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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drapery workroom owner here.  To clarify, is it just the face fabric that appears to be shrinking, or the liner also (i.e., is that bottom of the liner closer to the bottom of the drape than it used to be, or is the distance the same)?  Are you seeing any puckering in the side seams?

Is this a high humidity room?  Are there wall or floor vents behind or directly under the drapes?[/quote]

I asked about the side seams and she said no puckering, which seems impossible? Or maybe they’re only shrunken in the middle?[/quote]

Yeah, I saw that and it didn’t make any sense to me either, which is why I asked for clarification.  [/quote]

I agree, if the face fabric shrunk 3 inches, but not the liner (which is blackout liner like in 100s of other houses where it doesn’t shrink), wouldn’t the liner now be showing from underneath? And wouldn’t the side seams now be a big mess? 3 inches is so much. I think something else must be going on I just don’t know what it could be. [/quote]

If a face fabric were sewn to a lining 3” shorter, there would be puckering.  But if the face fabric has shrunk after seaming, not necessarily. The seam is stabilizing the fabric there. Also fabrics often behave differently along the selvage (where they are stretched during manufacturing).[/quote]

The selvage would have been cut away before makign the drapes. No one uses the selvage in a finished product.[/quote]

You’re clearly knowledgeable. OP says the drapes have a blackout liner and they’re now 3” shorter, including the liner, and the bottom is straight and the side seams look fine. Is that possible? How?[/quote]

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