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will jeans shrink a little every time they are put in the dryer, or just the first time?
my new jeans are a touch too big, but the smaller ones were too small....
if i was allowed to hang clothes outside it would solve all my laundry problems!!
we arent allowed to have clotheslines or drying racks in our neighborhood.
Answer
I have read online that jeans will shrink and expand depending on how you treat them.
Try this:
The big jeans: inside out wash cold or warm/hot & put in dryer. Then try on. One resource online had a girl say to put it in boiling hot water (I would just soak it in the hot water cycle if you were going to do that and just take it out before the water gets cold) and put it damp (not soaking wet) in the dryer on the highest heat you can stand it. If it fits and you wash them again after wearing them, try them on damp. If they are still too big, put them in the dryer again. Otherwise, tack the seams on the side just a little or wear a belt or ties.
So put them in the dryer on high heat.
The too small ones (as long as they aren't way too small): cold (or lukewarm/cold) wash inside out, air dry. Try to put them on best you can and stretch the fibers, letting them streatch to your natural contours. One resource said to try them on while damp and let them stretch, another said to do squats and exercises (which struggling to get it on and doing movements gradually loosens it up but it shrinks back a wee bit when I heat dry it) You can also add an elastic seam to the waist line to make them fit better and make other little alterations.
Don't put these in the dryer to keep them from shrinking.
As far as you getting too big for the jeans(concerning the previous poster): I have washed and accidentally dried brand name pants (not jeans) that I got from a church sale. I got them because they fit me just right and felt really good on me. I don't think I can gain so much weight in 2 hours while cleaning the house that I can't even fit my own legs into the pants that had just fit me with room to spare. And I used to have as an older child/teen a sweater that continuously shrank because until it could fit a much much smaller child. If bridges, metals, wood, fabrics, and my waistline can shrink and enlarge based on temperatures and water (retention you know when), then it would stand to reason that jeans can possibly shrink and enlarge whenever, and that it is not necessarily anything to do with something else like needing to lose weight.
Even if I could stand to lose a little weight, not everyone else (whose jeans don't fit) needs to loose weight.
P.S.
This is what I use to hang my clothes indoors and I don't use drying racks:
I hang my damp clothes on hangers and hang them up somewhere. You can try to find a latch or knob on your dressers to hang them on. I also pull out the dressers/armoire doors and cardboard boxes drape them over those. You can get a fan really cheap and large from wal-mart for something like $10 (box fan) and put the air on high speed to dry them faster. I also use the shower stall door (a swivel headed hanger would work nicer in this) and sometimes hang them over the wooden doors or put one article on other clothing and keep flipping them around every so often so they can dry all over. You can also use a movable indoor closet rack (the kind that comes with a cloth over it) if you have room to hang dry your clothing like that. If you have a bath tub with shower curtain you can hang multiple jeans up that way, just be sure to take them off and flip them so the damper side can be exposed to air. Speaking of bathrooms, I have used the towel racks to dry and hang my clothing, and it works better if you use hangers because you can use more. Also you can get a couple banana boxes from the grocery store that have handles on the side and hook the hanger in there as well as the sides of the box. I have also used stair railings and the bed and the tops of dressers and the washer and sometimes other clothing to lay the clothing out. I have never had a problem with them molding and mildewing but you have to keep them separate (as in don't stack wet things on wet things or you run the risk higher of mold and mildew) and keep exposing them to the air (and a fan blowing on them helps them dry faster). I've even hanged clothes (even dry) on the closet doors and they are the fold in kind that moves like accordions. And I've used a curtain rod at the window to air dry and hold clothes. Just don't go too heavily, especially if the curtain/drapes are heavy, or the curtain rod may bend. And if there are nail holes or a coat hanger, you can dry it that way. If you don't have a coat hanger, you can purchase one. The rules don't say you can't have an indoor zipper closet or coat hanger (just don't let anyone know you are using it as a drying rack). You can also get a garment holder that is supposed to hang over a door, and there are many different types.
And like one of the resources said, you can put it on damp and stretch it out. If you have a stool or chair with thin legs, you can flip it sideways and drape the jeans on those legs as a drying rack too. You can use your doorknobs to hang clothes on a hanger. If there are non leaking pipes or little door knobs on your medicine cabinets and kitchen cabinets you can hang them on there and put the fan on them on high. There was a funny story about this woman who used her husband's antlers (as in mounted animal heads) he had on the wall to dry her belongings! If your coat racks have coats on them, you can take the coats off and drape them over chairs until the clothes are dry and can be put indside drawers.
I don't know why you are not allowed to have a drying rack, but if you still want to look around at different types of drying mechanisms here's places to look
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/laundry/drying-racks/
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=10742749&RN=152&BTSmode=true
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/20043_double-flared-garment-rack.htm
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/109817_wardrobe-with-canvas-and-vinyl-cover.htm
And if you get the collapsable/folding kind you can fold it in your closet or under your bed so no one will know). If you are interested in acquiring these at cheaper prices there's always places like wal-marts, targets, and kmarts, or maybe you can be able to find something at a 2nd hand sotre or yard sale.
If you get anything on there, be sure to check the reviews. And I have a movable "closet" that is made of metal and holds quite a few clothes but if I fill it completely full it does have a tendency to fall over sideways. I'm pretty sure it came originally from one of those cheaper department stores, but my mom gave it to me before she passed away.
Of course you could always try the air dry cycle as opposed to hanging it, but on my dryer it only lasts 20 minutes. So I would have to keep checking on it and hitting that button until it dries. It's much more convenient for me to hang clothes or flat dry them (at/on the dryer or folding utility closet door) so I can have the dryer free for heat dry clothing.
I hope you can get some ideas from here that you can use.
I have read online that jeans will shrink and expand depending on how you treat them.
Try this:
The big jeans: inside out wash cold or warm/hot & put in dryer. Then try on. One resource online had a girl say to put it in boiling hot water (I would just soak it in the hot water cycle if you were going to do that and just take it out before the water gets cold) and put it damp (not soaking wet) in the dryer on the highest heat you can stand it. If it fits and you wash them again after wearing them, try them on damp. If they are still too big, put them in the dryer again. Otherwise, tack the seams on the side just a little or wear a belt or ties.
So put them in the dryer on high heat.
The too small ones (as long as they aren't way too small): cold (or lukewarm/cold) wash inside out, air dry. Try to put them on best you can and stretch the fibers, letting them streatch to your natural contours. One resource said to try them on while damp and let them stretch, another said to do squats and exercises (which struggling to get it on and doing movements gradually loosens it up but it shrinks back a wee bit when I heat dry it) You can also add an elastic seam to the waist line to make them fit better and make other little alterations.
Don't put these in the dryer to keep them from shrinking.
As far as you getting too big for the jeans(concerning the previous poster): I have washed and accidentally dried brand name pants (not jeans) that I got from a church sale. I got them because they fit me just right and felt really good on me. I don't think I can gain so much weight in 2 hours while cleaning the house that I can't even fit my own legs into the pants that had just fit me with room to spare. And I used to have as an older child/teen a sweater that continuously shrank because until it could fit a much much smaller child. If bridges, metals, wood, fabrics, and my waistline can shrink and enlarge based on temperatures and water (retention you know when), then it would stand to reason that jeans can possibly shrink and enlarge whenever, and that it is not necessarily anything to do with something else like needing to lose weight.
Even if I could stand to lose a little weight, not everyone else (whose jeans don't fit) needs to loose weight.
P.S.
This is what I use to hang my clothes indoors and I don't use drying racks:
I hang my damp clothes on hangers and hang them up somewhere. You can try to find a latch or knob on your dressers to hang them on. I also pull out the dressers/armoire doors and cardboard boxes drape them over those. You can get a fan really cheap and large from wal-mart for something like $10 (box fan) and put the air on high speed to dry them faster. I also use the shower stall door (a swivel headed hanger would work nicer in this) and sometimes hang them over the wooden doors or put one article on other clothing and keep flipping them around every so often so they can dry all over. You can also use a movable indoor closet rack (the kind that comes with a cloth over it) if you have room to hang dry your clothing like that. If you have a bath tub with shower curtain you can hang multiple jeans up that way, just be sure to take them off and flip them so the damper side can be exposed to air. Speaking of bathrooms, I have used the towel racks to dry and hang my clothing, and it works better if you use hangers because you can use more. Also you can get a couple banana boxes from the grocery store that have handles on the side and hook the hanger in there as well as the sides of the box. I have also used stair railings and the bed and the tops of dressers and the washer and sometimes other clothing to lay the clothing out. I have never had a problem with them molding and mildewing but you have to keep them separate (as in don't stack wet things on wet things or you run the risk higher of mold and mildew) and keep exposing them to the air (and a fan blowing on them helps them dry faster). I've even hanged clothes (even dry) on the closet doors and they are the fold in kind that moves like accordions. And I've used a curtain rod at the window to air dry and hold clothes. Just don't go too heavily, especially if the curtain/drapes are heavy, or the curtain rod may bend. And if there are nail holes or a coat hanger, you can dry it that way. If you don't have a coat hanger, you can purchase one. The rules don't say you can't have an indoor zipper closet or coat hanger (just don't let anyone know you are using it as a drying rack). You can also get a garment holder that is supposed to hang over a door, and there are many different types.
And like one of the resources said, you can put it on damp and stretch it out. If you have a stool or chair with thin legs, you can flip it sideways and drape the jeans on those legs as a drying rack too. You can use your doorknobs to hang clothes on a hanger. If there are non leaking pipes or little door knobs on your medicine cabinets and kitchen cabinets you can hang them on there and put the fan on them on high. There was a funny story about this woman who used her husband's antlers (as in mounted animal heads) he had on the wall to dry her belongings! If your coat racks have coats on them, you can take the coats off and drape them over chairs until the clothes are dry and can be put indside drawers.
I don't know why you are not allowed to have a drying rack, but if you still want to look around at different types of drying mechanisms here's places to look
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/laundry/drying-racks/
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=10742749&RN=152&BTSmode=true
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/20043_double-flared-garment-rack.htm
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/109817_wardrobe-with-canvas-and-vinyl-cover.htm
And if you get the collapsable/folding kind you can fold it in your closet or under your bed so no one will know). If you are interested in acquiring these at cheaper prices there's always places like wal-marts, targets, and kmarts, or maybe you can be able to find something at a 2nd hand sotre or yard sale.
If you get anything on there, be sure to check the reviews. And I have a movable "closet" that is made of metal and holds quite a few clothes but if I fill it completely full it does have a tendency to fall over sideways. I'm pretty sure it came originally from one of those cheaper department stores, but my mom gave it to me before she passed away.
Of course you could always try the air dry cycle as opposed to hanging it, but on my dryer it only lasts 20 minutes. So I would have to keep checking on it and hitting that button until it dries. It's much more convenient for me to hang clothes or flat dry them (at/on the dryer or folding utility closet door) so I can have the dryer free for heat dry clothing.
I hope you can get some ideas from here that you can use.
Patio decorating.....?
Mommy of 2
I want to spice up my backyard and patio. But we don't really have much extra cash. it it a huge square 50ft X 30ft. and the patio itself is completely open, and concrete measuring around 25ft X 15ft.... We are wanting to somehow pull off a moraccan feel with maybe some water features.... The yard is pretty well empty except for a shed in the far back corner, and the kids swingset at the far back fence line... Our back yard is completely closed in with a wooden privacy fence.... There are no plants or anything else in the yard what-so-ever. On the patio we have a grill, 4 chairs and glass table, and a hot tub. The yard is rectangle with the longest going from the back door straight to the back.... if this helps at all...
So ideas please for ways of doing it very no/low cost... include what to use and in your opinon where you would put it, and maybe where to get the stuff, and the estimated cost...
Thanks a bunch for everyone who is willing to give opinions... :)
ok let me add, the yard including patio is 50 long and 30 wide, while the patio is 25 wide, by 15 long.... the patio and yard are both rectangles, but they way they go is opposite.... as far as length and width... I hope that makes some sense... lol...
Answer
First is lighting......bring out those Christmas lights and wrap them around trees either real or fake. Buy 4 6' wooden poles or anything high and place them around the patio. Go to your local store and buy cheap sheer curtains and wrap them above them pole creating some type of flowing canopy. Go to yard sales and look for a futon or some sort of sitting couch/chair. Buy washable pillows and throw them on the futon. If you can buy a chimea or fire pit. Candles lots of outdoor candle arrangements. For a water feature go to a yard sale or if you have a Big Lots around your way but a large pot, go to the local beach and fill up shopping bags with the beach stones, go to your local hardware store and buy a small pump (fountain box) bingo there you go instant fountain once you fill it up with some water.
First is lighting......bring out those Christmas lights and wrap them around trees either real or fake. Buy 4 6' wooden poles or anything high and place them around the patio. Go to your local store and buy cheap sheer curtains and wrap them above them pole creating some type of flowing canopy. Go to yard sales and look for a futon or some sort of sitting couch/chair. Buy washable pillows and throw them on the futon. If you can buy a chimea or fire pit. Candles lots of outdoor candle arrangements. For a water feature go to a yard sale or if you have a Big Lots around your way but a large pot, go to the local beach and fill up shopping bags with the beach stones, go to your local hardware store and buy a small pump (fountain box) bingo there you go instant fountain once you fill it up with some water.
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