A tip I got from Vivienne (Biggins) was to use two lengths of elastic
(I used their narrow silver elastic for Lucy's garter which meant that
I didn't need to thread ribbon) and thread one length up and down
through the holes and the other length down and up through the same
holes, then when the fullness is adjusted the gathers will stay put and
not scrunch up in one part of the garter.
Brenda
On 19 May 2005, at 18:44, Viv Dewar wrote:
Biggins sell gold & silver elastic for their garter patterns so that
should fit
Viv
Hi,
I would really appreciate some advice about elastic for wedding garters
please :o)
I have completed a garter (one of Biggin's torchon garter patterns) for
one of my friends at work - although she doesn't know it yet - and
luckily
she is one of these stick insect types so I didn't have to do yards and
yards of it. Having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed doing it and am
quite
sorry it is finished.
Jacquie Tinch and I were chatting last night about it as I wondered
what
elastic was best to use and we both remembered that someone on the
Arachne
list spoke about this a while back. I'm sure it was mentioned that you
could use some kind of bra-strap elastic or something similar which was
slightly fluffy on one side which would stop the garter from slipping.
What I was wondering was, if this is correct, any ideas where I could
get
this from? Jacquie rightly said we could look on the internet but as
you
all have so much experience out there, I would rather go by your
recommendations of what you have used to keep the garter from slipping.
The holes in the garter are very small and will only take 4mm size
elastic
and ribbon - and that's another story trying to find some decent ribbon
of
that size so if you know of any good suppliers with a selection I'd
love
to hear from you.
Thank you very much, any help you can offer would be gratefully
received
:o)
With my best wishes
Jill
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