Two Post Tuesday: My DIY garter!

About 2 months back, I posted ideas for a DIY garter. I ended up not using any of those ideas. I went to Joann Fabrics a few days later and found the perfect fabric. John and I have used "puppy" and "kitten" as pet names for each other since the start of our relationship, and so when I saw this fabric, I was done for.

So thus began the DIY garter project. I didn't want a lacy garter, so the fabric I was using would be it. I measured around the point on my leg where I wanted the garter, and found it was 15 inches, so I cut a piece 23.75 inches long (1.5 times the size of my leg, plus .75 inches for a hem) by 4.25 inches wide. I sewed 3/8 inch hems onto the wide side, towards the backside of the fabric.



I then folded the fabric in half, wrong side out, and sewed it together with a 5/8 inch seam allowance.

I then pressed the seam open with an iron, and turned the tube inside out. That was actually the hardest part, since it's not very wide.

After I'd turned the entire tube right side out, I pressed it again so that the seam was centered in the back.

Then I cut a 15 inch piece of elastic and fed it through the tube. I pinned it at the top, and then once I was done scrunching the fabric, I pinned it on the other end.

I hand sewed the elastic together and tied the last stitch through the fabric, then hand sewed the fabric. Here it is, my DIY garter!

What do you think??