Dear All I used gold elastic threaded through the middle of the garter. It looked really good Pictures on "webshots" shortly. Viv
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenny De Angelis Sent: 11 July 2006 15:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Arachne mailing list Subject: [lace] finishing a garter 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 - 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]
