Shirred Bridal Garter Tutorial

A good friend is getting married in a few weeks. She asked me to make the ring bearer pillow and a few other things for her wedding. I used the extra fabric from the ring bearer pillow to make a garter. I just made up the method. It was pretty easy.

Step 1: Cut the fabric. I cut it about 8” wide (cut it half of the desired finished width) and 2x as long as I wanted it to end up. I cut it to 26” long.

Step 2: Fold it in half and stitch it on one short end and the long end. Leave the other short end open.

Press it flat.

Step 3: Tuck the raw edges on the open end under and press.

Step 4: Match the short edges up and pin  in place.

Step 5: Shirr! I started shirring and did one continuous line of stitching. I completed five rows of shirring. (Need help with shirring? Check this post.)

That’s it. Add embellishments if you’d like. I added a taffeta flower. Tutorial found here.

Easy.