File Folding, Step by Step

Stand clothes upright and you can see every piece at once.

I resisted this for years because it sounded fussy. Then I tried one drawer. I could see every t-shirt I owned, and I stopped wearing the same three.

The sheet, in text

1. Lay it flat, face down. Smooth it with your hand. Wrinkles folded in stay in.
2. Fold each side to the middle. Sleeves back on themselves. You want one long rectangle.
3. Fold in half, short of the edge. Leave a small gap at the hem so the folds sit flat.
4. Fold in thirds. Or in half again for thin fabric. Aim for a tidy packet.
5. Stand it up. If it stands alone, it is right. If it flops, fold it smaller.
6. File front to back. Like folders in a drawer. Darker at the back, lighter in front.

What I would actually use for this

Do the sheet first. If you still need something afterwards, these are the ones from my own shortlist that fit this job.

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