Today, I decided to sew a garter belt for myself. My old one is not in a wearable condition and I had to make a new one. And now I finally did !
Making this was so easy. I made a pattern of my old garter belt and somehow managed to sew it together. It is not perfect, but for a first attempt I am rather satisfied with how it turned out !
with love,
Jip.
8 comments:
This is so splendidly lovely! I adore that you made it using white eyelet fabric. That is really and truly one of my all-time favourite fabrics (it always makes me think of summers at my paternal grandparents house as my grandma had some cushions covered in it back then out on her covered deck).
♥ Jessica
Looks so nice! Like Jessica, I love very much the fabric :-)
Have a nice weekend!
Miss Beta
You know, I've been looking at buying a garter belt for a while now.. for some reason it never occurred to me to just make one!! Thank you for the inspiration!
Wow! Great job!! It looks perfect!
xoxo
-Janey
Well done! This sure brings back memories, but I never owned one as cute as this!
What a great idea! I am always looking for (vintage) garter belts but somehow never thought about making one for myself. Did you use old fasteners (I don't know the right term for these) or did you buy them somewhere?
@ Jessica
I love the Fabric, I still have a lot of it so maybe I will sew some knickers and a slip dress to go with it as well !
@ Miss Beta
thank you !
@ Taygan
I am still going to buy one as soon as I have the money because of of the garter clips is broken.. This was just a garter belt I could wear until I find a new one. But with good materials, you can make one yourself that will last a long time, I think.
@ Janey
Thank you !
@ Ann Kennedy
Thank you ! What kind of garter belt did you used to have ?
@ Draped in Cloudlets
Once you have a pattern and the right materials it is really easy. I used original 1930s/1940s garter clips. But onfortunately, one is broken so I have to replace it. I sometimes find them on Ebay or flea markets.
It was so nice reading the blog about the Garter Belts. The blog is quite informative as well as provide adeqate details about the history of the product.
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