Shrinking clothes

lisajane

I have a few t shirts i cant bear to dump but they are far to big for me now. I lost some weight and i look like a clown in them. How do u shrink clothes? And can u shrink clothes if its pre shrunk cotton?

Ruthee

ive shrunk jeans before by putting them in a 90degree wash and then the hottest setting on the tumble dryer..took a few gos..dont know about pre shrunk stuff tho..no harm trying..

Das Kitty

Depends on the colour of the t-shirt or if there's a pattern on them. You could just ruin them.

You could take them in on a sewing machine, it's quite simple with a t-shirt.

If it were me I'd just keep them (like I have been doing) for when I'm pregnant or big again (not positive thinking I know!).

Dizzyblonde

You can sometimes shrink t-shirts by putting them in the tumble dryer on high heat for 10 minutes - without washing them first. The only problem is that they might shrink upwards and not inwards so it'd want to be as a last resort.

Sugar Drunk

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

You can sometimes shrink t-shirts by putting them in the tumble dryer on high heat for 10 minutes - without washing them first. The only problem is that they might shrink upwards and not inwards so it'd want to be as a last resort.

what she said. it can work but sometimes it can go v wrong!

chuci

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

You can sometimes shrink t-shirts by putting them in the tumble dryer on high heat for 10 minutes - without washing them first. The only problem is that they might shrink upwards and not inwards so it'd want to be as a last resort.

+1

peeps78

heres a vid on how to refashion oversized tshirts
http://www.sewingrepublic.com/projectIdeas.html#/shrinkdown

Loopy

A boil wash works well.. I have shrunk a few tops (by accident) by doing this..