Garter Toss

When it comes to bachelorette parties, quite often all the ladies wear something that ties them all together. Whether it be Hawaiian leis or matching t-shirts, it lets everyone know that you are a part of the rowdy bachelorette crowd. I'm not really a fan of dictating what girls should wear on a night out and we weren't having a Hawaiian theme so I decided that I would make garters for everyone. Hot pink and black garters to be exact. They weren't super difficult, just time consuming. And with the materials I used, they weren't very expensive either! Always a good thing.

First up, the supplies:

1. A few yards of hot pink tulle (I got extra for other decorations I had planned)


2. Scissors


3. Head pins


4. A sewing machine - I suppose you could do by hand but it would take FOREVER


5. Black elastic


6. Black thread


7. 5/8 inch black satin ribbon


8. Two safety pins - one small, one large


9. Hot glue gun


10. Package of rhinestones
    
    

Now for the steps:

• Cut the tulle into strips about 3 inches wide and the full length of the tulle


• Cut pieces of elastic that will fit snugly against your leg (you want them to stay up all night!)


• Measure the black satin ribbon to be three times the length of the piece of elastic you have just cut (this allows it to scrunch enough to look good)


• Take head pins and pin the ribbon down the middle of the strips of tulle you have cut


• Begin to sew on each side of the ribbon to create a "tunnel" to thread the elastic through, pulling the pins out as you go


• Once you have sewed both sides of the ribbon to the tulle, attach a safety pin at each end of the piece of elastic. One should be small enough to fit through your "tunnel" while the other should be large enough to keep the elastic from being pulled all the way through

• Thread the elastic through the "tunnel" scrunching down to the other end as you go

• Once you have the elastic all the way through the "tunnel" hand sew the two ends of elastic together and adjust the ends as needed


• To finish them off, hot glue a rhinestone where the two ends meet. I also did a few with bows made out of extra tulle and ribbon

The finished product!

And the finished product put to good use!