line with your arm in the middle of the T-shirt.
- Divide the T-shirt into 4 parts and form the pieces on the right and left side toward the center and fold the sleeves in half.
- Fold the T-shirt in half horizontally with the front facing the outside.
- Then, fold it 2 or 3 times.
- Place it vertically.
3. Storing T-shirts without wrinkling them
This method allows you to fold a T-shirt without wrinkling it. This is great for traveling when you can’t use an iron.
- Place the T-shirt with the back facing upward.
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Fold the bottom hem upward, once.
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Divide the shirt into 4 parts and fold the sides from the left and the right to the center but keep the sleeves as they were.
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Fold the T-shirt in half vertically with its front on the outside.
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Roll the shirt from the top.
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Pull the bottom hem all around the shirt until everything is tucked in.
4. Folding the shirt, starting from the sleeves
- Fold the left sleeve of the T-shirt along the seam.
- Now fold the left edge of the shirt inward, at the level of the neckline.
- Fold the right sleeve of the T-shirt inward along the seam.
- Also, fold the right edge of the shirt inward along the neckline.
- Now you’ve got a rectangle.
- Fold it in half, lengthwise.