Using this technique, I turned a couple of free (but large) mountain biking shirts we won at the Take Your Kid Mountain Biking event into a couple of shirts Baby Brother loves to wear.
Making Stuff: Shrunken T-shirts for the Boy
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Oh, thanks for the great idea and the tutorial. I’m going to turn a few of my husbands band shirts (I’m pretty sure he has hundreds!!) into shirts for my boy.
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Good choice in shirts! Go Ellsworth, those are some awesome bikes. I’ll have to try this for my guys.
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I see the tutorial for going from boxy to fitted adult shirt. Is it more or less the same to cut it down for a child? The link to the kids tutorial doesn’t work. Thanks!
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This is Carrie
Twitter: thisiscarrie
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October 25th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Yes, the process is pretty much the same. Luckily, the shirts had pretty small neck openings so I just left it alone. The only step I had to add was hemming the bottom. Good luck!
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The link does not work can you repost the link. I have tons of adult tees I’d love to make smaller for my son. Thank you
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This is Carrie
Twitter: thisiscarrie
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November 2nd, 2010 at 11:45 am
Hmm, I wonder why it’s not working for you. I just checked it and it seems okay. Here is the web address:
http://thismamamakesstuff.com/2008/08/tutorial-fitted-t/
It’s changing a large t-shirt into a fitted adult t-shirt, but the technique is about the same (see about comment).
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