Hi Spiders, Yet another bit to confuse anyone making garters!
I have made several garters, for my daughter, my daughter-in-law, the latter's soon to be sister-in-law, and several daughters of friends, and they have been made increasingly longer! I must add that, after making the first Bucks Point garter, I generally make Torchon garters, as I don't want all the hard work on a Bucks Point garter to be wasted and unseen when it is gathered, and the Torchon garters seem to gather up much more satisfactorily than the Bucks point. The last one I made was for my skinny (English size 8 - with a very tiny leg circumference!) daughter, and for that I made about 48/49 inches - it was double-sided, with the ribbon and elastic in the centre, and gathered *a lot* - and even if I say it myself, it looked lovely on her, but it wasn't *too* gathered, by any means! Thinking back, I am sure I heard somewhere a while ago that a garter needs to be at least three times the circumference of the leg - but I feel that if there is time, the longer the better, if it is Torchon. But of course, if the dress is to be fairly slender, then the garter cannot be gathered as much as if the dress is to be a full one - it would show through the material, if it was very bunchy under a fairly straight dress. Remember also that the colour matters too - it is best to find out whether the bride is having a white or ivory/cream dress, and make the lace accordingly. An ecru garter with a white dress can look a bit grubby against the white, and it is such a shame to spoil such a lot of work! Carol - in Suffolk UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Arachne'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:25 AM Subject: RE: [lace] bucks garter lace > Just a caution -- check the size of the bride's leg > and consider how much ruffling you want in the garter > before choosing the length needed. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
