Hi Nicky and everyone else who is so kindly giving advice and tips - apologies for not replying immediately but I use my office computer, (not having one of my own at present) and I have been away for a few days so could not get back to you until now.
Thanks so much for this advice, I wondered about shirring elastic as it is so much finer but just thought that perhaps it would not hold but you have great personal experience to show that it does so that is well worth considering. It would be almost invisible because I think you can get a creamy ecru colour which would fit perfectly. What I would like to do is to then put a creamy ribbon through the garter to give to the bride to be as it looks quite classy that way (vbg), but also put a length of blue ribbon in the box so that she has a choice as powder-blue is her favourite colour. .....and waste not want not, I loved your other tip of using the waste elastic for using double bobbins when thread is running out :o) Thanks for all the advice. Jill ----- Forwarded by Jill P Harward/PharmRD/GSK on 23-May-2005 10:46 AM ----- "sealacehaven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20-May-2005 09:48 Please respond to "sealacehaven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [lace] elastic for wedding garter Hi Jill I have made several wedding garters now, one of which I wore myself almost six years ago. I have found that threading the wide knicker type elastic through the middle where the ribbon would go to be most uncomfortable and unsatisfactory. So the method I use is to slip stitch sheering elastic along both edges just to the side of where the ribbon is threaded, the bit that is like a footside edge running down either side of the middle. The sheering elastic does not leave nasty marks and is strong enough to hold the garter in place quite securely. Once the sheering elastic is slip stitched into place ( I do not stretch the elastic at this stage) I knot the ends and then carefully pull up the sheering elastic so that the garter ruches up. Once the elastic has been pulled up so that the garter is about the right size to fit I tie a new knot so as to shorten the elastic and cut off the excess elastic. I leave a bit of leeway so that the garter can be further adjusted nearer the day by the bride if need be (having shown her before hand how to do it). The ribbon looks as if it is holding the garter in place but it is the elastic that does the work. The waste sheering elastic doesn't actually go to waste I use it double thickness to thread through two beads, one larger than the other (size of those used as a bottom bead for a spangle or slightly larger) - a bit like a hair bobble. They are useful for holding two bobbins linked together when you need to use two bobbins as if they were one ie adding in a bobbin to replace one that it is running short of thread. Slip around the two bobbins and pass one bead over the other. Hope that this is of use to you. Nicky in Suffolk > > 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. > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
