making a t-shirt larger

[erika]

So I got this awesome shirt from the ACLU and, sadness, it doesn't fit. (It's about 5'' too small at the sides.)

I found How to make a T-shirt Larger or Smaller, but the instructions are kind of sparse. Does anyone have any other ideas?

I'd love to do something with corsetry type lacing, but wouldn't that work better if the shirt was too big?

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Corsetry-type lacing wouldn't help you make it bigger unless you wanted to wear it with the sides open, no

Or you could make panels (in a contrasting colour?) with the corset-lacing, then set them into the sides, maybe?

though if open sides aren't your thing, you could wear it with a same or contrasting color shirt under it, that could look cool!

Ooh, or put the corset-lacing on the original t-shirt, then add the contrasting panels underneath, so it looks like you've got open lacing over a different coloured t-shirt underneath.

(This would obviously be a more roundabout way of doing it, but maybe handy if you don't want an extra layer of fabric in hotter weather.)

[erika]

I actually came up with your second idea by myself and would love to do that. Now I just have to rip the seams of the shirt, add eyelets, get laces, and figure out what the contrasting color should be. Maybe a red...