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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am willing to bet $1million DCUM dollars that all these extravagantly wealthy custom drapery enthusiasts posting on here are...actually just people who work in the custom drapery industry.
Like seriously I don’t care how wealthy you are no actual person talks about drapery like that LOL.[/quote]

I'm an educator who can't afford custom drapes, but I love everything home/interior design. I love this conversation. I used to go to the DC Design House every year alone because I don't know anyone interested in this stuff. I'm so grateful for a forum where people are sharing projects and ideas. If I ever won the lottery (guess I'd have to buy a ticket!), I'd quit my job, take design classes, and try to get a job at the Washington Design Center or for a designer.

I have panels from HomeGoods and Restoration Hardware in my home. I'm thinking of learning to sew so I can add some decorative tape to the RH ones, which are really heavy and lined. I think they'd look so good with trim on the leading edge. Still not anything like what's being posted, of course.[/quote]

Do you already have a sewing machine? They sell clear thread you can use to sew on tape. Honestly also stitch witchery would work. [/quote]

Don’t use stitch witchery to add leading trim to drapes.  Any drapery panel will stretch a bit with time, and if you bind up the leading edge with adhesive, it won’t stretch the same way and you’ll end up with puckering along the tape in a few years.[/quote]

Also, if you’re putting on leading trim either by sewing or with a fusible, don’t pin/align everything with the drape flat on a table, hang it from the rod and then pin everything in place while it’s hanging.  All fabric will stretch when it’s hung, and it can be pretty significant in some fabrics (it can be a half inch or more right off the bat in some fabrics).  By hanging it up and then aligning the trim, you’ll be fitting it to the hung length rather than the flat length, which will give you a better result. [/quote]

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