PDE Membership

Become a member of the Precision Draperies Education family. Learn from and share with other professionals while we shape the future of our industry. Members will immediately begin enjoying the following benefits:

• Unlimited online access to 45 lessons, with more added every month
• View Anatomy of Drapery sample lesson now
• View How to Install a Cornice now
• Access to our complete listing of style code pages with over 1200 images
• Use style code drawings in software programs, your work order forms, or for client presentations
• Email style codes to clients
• View a sample style code page now

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Membership Lesson Chart
Lesson Title		Designer	Drapery Workroom	Installation
1	How to Tack a Windsor Pleat	-	X	-
2	Working with a Jig Saw	-	X	-
3	Tab Take-Up With Calculator	X	X	-
4	Swag Tip to Tip Chart	X	X	-
5	How to Pack and Ship Rod Pocket Panels	-	X	-
6	How to Convert a Deco Rod into a One-Way Rigtht (Stack Left-SL)	-	-	X
7	How to Convert a Deco Rod into a One-Way Left (Stack Right-SR)	-	-	X
8	Drapery Pin or Hook Settings	X	X	X
9	Rod Pocket Size and Take Up Chart	X	X	X
10	Quick Straight Line	-	X	-
11	Quick Bay Window Angles	X	X	X
12	How to Hand Sew a Top Corner	-	X	-
13	Marking Fabric for Top-face with Tape	-	X	-
14	How to Remove a Blindstitch Thread	-	X	-
15	How to Bag a Drapery	-	X	X
16	How to Remove Hot Glue from a Cornice	-	X	-
17	How to Trace a Line with Fore Finger	-	X	-
18	How to Cut a Square Cut Using a Skill Saw	-	X	-
19	Common Mattress and Bedding SizesChart	X	X	-
20	Common Pillow Sizes Chart	X	X	-
21	Drapery Clearance	X	X	X
22	Do It Yourself Lacing Hook	-	X	X
23	Fundamentals of Making a Drapery	X	X	X
24	Anatomy of a Drapery	X	X	X
25	Fractions to Decimal Conversion Chart	X	X	-
26	How To Install a Cornice	-	X	X
27	How to Make a Inside Mount Template of an Arch	-	X	X
28	How to Make a Outside Mount Template of an Arch	-	X	X
29	How to Sew Fringe on by Hand	-	X	-
30	How to Make a Cantonniere Cornice	-	X	-
31	How to Tack and Stuff a D-008 Goblet Pleat	X	X	-
32	Mitered Board Angle Finder	-	X	X
33	How to Fan-Fold a Drapery	-	X	X
34	How to Sew and Make a Jumbo Welt Braided Tieback	-	X	-
35	How to Sew French Seams on Sheers	-	X	-
36	How to Make a Standard Flange Sham with Mitered Corners	-	X	-
37	Tip on How to Stuff a Box Pillow	-	X	-
38	How to Make and Use Pivot Buttons	-	X	-
39	Lets Talk About Pillow Fibers	X	X	-
40	How to Install a Woven Wood Shade	-	-	X
41	How to Install a Top-Down/Bottom-Up Woven Wood Shade	-	-	X
42	How to Install a Rod and Bracket with Rings for a Drapery	-	-	X
43	How to Sew a Top Memory Stitch on a Drapery	X	X	-
44	How to Sew in a Bottom Memory Stitch on a Drapery	-	X	-
45	How to Hang a Hidden Pleated Drapery Side Hang Rod	-	-	X

Student discounts on Memberships may apply. If you are a student Contact Us with your school and student identification information.

Customer Reviews

Martinique Interiors' Review, 8/4/2008 9:35:10 PM

Reviewer: martiniqueinteriors@msn.com

Great information. My third time to visit the site became much easier to use and manuver. The videos are clear and easy to follow. One thought for the packaging of draperies for me it could have gone a little quicker w/o some of the ovious details. The take up chart and the elements of a drapery are great! The page with the swag layouts I didn't understand 1. Why one of the swags on each design was darker. I didn't really know what I was to learn. Overall the details to the work and the overall presentation is TERRIFIC!!!!!!!!!! Good luck to you all!!!

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