How to Make a Board for Folding T-Shirts
Folding T-shirts can often be the most difficult part of doing the laundry. It can be hard to fold the shirts in a simple and uniform way. One remedy to this problem is to use a shirt folding board. Shirt folding boards are used in clothing stores to fold the T-shirts that are for sale. Although it can be hard to find a folding board to buy for home use, it is easy to make an inexpensive and personalized homemade shirt folding board. Using common crafting supplies, anybody can make a board for folding T-shirts. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Making the Folding Board
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Cut out a rectangular piece of cardboard 12 inches wide and 18 inches long. Cut out decorative pictures from a magazine.
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Tape the magazine pictures all over both sides of the board, covering the entire surface of the cardboard piece.
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Cut a piece of clear packaging tape 25 inches long and wrap it horizontally around the top of the board.
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Continue cutting 25 inch pieces of tape and wrapping them around the board horizontally until the entire board is covered.
Using the Folding Board
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Lay the T-shirt flat on a table, facedown. Place the folding board on top of the T-shirt, lining up one of the 12-inch edges just below the bottom of the shirt collar.
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Fold the left side of the shirt over the board, keeping the board in its place.
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Fold the right side of the shirt over the board in the same manner as the left.
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Fold up the bottom of the shirt so that it lines up with the top edge of the shirt.
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Slide the folding board out of the folded shirt.
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Tips & Warnings
Make the board smaller (about 8 inches by 10 inches) for children's T-shirts.
A laminating machine may be used to cover the board instead of packaging tape.
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- Photo Credit tailles de tee-shirts image by choucashoot from Fotolia.com
