Tell me, dear ladies, do you often iron your husband’s clothes? And if he goes on business trips, do you know a couple of secrets how to fold a shirt so that it does not wrinkle? After all, men are such a people that not every one of them will keep track of the ironiness of his shirt or carry a portable iron in a suitcase. Yes and not always and not in all apartments there is an opportunity to put a closet with a compartment under the hangers, where shirts are usually hung. Is it really necessary to start every morning with a hated ironing of shirts in this case?
In this article, we will share a couple of tricks on
how to fold a shirt so that it does not wrinkle. We’ll also tell you how to store shirts and transport them better. The most important rule in such a difficult matter as carefully folding the shirt is to let it cool slightly after ironing. Do not fold right away, because a freshly pressed thing will quickly take on the shape that you give it.
Before folding the shirt, make sure that you fastened it with all the buttons - in this form it will keep the shape that it should have on the husband, without unnecessary bends and folds. After that, turn the thing upside down and fold the sleeves on top of each other. Now, to fold the shirt so that not a single part of it is wrinkled, carefully bend the sides over the sleeves. Spread it and fold it in half. Keep folded shirts with the collar and buttons up to reduce pressure on them. As you can see, everything is very simple.
But that's not all. In order to transport a shirt in a suitcase in case of business trips, use boxes. Pack the shirt the same way it was packaged in the store. If you fly by plane, you can ask when checking in your luggage to mark the box with the shirts with a label that marks fragile loads. Then it will not be crushed during transportation, and at the destination it will be transferred in its original form. In addition, in this form, even a slightly crumpled shirt can easily be smoothed out if hung on a hanger for half an hour.
And how to fold a shirt so that it does not wrinkle at home? First, stock up on a small piece of cardboard. After you iron the shirt, cut a strip of suitable length from the cardboard and insert it to maintain the shape of the collar in the same way as it is usually done in the factory packaging. Then even crushed by other linen, it will not require additional ironing of the gate. In addition, already ironed, cooled and folded, as indicated above, shirts are best stored on a separate shelf in the closet. Fold them one on top of the other, turning the collars in different directions through one. So there is less chance, taking out the shirt from the closet in the morning, to find out that she needs additional smoothing.
Of course, all the tips on how to fold a shirt so that it does not wrinkle fade in front of a freshly ironed thing. But in the extreme conditions of your departure for a couple of days, your husband’s business trip, lack of space for a trempel with shirts, when moving or away, these recommendations can serve you well and emphasize the image of a good wife and a reasonable housewife who remembers even such a trifle, like an ironed shirt.