very different subject...

swan · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: very different subject...

Hi guys, sorry to go completely off the food but I really need to ask this question: I bought two pairs of pants today that need some altering (legs are too long-or mine too short Smile

). Do I need to wash them first before I bring them to the magic needle-lady? We're talking jeans (stretchy-ish) and a cotton-linnen blend.
Thanks for your help!!

(don't laugh, it's very sad I don't know stuff like this myself Smile

. And it's sad I have short legs (well, not that short actually...so it's not me, it's the pants, right?! On the other hand, finding pants that fit, and especially jeans, IS a happy occasion Smile

)

Erin · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

Swan you are funny! I know exactly how you feel, the fashon industry thinks we all are Giselle and seems to forget about those of us on the shorter end of the spectrum.
I always take my things in before washing and have never had a problem. I would imagine being part linen, it will be a cold wash and a hang dry, so you should be safe. Anyone else? I honestly had never even thought about it before and might have just gotten lucky.
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swan · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject:

That's what I thought of later: if they do it for you in the shop where you buy them, they don't wash them first either...

Oh Erin, hihi, yeah, well, actually I really don't have that short legs (they just like to make very long pants here and I hate it when they so modernly sweep the floor behind you...)but my legs are both , ehm, normal in length and a bit bigger in width Smile

than those models in magazines...so...try buying pantyhose!!! they either stretch lengthways, or sideways, but seldom both. Ah, worries of womanhood!!! Too bad I have to wear pantyhoses with my uniform to work.

Barbara · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject:

I always wash pants before having them altered. Especially after once finding the pants shrunk a couple of inches when I had them altered before I washed them. Fortunately the shop replaced them because the salesgirl omitted to mention the fact the pants would shrink in the wash.
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birgit · Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 247 Location: Germany

I'd recommend washing them before having them altered as well, especially stretchy fabrics can behave quite tricky sometimes, not to talk of natural fabric like linnen/cotton, some can shrink about 10 percent Shocked

(sometimes some info is printed on the little sewn-in clothes tags) ...

cris · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:32 am Post subject:

don't be sorry to go off food just post on the other thing forum. Twisted Evil

laurie_m · Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 24

If you ever plan on putting them in the dryer you must wash & dry them before you have them altered. If you plan on always doing a cold wash / line dry you can skip it. Especially with anything cotton or linen!

swan · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:03 am Post subject:

Chris, you're right, I thought I did. So never hire me for my computer skills... Very Happy