<p>I just got a t-shirt (sz small) from a college that I was recently admitted to but it’s gigantic, so I need to shrink it by at least three inches. If I were home, I would just ask my mother to do my laundry and I’m sure the t-shirt would shrink, but I’m not so I need help. </p>
<p>Any suggestions??</p>
<p>Back when fabric was not pre-shrunk, washing it in really hot water, and drying it in a hot dryer would have done the trick.</p>
<p>These days, with a normal college-bookstore type t-shirt, I suspect the only effective ways to shrink it three inches would be (a) return it for an XS or XXS, or (b) grow an extra three inches.</p>
<p>I think JHS is right - my D went out running yesterday with a t-shirt from her first choice college (at the moment anyway) that looked like a dress for her over her running tights, she had to prove to the coach she had shorts on over that lol. Maybe you can do what she does a lot and take an elastic hair tie and use it to sort of tie the t-shirt at the hip???</p>
<p>If it’s all cotton and isn’t pre-shrunk, the hot wash, hot dry may shrink the shirt three inches. If it has any polyester, it won’t shrink three inches.</p>
<p>In my experience, cotton Ts always shrink if you dry them in a hot dryer.</p>
<p>Antone you know have a sewing machine? You could remake it if the hot wash hot dry does not work.</p>
<p>In my experience the t-shirts (and hoodies) that are too big never shrink and the ones that are just right always do.</p>
<p>Just wait a decade or two and it will shrink so much you won’t fit into it.</p>