I am making a bunch of shorts for girls aged 12 to 17 (for Church camp). A friend gave me yards and yards of drawstring elastic (it's like regular elastic - about 1 1/4 inches wide - except it has a drawstring cord running through it, which can be pulled out through the threads). I tried making a regular casing, threading it through, sewing the ends together, then popping a stitch at the front waistband seam and pulling the drawstring through that, and that seemed to work OK. But I was hoping there is someone out there who really knows how it's supposed to be used. The drawstring is not centered on the elastic. I put the fatter side up (toward the belly button) and the skinnier side down (toward the crotch), but I don't know if that's right. I have lots more shorts to go, so any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
2007-04-27
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