Thursday, April 4, 2013

How to fold a T-Shirt in 5 seconds

Hey guys I'm writing this blog post in Philadelphia. I just thought that it would be meaningful to post an entry while traveling; it makes me feel like those world travel writers, although Philadelphia is not that far from New Jersey. I left around noon today but I didn't start packing until 11 am. So I want to write a How-to blog to people who leave packing to the last minute!

Folding a T-Shirt only takes 5 seconds or even less after some practice.
  1. Place the T-Shirt on a flat surface. Lay the T-Shirt facing up and with the neck to your right and bottom to your left.
  2. Imagine a line going across in the middle of the T-Shirt. This line should be parallel to the bottom of the T-Shirt.  
  3. Imagine another line going from the middle of shoulder to the bottom. This line is usually longer than the line mentioned in No.2. This line is parallel to the side of the T-Shirt.
  4. Pinch the starting point of line mentioned in No.3. It should be located in the middle of one shoulder.
  5. Pinch the fabric of which the two lines cross each other. Pinch with your thumb and index finger and make sure that you have both front and back of the T-shirt.
  6. Bring the pinched shoulder seam to the bottom. While keeping the first pinch in the same place, bring your shoulder pinch hand to the bottom from behind the first pinch, and pinch the bottom seam of the line mentioned in No.3 with the same hand.
  7. Uncross your hands and lift the T-Shirt up. Right now your arms are crossed. Uncross them and lift the T-Shirt from the surface. The T-Shirt should be hanging down from your hands with a loose sleeve dangling at the bottom.
  8. Fold the loose sleeve under. 
  9. And you are done!
Just in case you want to see how it is done visually, here is a video tutorial from YouTube. Last but not least, practice practice and more practice because practice makes perfect! Hope this How-to post can speed up your last-minute packing!

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