Don't let arch top pleated draperies scare you! With a little practice and patience you can make these impressive draperies. After you have made them once, you will jump in and do it again! It does help to have experience in making draperies.
A few months back Mary with Mary's Custom Workroom contacted Precision Draperies Education and asked for our full scale pattern service.
The full scale pattern service makes your work easy. We asked a few questions, and Mary provided a few simple answers. From those answers we knew what she was looking for.
The type of pleat Mary used was a D-012 three finger pleat top tack. Notice the spaces between the pleats; this is how the drapery shapes to the rod, not to the pleats. That's the key in making arch top draperies.
In the old days you would need to make the pattern of the window and chop up the pattern to allow for the pleats. With our AutoCAD service, we can draw the window and draperies to scale. We print full scale patterns with all the spec's included on the pattern. This process saves you several hours of time and provides confidence that the final product will fit the application.
First we plotted out the window only. We confirmed a few drapery measurements with Mary i.e. how far above the window they will hang, how far out they will extend from each side of the window, fullness etc.
Once we had all the information needed, we went to work plotting out the scale pattern
To make sure the rod fits the drapery we plotted a full scale pattern for the rod company. This extra pattern ensures the drapery will fit the rod perfectly.
In the pattern on the right, the blue lines indicate the spacing of the drapery. The green lines indicate the hardware, or rod, placement.
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