Things You'll Need:
- Large safety pin
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Step 1
Pull on the free end of the drawstring until the entire drawstring is out of the casing. If you are making a new drawstring, measure the appropriate length of string to ensure that it will fit all the way through the casing (not just around your waist) with about 6 inches left over on each side.
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Step 2
Knot one end of the drawstring securely, past any frayed edges. Ideally, that knot will not be small enough to pass through the casing to prevent it from becoming lost inside.
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Step 3
Pin a very large safety pin into the other end of the drawstring. Pick a spot that is not frayed, but that is before any existing knot in the drawstring.
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Step 4
Insert the safety pin through the hole at one end of the casing. Push the safety pin in as far as your can. Grasp the safety pin and move it forward through the casing, bunching as much of the casing fabric as possible. Hold onto the safety pin in the new position and straighten out the bunched up fabric. The safety pin should now be about 3 to 4 inches further in to the casing than at the start.
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Step 5
Continue pushing the safety pin forward and bunching the fabric until the safety pin can be pulled out the other end of the casing.
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Step 6
Stretch the drawstring out of the casing until both free ends are of about equal lengths. Remove the safety pin from the inserted end and make a knot in the drawstring that is too large to pass through the casing hole.
