Shrinking a shirt

timmi

timmi

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hey guys, i just got a nice siver cartel shirt from vermont, and i was far to stupid to check the size before i baught it.

question: what is the best way to shrink a shirt. i need to make this extra large into a medium, or maybe large.
 
this is kind of complicated (get someone who knows how to sew to do it). you cut down the sides of the shirt, from the sleeve to the bottom, and cut out as much fabric as needed. sew back together, and do the sleeves as well.
 
it makes sence. but holy hell that sounds tricky. i was hoping something along the lines of washing it in a certain temperature water or something.
 
if you shrink it there is no guarantee what size its gonna be but hey it may work but hey you may have to donate it to a monkey or africa
 
up. i dont think i am at the mental ability to cut and sew my shirt. any other options, or what is best to shrink it?
 
wash on HOT, then dry it on the hottest setting in ur dryer. it will shrink, but usually it wont skring in horizontally that much. so ull have a short and fat shirt. but it could work, just try it.
 
yeah go nuts with it in the dryer - it will shrink, but whether it will shrink the same amount for the whole shirt, or like just in the middle - i dont know..

good luck
 
just get some girls from sewing class to pull the seam, cut oiut th efacric, and re swe it. it wouldnt be that hard. if you just try and shrink it in the wash, it will usually shrink about 3/4 inches vertically, and thats it.
 
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