Tired of frayed and knotted drawstrings on your me-made garments? Follow this quick sewing tutorial on how to finish your drawstrings ends with metal aglets!
One of my biggest frustrations with sewing drawstrings or purchasing drawstring cord is how unfinished they look when you simply tie them in a knot. The ends always fray and the knot can come undone if you don’t tie them tight enough.
As I was sewing my Chalk and Notch Joy Jacket, I knew that I needed to do more with the drawstrings. I didn’t want to have a beautiful brass zipper and grommets while having the drawstrings look knotted and frayed! I decided to look for a solution and I found the perfect answer: metal aglets!
The metal aglets above were installed using an aglet kit I purchased from Lace Lab. I am not in any way affiliated with Lace Lab. I just simply like their kits and products! There are many other styles of aglets you can purchase, but I’ve found these to be the most straight forward to install! You can find their aglet kits here.
Aglets look great on sweater, pants, jacket, and coat drawstrings. I know I will definitely be going back through my me-made stash to finish the ends of my Chalk and Notch Page Hoodie and True Bias Hudson Pants!
Want to add aglets to your drawstrings? Follow this quick tutorial on how to finish your drawstring ends by installing metal aglets.
If you’d like to watch a video tutorial instead, You can find a full video on how to finish your drawstrings with metal aglets on my Youtube Channel!
I hope you liked this tutorial on how to finish your drawstrings with metal aglets! Your me-made garments will turn out even more amazing with such a professional finish. I know that you will love how your garments will look after installing them!
[…] For my jacket hardware, I used a 26 inch brass jacket zipper from WAWAK. I purchased my grommets from The Buckle Guy, as their grommets were the closest match to my zipper. Lastly, I decided to finish my drawstring ends with metal aglets and purchased them from Lace Lab. I could have just knotted the ends of my drawstrings, but I didn’t want to have unfinished ends with a beautiful zipper and grommets. I will definitely be capping the ends of all my drawstrings moving forward with aglets! If you want to see a tutorial of how I installed them, I have a how-to blog post here! […]