How to Put a Drawstring Back Inside Clothing

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Put a Drawstring Back Inside Clothing

Nowadays, many pants and shorts have drawstrings. The benefit is that it gives you a built in belt. Also, if you lose weight, they're easy to adjust. But sometimes the drawstring comes out after washing. To put your drawstring back, follow these steps.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Safety pins
Hammer
Wire hanger

Step 1

Straighten a wire coat hanger using a hammer. It does not have to flatten all the way. Tie your drawstring to one end of the hanger. Make a small hook on the end of the hanger so the string will not fall off the end. Thread the hanger through the hole for your drawstring starting on the side on which you would put a regular belt.
Step 2

Push the hanger through like a big needle, gathering material as you go. The hanger should be long enough so that as you are gathering material, you will have enough room to keep going. If not, just bunch up the material until you get to the end.
Step 3

When you get your string back inside be sure to knot both ends so that your string is less likely to come out again. Make sure the knot is bigger than the hole the string comes out of.

Tips & Warnings

Before washing you can safety pin your drawstring ends together to keep it from coming out.
White hangers work best because they are thinner and will straighten out more easily.

Comments

redfrog said

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on 9/10/2008 There's always an easier way ain't there? I'd been trying to train beetles to crawl through the waistband dragging the errant string behind them. I hadn't been having much luck. Now all I need to do is figure out where to find a coat hanger.

Robryke said

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on 8/30/2008 Thanks for the safety pin tip...after 10 minutes' work I finally got it!

vikki9 said

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on 6/8/2008 The easiest method I've found is to tie the two ends together before tossing into the washer - hold both ties together and make one knot. It takes precious little time compared to re-working the tie back through the tie allowance in your garment. A safety pin (to connect the two tie ends) may catch on other delicate fabrics being washed at the same time.