Hate shirring? I did By: kkasskkapis http://www.burdastyle.com/techniques/hate-shirring-i-did I personali don’t like the shirring method, having elastic thread as the lower thread. But zig-zag sewing over an elastic was SO time consuming and annoying, keeping the thread in place and trying not to sew over it and so on… until I got creative Step 1 — Preperation Cut the straw into a size thats suitable for you, tape the straw to the sewing machine so the lower end will be as accurately at the centre of the zig-zag stich as possible (so it would run in the middle of the stich). Run the elastic thread through the straw and sew. Thats it. Hate shirring? I did Hate shirring? I did 1