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Tape for keeping skirts and pants from slipping down?
They used to have a tape that had a rubber stitched face which was sewed or
glued to the inside waistband of skirts and pants to keep them from slipping down. It was not the kind of elastic tape that stretches. Would anyone know what that tape was called and where I could get some, perhaps online.? The sewing and fabric stores I've visited have never heard of it. Suggestions would really be appreciated. Marty |
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yahoo or google "gripper elastic"
"Martin" wrote in message ... They used to have a tape that had a rubber stitched face which was sewed or glued to the inside waistband of skirts and pants to keep them from slipping down. It was not the kind of elastic tape that stretches. Would anyone know what that tape was called and where I could get some, perhaps online.? The sewing and fabric stores I've visited have never heard of it. Suggestions would really be appreciated. Marty |
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I use it not so much to keep things up but to keep things tucked in, handy
stuff for whatever reason. The site I get it from (no I don't work for them, I don't work for anyone. I pride myself in being completely untrainable.) is... http://www.sewsassy.com/Pages/Elastic.html They have a variety of sizes and the price is pretty reasonable. Look for gripper elastic. Val "Martin" wrote in message ... They used to have a tape that had a rubber stitched face which was sewed or glued to the inside waistband of skirts and pants to keep them from slipping down. It was not the kind of elastic tape that stretches. Would anyone know what that tape was called and where I could get some, perhaps online.? The sewing and fabric stores I've visited have never heard of it. Suggestions would really be appreciated. Marty |
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:18:26 GMT, Martin wrote:
They used to have a tape that had a rubber stitched face which was sewed or glued to the inside waistband of skirts and pants to keep them from slipping down. It was not the kind of elastic tape that stretches. This will do both: http://www.seattlefabrics.com/Gripper%20Elastic.jpg (google for "gripper elastic"). Or there's Snugtex, which is often cut to patches rather than being used for the entire waistband application. http://www.steinlaufandstoller.com/Waistbanding.htm There's also a premade waist curtaining with Snugtex already in it. Try googling for snugtex and curtain together. Kay |
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"Kay Lancaster" wrote in message ... On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:18:26 GMT, Martin wrote: They used to have a tape that had a rubber stitched face which was sewed or glued to the inside waistband of skirts and pants to keep them from slipping down. It was not the kind of elastic tape that stretches. This will do both: http://www.seattlefabrics.com/Gripper%20Elastic.jpg (google for "gripper elastic"). Or there's Snugtex, which is often cut to patches rather than being used for the entire waistband application. http://www.steinlaufandstoller.com/Waistbanding.htm There's also a premade waist curtaining with Snugtex already in it. Try googling for snugtex and curtain together. Kay Thanks all for the information. Snugtex is what I think I am looking for and I did find it with Google. But I am curious to know how the gripper elastic differs. Snugtex appears from one illustration I saw to be essentially the same product that was put out by Dritz many years ago: a non-stretching base of a square woven fabric tape with stitches of very coarse rubber along its length. But I need something that doesn't stretch and some of the descriptions of the gripper elastics I saw seem to say that they do. Do they stretch along their length? Marty |
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:13:47 GMT, Martin wrote:
something that doesn't stretch and some of the descriptions of the gripper elastics I saw seem to say that they do. Do they stretch along their length? Gripper elastic does stretch (though the pieces I've had haven't been as stretchy as say, corset elastic of the same width). Snugtex doesn't stretch. You can use gripper elastic for much the same purpose as Snugtex, just apply it 1:1 instead of stretched. Or maybe 1:1 minus an inch for a little more grab. Kay |
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