Washing and drying shrinks fabric. Wearing stretches it back out again. The shrinking from washing is not a permanent process, especially for fabric under stress (like tight clothes).
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Julie <jtknit...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a mystery that I'd like some insight on. I've spoken in person to > all the costumers I know and all are baffled. > > I made a dress for my daughter from decent quilting cottons from Joanne's. > It has a tight fitted bodice with boning. The dress stretched so I took it > in. It stretched some more so I put elastic in key areas. It stretched > some more. > > Yesterday just for giggles I tried it on. It fits. I'm substantially > larger than my daughter (maybe 2 sizes). What the heck? > > The dress will fit her immediately after washing & drying but begins > stretching back out within an hour or so. > Does anyone have any ideas? The fabric was washed & dried before I cut it > out. > > This is very discouraging. I worked hard to make it fit her just right. > Now it looks like I'm a lousy sempster. But at least I guess I get a dress > out of it. > > Julie > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
