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Using baby shampoo and lukewarm water can resize shrunken clothing
Soak the garment in a bucket of soapy water for half an hour
When it's nearly dry, stretch out the clothing to get extra inches back

By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 17:39 EST, 18 August 2016 | Updated: 17:39 EST, 18 August 2016

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Almost everyone has experienced that moment of discovering an item of clothing had found its way into the wrong washing load, and emerged a quarter of its original size.

But before tossing it in the bin or donating it to charity (or you daughter's doll's wardrobe), there could be a DIY trick to restoring the clothing - and the secret it baby shampoo.

Homemaking bloggers have shared a simple method they say will 'unshrink' your clothes, using the baby shampoo, a bucket and some lukewarm water.

Whoops! Almost everyone, at some point, has experienced this moment when doing the laundry

Baby shampoo: To resize shrunken clothes try put a third of a cup or a lid full of baby shampoo or conditioner in a bucket of lukewarm water

Start with half filling the laundry sink or bucket with lukewarm water.

Then add a lid full or 1/3 of a cup of baby shampoo or condition to the warm water and let the clothing soak in the soapy water for half an hour.

Blogger Jill Nystul says: 'This will relax the fibres in the clothing'.

After half an hour, remove the piece of clothing, wring out excess water, and lay it flat on a dry towel.

Dryer disaster: After soaking it in the warm soapy water gently stretch out the garment

Soften fibres: 'This will relax the fibres in the clothing' says blogger Jill Nystul

Dryer disaster: Others have successfully tried the DIY hack to bring back those essential extra inches back into their clothes, however the resizing solution will not work for woollen garments

Ms Nystul claims that she was was able to regain a few inches lost on the legs of her track pants.

Unfortunately, the hack will not work for those trying to resize wool garments.

Followers of Ms Nystul's Youtube have commented that the handy hack has worked for them.

One person wrote: 'This worked for me! I didn't have baby shampoo so I used hair conditioner per another comment and my 100% rayon pants are saved.'