Merch – Made by Meghan

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. ALL WINNERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED IN SOME FORM.

Blog: Cake in a Cup: 65 entrants. R/N: 32. Winner: Melissa

Facebook: Attempted Murder: 95 entrants. R/N: 61. Winner: Anne

Instagram: Chicken Butt: 49 entrants: R/N: 33. Winner: Jenni

Twitter: I Do Bite: 27 entrants: R/N: 3. Winner: Wendy

Fan Page: Kick Ass cupcakes: 70 entrants: R/N: 65. Winner: Robbin

I thought it would be fun to cap my mini vacation off with a giveaway. And, since I just released new T-shirt designs, I decided it would be even more fun to give away all five of the Adept Universe designs in a scavenger hunt!

Reminder: Everyone should feel free to play along but the T-shirts are only available to USA shipping addresses. Any international winners will have the option of shipping to a friend/family member or receiving a personal-use only PNG logo so they may print their own T-shirt.

There are FIVE steps to play along.

First, comment below on this blog post to enter to win a Cake in a Cup T-shirt (pink or white printing) (giveaway #1):

Second, head over to my Facebook page, then find and comment on giveaway #2 to enter to win an Attempted Murder T-shirt (white or black printing).

Third, pop over to my Instagram feed, find and comment on giveaway #3 to enter to win a Chicken Butt T-shirt (white or black printing).

The fourth T-shirt, I Do Bite, can be found on my Twitter feed. Comment on giveaway #4 to enter to win.

And last but certainly not least, the fifth T-shirt is hiding in my reader-run Facebook fan group (if you aren’t a member, you can request to join). Comment on giveaway #5 to win Kick Ass Cupcakes:

Fun! Fun!!

Likes and shares are always welcomed and appreciated.

Notes/Rules: The giveaway is OPEN INTERNATIONALLY, but the T-shirts can only be shipped to USA addresses, so if selected, international readers have the option to win a PNG copy of the logo for personal-use only to print their own T-shirt. One entry per person (on all five platforms). One winner will be selected by random number generator (on each platform). Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than to contact the winner. No purchase necessary.

Giveaway closes SUNDAY MARCH 11, 2018 at midnight PDT.

Are you new to the Adept Universe? Book one is Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1).

Click here for the reading order of the Adept Universe.

Find links to all the T-shirts here.

This is part three of a three part blog series about the Adept Universe T-shirts.

Like numerous other T-shirts, the fitted T-shirts I’ve chosen for the Adept Universe Merch fit small. Achieving good, flattering fit is possible, but only if you are willing to pull out a measuring tape and possibly disregard the gender designation on the sizing chart included on each sales page.

For example, both Elizabeth (who designed the logos and models the T-shirts on the blog sales page) and I normally wear a medium size (say in a T-shirt from Banana Republic), but in the Adept Universe designs we both wear a Female XL. As you can see by the picture below, even an extra large is fairly fitted on Elizabeth (as it is on me).

Elizabeth Mackey models here Cake in a Cup logo design.

How you want your clothing to fit depends on how much positive or negative ease you would like built into the item. I like to wear my T-shirts fitted, but not tight, so I choose a size that gives me small amount of positive ease.

To figure out what that size is, I measure my chest across the widest part, getting 37 inches. Then I consult the sizing chart that Amazon offers for the T-shirt I want to buy:

The women’s XL is 18 3/4 wide (measured from underarm to underarm). That’s 37.5 inches total. Technically, giving me only half an inch of ease. So, before I even purchase the T-shirt, I know that a Women’s XL will fit me snuggly but it shouldn’t pinch.

Now if I wanted a slightly looser fit I could go into the Men’s medium. 20 x 20 inches is 40 inches total. Which would give me 3 inches of ease. Because the T-shirt style is naturally slim fitting, I know this would look roomy but not too boxy on me.

Straightforward, yes? Yes!

The second option for achieving a good fit is to pull out a favourite T-shirt that fits you well and measure it from underarm to underarm. Double this number, and find the nearest corresponding size on the sizing chart.

So my example (above) is my Smart Ass University T-shirt, which fits me fairly tightly and measures 18 inches from underarm to underarm. According to the sizing charts above I could purchase a Men’s small. Personally I’d stick with the Female XL, because I wouldn’t mind a slightly looser fit.

Makes sense, yes?

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE ADEPT UNIVERSE T-SHIRT DESIGNS.