What's the best way to get an eleastic waistband the right size?

"admom" wrote in message
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back in the twenties and thirties this was such a common practice that the
tiny pins were marked under the name "beauty pins", and were usually brass
or gold colored, so they were fancier than the usual safety pin.

admom

You can take safety pins back further than that -- in the middle ages they
were used to pin the sleeves to gowns and considered proper to show.

Giselle (sleeves and gowns were usually seperate items and worn over the
chemise that showed through the gaps in the sleeves)

Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone!

Giselle

Hello Giselle,

the waist minus 10% is what I always take for the elastic. When you are
going to use the method of the buttonhole elastic, the most beautfull
way (imo) is to fasten it at one side and to make a buttonhole at the
other side.

kind regards
Fran=E7ois