HI Nicky,
thankyou very much for the idea about using Shirring Elastic for the garter,
it sounds a very good way to do it, anything has to be better than the
ordinary elastic and trying to hide it behind a length of ribbon, it never
seems to work. I have a couple of months to get the garter finished by so
will use your idea. I think I even have some white shirring elastic at the
bottom of my sewing box.
Many Thanks.
Jenny DeAngelis.
Spain.
Hi Jenny
Both my husband and I have now made several wedding garters. The method I
use for finishing them off is this. I use shirring elastic and run ribbon
only through the middle section. The shirring elastic is carefully sewn
along both edges of lace next to the middle, once stitched I then carefully
pull up the shirring elastic so that the garter is gathered and then knot
the ends of shirring elastic and cut off the excess (which I use for other
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