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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?

Date: 2010-12-28 09:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sapote
Hm, there's some interesting potential in just stretching it out - god knows my t-shirts that I've line-dried are looser now. This depends on there not being a logo that would get distorted-looking, though.

Here are a bunch of crafts that can be made with a t-shirt.

If there's a really great geometric logo in the middle, you could always cut it out and applique it on to a shirt that fits.

I am super-broad through the shoulders and have to cut the necks out of pretty much any shirt that isn't made for a man much larger than me. One thing that sometimes works with an all-over too-small shirt is cutting out the neck and then turning it around and wearing it backwards. I have suspicions that this is because the back is cut larger than the front across the shoulders for wearing ease, and I have very straight posture so my back is comparatively small? It might be worth trying putting it on backwards if there's more of you in the front of your torso, like me.

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

Date: 2011-01-05 11:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] all_adream
If I loved it, I would cut the front and back into panels of some sort, sew them onto a giantgiant teeshirt, and then put lacings on that. That seems the coolest idea to spring into my head right now! Good luck with it.

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