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Time-Saving Tip: Fold a T-Shirt in 10 Seconds!

Thursday, June 05, 2008
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By Dorian Wagner
Senior Copy Editor

EDITOR'S NOTE: The video at end of this post will change your life!

I hate laundry. HATE. Well, actually, I don't hate washing laundry -- it pretty much washes itself with little effort on my part. What I hate is folding laundry and putting it away.

My clothes are all clean, but I work from permanent "piles" instead of drawers. When I take stuff out of the dryer, I simply lay everything nice and flat and neat in a pile to fold and put away later... except that the second part of that never happens. I've even (half) joked that I would pay someone just to fold everything and put it away. I'll happily wash it all, here's $20 bucks to put it away. It would be the best 20 bucks I've ever spent.

But now, that's all changed. Last week, a coworker shared with me an AMAZING time-saving tip: She showed me how to fold a T-shirt in 10 seconds flat. And just like that, my life was changed. Watch the video down there and learn it for yourself...

People, this trick will blow your mind! It will change your life! It will change the way you look at laundry forever. Another coworker of mine actually uttered the phrase: "I can't wait to do laundry this weekend!"

Seriously. Would you ever see yourself saying something like that? In the words of Whitney Houston (before rehab), "Hell to the nah." But, honestly, when laundry day rolled around a couple days ago, I admit I did have a little grin on my face while I was piling... because I knew this was one pile that wasn't going to be permanent.

Without further ado... Here's the amazing T-shirt folding trick!



P.S. Just think of all you could do with that extra time you're saving with our amazing laundry-folding tip! Let's say you saved 10 minutes every time you did laundry... You could use that time to actually prepare a healthy lunch, take a quick power walk, clean up the rest of the piles in your house, be on time somewhere instead of 10 minutes late (this one's for me!), sit down and have a few "you" minutes, etc.

Keep checking back on eDiets blog for more time-saving tips. And if you have any of your own you'd like to share, please do by commenting below! You may just change someone's life... :)

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14 Comments - Diet & Fitness Blog: Time-Saving Tip: Fold a T-Shirt in 10 Seconds!

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:10:00 AM  

Diagram for Folding a T-Shirt will not come up on the computer. Only showing the actual article...jmr

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:53:00 AM  

OH MY GOODNESS!! Where was this tip years ago?!? THANK YOU!! The bulk of my family's laundry is T-shirts...You're a lifesaver!! Can't wait for laundry day, now!
@:oD Liz

Comment by Blogger UCONNHUSKY said... - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:59:00 PM  

this tip was originally aired on Martha Stewart's show. She has printed instructions on her website.

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:06:00 PM  

Thanks for the tip! That is the reason why I hate Laundry! FOLDING!!! This will give me a reason to do it!

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:04:00 PM  

we tried this at work for the last 10 minutes, I must be an idiot, but I can't get it right. Some dexterious people did master it, though. However, it doesn't take me that long to fold a T-shirt anyway.

The best laundry folding tip I ever received was when someone at the laundrymat showed me how to fold the fitted sheets. I love doing that!

Comment by Anonymous sports apparel said... - Friday, September 12, 2008 4:19:00 AM  

t shirts look great !

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:52:00 AM  

no show of the diagram in the computer!!!

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:01:00 AM  

I have tried at least 7 times after watching your video a dozen times and can not get it to work.

Is it a trick film?
Can you show an actual diagram please

Comment by Blogger Joan said... - Friday, December 05, 2008 11:46:00 AM  

This is really a quick and easy way to fold tshirts, cool! Thanks, I'll show my man, and then he will be quicker to fold laundry haha daaa!

Comment by Blogger gottalife said... - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:35:00 AM  

I have seen this clip loads of times and on tv, just hang it up, it shouldnt take long to fold them anyway,

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:00:00 AM  

thats cool

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:55:00 PM  

does folding it the other way really take that long?

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:29:00 AM  

It was very interesting for me to read the blog. Thanx for it. I like such topics and anything connected to them. I would like to read a bit more soon.

Comment by Anonymous Anonymous said... - Saturday, January 23, 2010 3:17:00 AM  

Keep on posting such themes. I love to read articles like that. BTW add more pics :)

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