I'm planning on making my girls some skirts for christmas. but for it to be a supprise i can't have them there to adjust the elastic. Can anyone help me do this without messing up the present?
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Well you have 2 options. get their waist measurement, under the rouge of just wanting to see how much they've grown lol, or use a current skirt that fits them good.
To measure elastic, you take the waist measurment and substract 3" from it, sto get the dorrect elastic size. You want it to stretch, not fall off.
thanks. i was thinking you subtract a inch but it's good i asked or it wouldn't have been right.
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Quoting mommaseyes:
thanks. i was thinking you subtract a inch but it's good i asked or it wouldn't have been right.
It's a good idea to leave extra, so you can loosen it as she grows too. Just leave a tail after your stiching. I usually just put it on them and pull it tight lol, so I could be wrong, but it seems like that is what i was always told.
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- mommaseyes
on Nov. 12, 2009 at 9:22 PM