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DIY Shirt Folding Board


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DIY Shirt Folding Board - folded t-shirtMy mum was recently poking at me because as I was folding laundry, all the shirts had slightly different widths and fold variations. What can I say? I did not inherit her folding perfectionist gene (jokes aside, she is an origami professional). She probably gave me my 468th lesson on how to fold them uniformly, but they were still all ugly, and lots of time was wasted. Enter my homemade shirt folding board. All it takes is a big cardboard box, scissors, and some tape. You'll be folding clothes uniformly, 10 times as fast. Mum may call this cheating, but the perfectly folded shirts were very much approved.

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You can vary on the dimensions for your board panels. If you have much larger shirts, you can cut add some inches to the dimensions I've provided here. I wear small tops so this was perfect. You can always measure your average shirt to see what would be a good fold size for you and wherever you store them. This works for long sleeved shirts, as well.

Total Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 1 board

Supplies:

DIY Shirt Folding Board - supplies
 

Steps:

  1. Cut open any tape that's holding the box together. Don't cut into the cardboard.
  2. DIY Shirt Folding Board - cut through any tape holding box together
     
  3. Unfold the box into one big piece.
  4. DIY Shirt Folding Board - unfold the box
     
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  5. Cut into 4 large rectangular segments. Make sure the 2 biggest pieces are at least 22.25" x 13.75" in size.
  6. DIY Shirt Folding Board - cut into 4 large rectangular pieces
     
  7. Cut one of the other pieces of cardboard so it's at least 17.5" x 8.25", then cut in half.
  8. DIY Shirt Folding Board - cut one piece at 17.5" x 8.25", then cut in half.
     
  9. You will have 2 big rectangles and 2 smaller squarish pieces. Lay the 2 smaller pieces between the 2 big rectangles, as pictured.
  10. DIY Shirt Folding Board - lay small rectangles/squares between the larger two
     
  11. Tape the two small pieces together. One piece of tape on front, one piece on the back.
  12. DIY Shirt Folding Board - tape the smaller pieces together on both sides
     
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  13. Tape the 2 rectangles on either side of them. The tape will look like a big H.
  14. DIY Shirt Folding Board - tape to the two rectangles on either side
     
  15. Cut the tape up the sides of the lower square only, then tuck the tape in nicely. This is so you can fold the lower square upwards later on.
  16. DIY Shirt Folding Board - cut the tape on the lower piece only and tuck the tape in
     
  17. Place a shirt face-down on the folding board.
  18. DIY Shirt Folding Board - place a t-shirt face down on the folding board
     
  19. Lift the left side panel and fold it over the shirt.
  20. Put the left panel back.
  21. DIY Shirt Folding Board - after lifting the left panel and folding, lay back down
     
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  22. Lift the right side panel and fold it over the shirt.
  23. DIY Shirt Folding Board - fold right panel over the shirt
     
  24. Put the right panel back, then fold the lower panel up onto the shirt.
  25. DIY Shirt Folding Board - fold right panel back down and fold the smaller lower panel up
     
  26. Put the lower panel back.
  27. DIY Shirt Folding Board - lower the smaller panel
     
  28. Flip the shirt over. All done! Repeat, be stunned by the uniformity, and save lots of time. :)
  29. DIY Shirt Folding Board - flip shirt over and you are done
     
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September 19, 20181 found this helpful

That will make the dreaded laundry day so much easier...Thank you!

 

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September 19, 20181 found this helpful

Guarantee you'll love it.. and have fun!

 
September 20, 20180 found this helpful

Thank you so much for these instructions! I have seen these folding boards before but had no idea how to make one. With your clear, detailed instructions, I am sure that I can do it now.

 

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September 20, 20180 found this helpful

I'm so happy you will do it, Janice! Good luck and have fun fast-folding! :)

 

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September 20, 20180 found this helpful

I'm going to try this. I've got more T shirts than Carter's got liver pills. I fold them rather uniformly but if this will make it faster, I'm all for it.

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Thanks

 

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September 20, 20180 found this helpful

You always bring some crazy imagery to the table, Doug! Good luck with the board! :)

 

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September 21, 20180 found this helpful

Attosa, just "last week" I was folding undershirts thinking to myself,
there HAS GOT TO BE a better way to make them all uniform, and without being such a pain to do, and then I see your post here! I'm in shock now, hahahahaha

Thank you soooo much for this tip, seriously, it was needed. :)

 

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September 21, 20180 found this helpful

You are officially my TF soulmate. Hhahaha I love it! You've got to try this! :)

 

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September 21, 20180 found this helpful

hahha that's hilarious! I do believe that, we are TF soulmates! :) hehe

And I am definitely going to make myself your shirt folder. This is really a great idea that will make that awful folding undershirts job that I don't like doing, much much better.

 
September 24, 20180 found this helpful

Thank you so much for sharing this.
The pictures make it so much easier for me to understand.

 

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September 24, 20180 found this helpful

You're so welcome!

 

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