Future Hubs: Please vacate the premises immediately.
So Ryan and a bunch of his runner friends are on this running team they call "Omega Falcon" and their colors are royal blue and orange. Since almost all of the Omega Falcon runners will be in attendance at the wedding, I had to the garter in those colors, right? Right. But I have love in my heart for dotted swiss, and the challenge was to mix that girly fabric with the sporty colors. I found some dotted swiss tulle at Hobby Lobby for the low low price of $4 a yard and picked up 1/4 of a yard for almost nothing. The ribbon I also got at Hob Lob when it was half off for like $1.
Ta da! Please ignore how pasty my legs are.
Making this was super unscientific and very much a trial-and-error process. I basically cut material in rectangles and sewed it to a piece of elastic until I got what I wanted. The piece of tulle is much longer that the elastic, and when I sewed the 2 pieces together I stretched the elastic out with 1 hand while sewing, so when I was done sewing the elastic contracted and gave the tulle that nice gather.
It's nothing fancy by any means, but it'll do. I keep seeing other garters on the blogosphere that I want to attempt (like this one), but I think I just need to let this project be. My friend Melissa did mention that she might have me sew her garter, which opens that realm of exploration back up!
Did you ever finish a project and were then tempted to do it all over thanks to too-much-inspiration?
Royal Blue and Orange? LOVE IT!!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute! Those are actually my high school colors. :)
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Love the bright and happy colors!
ReplyDeleteThat's adorable! Blue and Orange were my middle school and high school colours and were definitely a consideration for my garter. But C is Irish, so I think I have decided on using his Tartan colours.
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Love how simple it is!
ReplyDeleteIt's really pretty! You are the queen of DIY.
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