Sewing Window Treatments

How To Sew Pinch Pleat Curtains with Tridis Pleat Tape (part 4)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:56:01 PST

Part 4: Hanging your drapes sewing with Tridis triple pinch pleat tape is easy! The tape has 2 rows of pockets where you can quickly and easily insert 2-prong hooks and hang your drape quickly!

How To Sew Pinch Pleat Curtains (how to tack pleats)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:48:30 PST

Depending on the type of fabric you are using to sew your pinch pleats with pleating tape... sometimes you need to do a little bit of tacking at the base of the pleat to create a tight "pinch". Watch and learn 2 methods of tacking the base of your pinch pleats.

How To Sew Pinch Pleat Curtains with Tridis Pleat Tape (part 3)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:46:20 PST

Part 3: Watch as Jennifer pulls the pull cords of the Tridis pleat tape and instantly creates triple pinch pleats.

How To Sew Pinch Pleat Curtains (2X fullness explained)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:22:35 PST

Part 3: Jennifer explains what 2X fullness means. Every pleating tape creates a fullness, whether its 3X fullness, 2X fullness, 2.5X fullness... watch and listen as Jennifer Thoden explains what 2X fullness means. This is super helpful when it comes to determining how much fabric you'll need for your window treatment project.

How To Sew Pinch Pleat Curtains with Tridis Pleat Tape (part 2)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:20:45 PST

Part 2: How to sew on the Tridis pinch pleat tape to your drapery heading. Creating triple pinch pleat curtains is easy with the Tridis pinch pleat pleating tape.

How To Sew Pinch Pleat Curtains with Tridis Pleat Tape

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:01:52 PST

Pleating tape is a wonderful thing! Learn how to sew on Tridis pleat tape to create professional triple pinch pleats. Your drapery panel will look as if you had measured and pleated your curtains by hand! Tridis pleat tape is easy to use and Jennifer Thoden shows you how.

How To Sew A Blind Hem Stitch (Viking)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:48:25 PST

Watch and learn how to sew a blind hem stitch step by step. Jennifer Thoden shows you how to sew a blind hem stitch using a Viking brand blind hem foot. A blind hem stitch is the perfect stitch to use when hemming your draperies. If you don't want to see the line of stitching on your face fabric, then the blind hem stitch is for you!

How To Sew A Blind Hem Stitch

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:41:19 PST

Watch and learn how to sew a blind hem stitch step by step. Jennifer Thoden shows you how to sew a blind hem stitch using 2 different blind hem feet... A Bernina brand blind hem foot and a Viking brand blind hem foot.

A blind hem stitch is the perfect stitch to use when hemming your draperies. If you don't want to see the line of stitching on your face fabric, then the blind hem stitch is for you!

How To Create Triple Pinch Pleat Drapes with Deep Pleat Tape (part 3)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:28:13 PST

In part 3 of this series, you'll learn how to instantly create triple pinch pleats by inserting 4-prong drapery hooks into the pockets of the deep pleat tape. It can't get any easier than this!

How To Create Triple Pinch Pleat Drapes with Deep Pleat Tape (part 2

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:26:55 PST

Watch and learn as Jennifer Thoden explains how to sew on Deep Pleat Tape to your drapery heading... so that you can then easily create triple pinch pleats.

How To Sew On Universal Tempo Tape (part 4)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:27:08 PST

Part 4. Hanging your pleated drapes with tempo tape is easy. Watch how you can quickly and easily insert our 2 prong drapery hooks and hang your curtain within minutes.

How To Sew On Universal Tempo Tape (part 3)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:05 PST

Part 3. Watch as Jennifer pleats the tempo pleat tape to create the soft folds on her flat panel drape.

How To Sew On Universal Tempo Tape (part 2)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:22:41 PST

Part 2. Learn step by step how to sew on our universal tempo pleat tape to create soft folds.

How To Sew On Universal Tempo Tape (Part 1)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:09:25 PST

Create softly folded drapery panels with our universal tempo pleat tape. It's the perfect subtle look for flat panel drapes.

How To Sew Pinch Pleated Curtains

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:54:57 PST

Jennifer Thoden explains 3 very different methods to making pinch pleat drapes.

How To Create Triple Pinch Pleat Drapes with Deep Pleat Tape (part 1)

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:50:02 PST

Learn how to create triple pinch pleat drapes using Deep Pleat Tape and 4-prong hooks.

Pleat Calculator

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:23:47 PST

Here's an amazing tool that you can use to calculate the number and size of your pleats when making pleated drapes. Just enter a few numbers and the pleat calculator will tell you how many pleats and spaces you should have, the fullness of your pleated drape, the size of your pleats and the size of your spaces.

How To Sew A Blind Hem Stitch (Bernina)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:57:30 PST

Watch and learn how to sew a blind hem stitch step by step using the Bernina brand blind hem foot. A blind hem stitch is the perfect stitch to use when hemming your draperies. If you don't want to see the line of stitching on your face fabric, then the blind hem stitch is for you!

How To Adjust Lift Cord Tension with ORBs

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:16:19 PST

Roman shade ORBs are the neatest little things to help you adjust the tension of your lift cords on your roman shades. Instead of tying and untying your knots on the bottom rings of your shades... use these amazing little orbs!

How To Install Roman Shade Bead Chain System (Part 4)

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:13:30 PST

Learn how to install the continuous loop bead chain clutch system for your roman shade or balloon shade. Part 4: Threading the lift cord.