You are here:HomeStyleInterior DecoratingHome Furnishings/Furnitureunshrinking cotton drapes QuestionI bought a set of cotton curtains with instructions to "machine wash and tumble dry on low - iron med heat". My dryer has a special "cotton" setting, so I used this. After doing this the curtains shrunk about 10 percent and are now about 5-6 inches too short. Is there a way, like wet stretching that I can unshrink them, should I complain to the supplier about the instructions or kick myself and chalk this up to experience? I'm not sure who I'm peeved at but I'm peeved. Not at you though. Thanks for your time. AnswerUnless the manufactureres label guarantee pre shrunk, cotton will shrink, and shrink each time washed.  It will however stretch back about half of what was lost...if you can find a way to evenly stretch the whole pabric.  I have cotton work shirts that I wash, stretch and hang dry.  It is the only way I can wear them.  When I compare new, to washed and hung, it is about an inch defferent.   

Good luck, un peeve yourself.  Learning by mishap is still a good learning experience. Questioner's RatingRating(1-10)Knowledgeability = 10Clarity of Response = 10Politeness = 10CommentI managed to stretch them a little bit. I'll going to have a friend over this weekend for a little game of tugowar. They are a bit uneven at the seams where double the fabric apparantly means double the shrink. Oh well, I got it to the point that it looks like a pair of pants that hang a bit too short. That's what you get for 120 bucks. Next time I'll buy oversized if cotton just like teeshirt shopping. View Follow-UpsAdd to this AnswerAsk a Question Related ArticlesCotton Definition, Cotton Fabric Care, CottonSurviving School - Health Care CareersBenefits of Coaching - LeadershipTransition Times - Toddler ActivitiesTry It Out - Retirement Planning All AnswersAnswers by Expert:Dave CoilJahann and Sons Persian RugsAdam Greenberg ExpertiseHome improvements and furnishings are the real parts that matter.

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We’ve all been there: you take out a load of freshly dried laundry, and your heart sinks as you realize your new favorite item is now half its original size. dunelm green harmony curtainsNormally, Goodwill would be getting a new donation just about now, but we have an easy hack to un-shrink the piece within minutes. Simply soak the item in a mixture of water and three tablespoons of hair conditioner for five minutes. Then, lay the piece out on a towel, and carefully stretch it back to its original proportions. Your shirt is good as new, and the dryer has claimed one less victim. PS: This technique works best on cotton or knit garments. Make sure to test a small patch with the solution before soaking to make sure your garment is compatible. Make sure to pin the image below, for the next time a case of the shrunken shirt strikes! Sign up for our newsletter and receive exclusive stories, breaking news, sale alerts and much more straight to your inbox!

White LintWet BlackMachine EhowMachine ThumbnailFabric ThumbnailFabric EhowNylon ThumbnailMachine DosFabric YupForwardHow to stretch out rayon clothes that have shrunk from the dryer or improper washing: I made the mistake of washing and drying two 100% rayon dresses (that I loved!) only to find that when I took them out of the dryer, they had shrunk at least a size or two! Thanks to this tutorial my dresses are back to their regular size!Removing LabelsRemove LabelsLabels FillHow To Remove Wine Bottle LabelHow To Paint Wine BottlesLabels SlideCup BakingBaking SodaCleaning TipsForwardRemove Label From A Bottle Easily...I know I posted to my wedding Pin but it all makes perfect sense..If you accidentally shrunk a shirt (or other article of clothing) in the wash, there's a quick fix: soak it in warm water and hair conditioner, then stretch it back out to its proper size. Redditor FawmahRhoDyelindah found that wearing it in the shower with warm water and pulling on it worked well, but oberstofsunshine posted a comment to share a potentially better solution:Soak the garment in hot water and hair conditioner for 5 minutes and then stretch it back to size.

It works much better.Either way, hot water seems to be the common denominator when it comes to shirt-shrinking issues. Have you tried anything like this? Let us know your experiences in the comments. "Fix" a shrunken article of clothing | With this particular article of clothing though, I didn't want to remake anything. I washed the dress for the first time, didn't read the care label (it was rayon but felt like cotton!), and had Carson throw it in the dryer on low without giving it a second thought. I was folding laundry on the couch when I noticed that the dress had shrunk at least a size. So I consulted this article and though it mentioned wool, I thought that it would probably work for rayon. The dress still sort of fit, but it was definitely a little too tight in the arms and bust, so I hoped to give it a little of the looser fit it had when I purchased it. And by the way, this was sort of how my dress fit before. The day that I wore it was over 90 degrees and I was sweating which led to crazy wrinkled dress.

Once the dress had finished soaking, I put it on a towel to dry. I didn't wring it, but I did sort of pat it dry with the towel. I smoothed the dress out on the towel, pulling it lightly to stretch it. You can sort of see what I was doing on the skirt of the dress. I was surprised by how much stretch was in my dress. This is the front hem, stretched, verses the unstretched hem. I'd bet that this would work with other articles of clothing that needed to be longer or more loose. I didn't rinse the dress before laying it out to dry, so the spots you see are from the conditioner - gross. It definitely smelled like conditioner once I was done, and that has to be washed out soon - I think I'll try my hand at hand washing to avoid this process once again. While I wrote this, I threw the dress on so you could see that it fits again. I got about two inches in the hem, another two in the length of the bodice, and I'm imagining about that much in the width too. Good thing, because I plan to wear this dress many more times this summer!