Hi, Patti, sorry you are stalled on the lack of some elastic - there isn't anywhere to buy it here locally either, so I did what I often do, and that was to resort to good old ebay, and got 10 yards, which will sort me for a good while yet. Never mind, it sounds as if you are almost there other than the elastic - are you pleased with it so far? I hope so. And thanks for the recommendation re Gingher scissors. For years I have used the Fiskars orange handled scissors, I probably have 5 or 6 pairs around the place, all in various states of sharpness. What would be really nice is if Ginghers had a sharpening service, because Fiskars don't and I just kept having to buy new ones as the older ones got duller.