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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drapes are not THAT difficult to make and there are some great YouTube tutorials, I borrowed a sewing machine and made lined pinch pleat curtains for a bedroom using a Schumacher fabric. They looked great. [/quote]

I did this too once, but it took me (a very basic and infrequent sewer) hours upon hours, a lot of it spent doing research on buckram etc. And my euro pleats are noticeably DIY. [/quote]

And yet, people are complaining about paying skilled artisans a living wage for hours of work that they are unable to do well themselves.[/quote]

Actually I was the OP who said that and I definitely do want to pay the workroom. I’m trying to cut out the decorator/retailer, whom I also respect, but I don’t think I need this time because:

- I can measure and install myself
- I don’t mind ordering fabric samples online and/or going to the design center
- I’ve done this enough times to know if I want 1 width or 1.5, what pleats and interlining etc.

So what I’m looking for is a workroom that will sell to a non trade person.

None of this requiring crapping on my curtains or anyone else’s blinds or whatever. We can all have different window treatments. It’s okay.

They’re still going to be insanely expensive, and I get why. I think I can save on the fabric, the labor for measuring and install and the retailer showing me fabrics. [/quote]

I sew professionally, high end fashion, not curtains.

I hate, hate, hate when customers provide their own fabric and will only work with fabric I source myself.

Many professionals are the same.

It is not about a retail markup.

A lot of creating professional quality products, and separating amateurs from couture artists, is the fabric quality, knowing what fibers and weaves work, how a fabric is going to drape, flow and hold shape, and how the fabric wears.

The lining needs to work with the visible fabrics.  All types of fabric react differently when cleaned, and many fabric fibers require very different cleaning processes, pressing temps, etc.  Your fabric might look great when you hang it up, but the first time you have it professionally cleamed it might turn into a mess.  Seams that are needed for certain styles might not look good with certain fabrics.  Some fabrics simply don't work for the design or product the customer wants created.

If something happens and there is a mistake where they need to replace fabric, it is difficult if not impossible to resolve using fabric the customer sourced.

These are some of the reasons why many seamstresses and tailors do not use customer sourced fabrics, or charge more in labor for working with customer sourced fabric.

I only use my own fabric, but if I did accept fabric from customers my labor would be at least doubled in anticipation of any potential hassles. [/quote]

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