I just cut your laundry folding time in half!! And made it LOTS more fun.
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I think everyone should take the time (which is not a lot) to try this. You’ll be so happy you did! I am. Thanks again, Laura! 🙂
I’ll give this a go around too. It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks but I really am anxious to try some of this stuff. I’d love my drawers to be neat like this.
“I’d love my drawers to be neat like this.” (biting tongue)
Very funny!!
Okay, like I said on Facebook, this takes up to much room in the drawer for me. I know it’s flatter but it’s just too wide to suite me. I fold my Ts in half with the sleeves on top of each other. Then in half again with the middle of the shirt even with the arm pit side. Then I fold the sleeves over (this works for long sleeve shirts too. U just fold the long sleeve part back down at a 45% angle towards the bottom). Finally I fold the bottom third up followed by the top third down. Crease them down good and stow. I have lots of Ts and by alternateing (neck to the left first, then neck to the right next and so on, I can get lots of shirts in a drawer.
Oh and if you fold it with the pocket shot out you can see which shirt it is. I’ll bet I can get more shirts in a drawer this way then the Japs can theirs. 🙂
I fold some of our shirts three ways also. Undershirts and my “lounging” shirts. I hang my good Tees.
I also fold my jeans three times too. Paul likes his jeans hung up.
I have no ryme or reason folding my jeans. Most often I fold them in thirds but I have begun to fold the top and bottoms into the middle (1/4 fold) then fold them together.
I like the 5 inch or so width the way I fold my Ts. The Japanese way seems like you would only be able to get two Ts side by side in a drawer.
I also have three ‘stacks’ in drawers too. Hhhmm.
I started folding the T’s this way, and for Steve, I have to fold all of his short-sleeved shirts “skinny” so he can differentiate them from the long-sleeved T’s he wears. So I did this fold, and then folded them in half, shoulder-to-shoulder. It made them long and narrow, and would likely fit in your allotted space, MSSC.
I get the space issue. I can do this fold for Josh’s shirts, because they’re so bloomin’ tiny. It doesn’t matter with mine yet, since I’ve been living out of a laundry basket for about six months since my dresser decided to implode. We’ve switched my dresser for the good one in the guest bedroom, but I just haven’t gotten up there to put all my clothes in. I think I’m avoiding, because it means a lot of sorting and pitching while I’m doing it… I know I’ll be glad when it’s done tho.