How to fix a drawstring waistband

Originally from my blog

Here's a simple little clothing hack I devised for fixing when your drawstring elastic waistband (or hoodie sweatshirt cord things) come out of the loop they're supposed to stay in. When this first happened to my beloved old sweatshirt, first I spent a good deal of time grumbling at myself for not tying the ends properly in bigger knots to keep them from escaping into the fabric. This act alone will make the rest of this advice a moot point! But if you're like me and made this mistake...twice...with a pair of gym shorts later...help is on the way! From yourself.

Materials needed:
Clothing plus lost band
Ballpoint pen
Scotch tape

Step 1 Preparing the pen

The trick was to find a needle-like object that is pointy, skinny, and flexible. After ransacking my apartment, I stumbled upon the center ink thing from my ballpoint pen. I removed it from the pen and fastened it to the elastic with tightly wound scotch tape.

Comments

[tiuk]

Wire coat hangers work well for this.

[DizzyMissLizzy]

Ah, good idea. No danger of ink problems. Too bad I threw all mine out in a fit of pique! NO WIRE HANGERS!! :)