Folding Mount-Never-Rest!! WholeHearted Home Favorites & Linkup #3 & Lilla Rose Sale

You might think I'm crazy, and I most certainly am a bit addled to think that folding clothes is important!! 

Creating a Haven of Rest by being WholeHearted at Home on Wednesdays!!

Who wants to reach into their drawer and find a wrinkled mess?! 


Have you ever had to iron your favorite shirt before wearing it because it got all crumpled, in your drawer?? Even your children look better in clothes that look presentable and it isn't that hard to accomplish!!


When I was a newly married bride, I knew NOTHING about homemaking, so if I told you housekeeping came easy, that definitely wasn't true in my case!! I learned some valuable lessons about keeping my home from some wonderful ladies. These ladies were from large families down in the hills of West Virginia and knew what it was to keep a large household running smoothly with little effort. Who would have known that I would someday have SEVEN children?!


Today, I am going to share an easy way to fold laundry. 


When I used to work, I cared for special needs girls. We were supposed to fold each shirt or pants using a 6-inch X 1-inch long stick to measure the width of the clothes. The stick was worn smooth from constant handling over the years.


The clothes were kept in cubicle-shelves made along the wall. There was one cubicle for each girl. Shirts went in a stack on one side and pants on the other with the underwear neatly folded in the middle. It had to be absolutely neat. No excuses. We got so good at it that we could 'eye' the article of clothing and fold it to be the right size without the trusty stick.


Now why on earth would all this be important?? 


The clothes were 'ironed' by sitting on top of each other in a compressed stack. More could fit because the clothes weren't folded in half with an odd-ball shape. There were no creases or wrinkles down the middle of the shirt because of how they were folded. It was amazing!!


Here is how it is done:


First, lay the shirt flat and quickly smooth out wrinkles.

Next, fold each sleeve over.

Then fold one side of the shirt over in thirds.

Then, fold the other side over in thirds.

Take the folded shirt and fold it again, in half.

And, fold it in half again.

Then, place it on the child's pile.

Tada!!!!!!!

I never had cubicle-shelves for my children's clothes but some families with many little ones may find this a great idea depending on availability of space. I have found that the clothes go so neatly into the drawers because they can be lined up without wasting space. Why is this important??

When I had three girls in one room, and three boys in another room, and two parents and a baby in another room; saving space was VERY important!! It was a luxury for my children to have two dressers, let alone one each. That didn't happen until they got older. That is why this folding method was a life-saver for me!! 

Now, in case you think everyone's dresser drawers are immaculate...I wish!! 

That was something I had to train into my children (Hahahaha!!) but taking into consideration their differences in personality....I can only wish!!


Folding clothes beats having to find them in a pile of laundry thrown on the sofa. There was a time in our family when our sofa had four to five unfolded loads from one-end-to-another!!

This sofa is where we folded our laundry when we had Nine-at-Home. There would be two rows of piles on the 'heavy' days lining the sofa with clothes that had towered on Mount-Never-Rest just hours before!!

Making YOUR home a Haven of Rest is making a dent in Mount-Never-Rest!!

It is much easier to keep up with laundry now. There were times when life was so hectic that even my drawers were a mess. Take heart dear young mothers as these are only ideas to encourage you.

I love Flylady, but I don't know where she gets 'a load a day keeps chaos away' do you?! When my children were little, I would have said, 'Four loads a day keep chaos away!!' 


How do you fold, or have your families' clothes folded?? How many loads do you fold a day??

And NOW it's time for . . . 
WholeHearted Home Wednesday's Favorites!!

I want to introduce you to a relatively new blogger-on-the-block!! Sharon's Patch blessed me so much this past week with her inspiring story about apples complete with a scrumptious recipe for Apple Cake!! 

I would have stopped and made it right away, but it was too late!!

Sharon is from New Zealand and blogs about gardening when it isn't summer down her way. She often blogs about growing the unusual and always includes a recipe to keep it interesting. She loves the whimsical and includes something that catches her eye. 

Sharon's artwork caught my eye!!

Be an encouragement to Sharon and stop over at her blog and leave a comment. Remember when you were first starting to blog and follow her as an even greater encouragement!! 

And now, for today's Linkup Party

WholeHearted Home Wednesdays!!!

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