Mary Ann I hope you will take the chance to go find someone who sews. First off if you have sewing in one of the schools near you they might help you out with sizing. Now, comes the best of all. You can sew your own clothing. The patterns can be out of tissue or someone who shows you can make it out of thin fabric from sewing store and you can adjust it to your size and length. The way clothes are made today, they will always shrink. One thing if you decide to sew wash fabric first and iron. Good luck with your mission. Or one more thing is tear apart one of your tops that shrunk but you like and use that and you can add or subtract from it.