SEW ON ROMAN POCKET TAPE

Sew on Roman Pocket Tape with rings.  Spacing 11.5" apart.

Works for thin dowels or ribs. 

10 Yard package

Drapery Panels 101

Think about sewing drapery panels?  Drapery 101 will cover all aspects of fabricating draperies.  The actual how to sew instructions start on page 40.  With 15 years of sew draperies we feel these are the important points to help you with your next drapery or curtain project.    Download Draperies 101 Free

• Elements
• Styles
• Fabrics
• Linings
• Measuring
• Fabricating

Having the right supplies before you start will make your project much easier.

• Rod Pocket
• Shirred or Gathered
• Tab Top or Ties
• Plain Header with Clips or Rings
• Grommets
• Functioning Draperies, using drapery hardware or curtain rods.
• Draperies can be hung with drapery pins, rings, tabs, grommets, etc.
• Traversing with drapery pins
• Traversing with decorative rings
• Ripple Fold with hardware or track

RIPPLEFOLD® DRAPERY SYSTEM Uniformly Beautiful, Inside and Out
Soft, ripple-like folds flow smoothly from one end of the track to the other.
The effect is gently tailored – suitable for either commercial or residential
installations. Master carriers that butt together, and carriers that swivel, eliminate “flat” drapery areas.
Folds are identically beautiful from inside the room or outside the building presenting an architectural advantage.
Headings, suspended under the track, cannot tip or sag. They are always perfectly positioned and spaced.

Advantages

• Minimum track exposure • Low maintenance
• Easy, economical fabrication

Read More On Ripplefold How it Works
The desired style of track system is mounted on wall, ceiling or in recess.
Using this fabrication guide for specifications, tape is stitched to flat, hemmed panels of fabric. Panels snap to
carriers, creating a graceful, uniform flow of ripple-like folds.
Less Stackback, More Light
Ripple-like folds stack back to very ends of track – actually takes less space than conventionally pleated draperies.
More glass is exposed, so more light can come in.
Ease and Economy of Fabrication
Forget pleat stitching! Ripplefold needs only straight hemming.
Crinoline is unnecessary. The permanently stiffened nylon snap-tape supports headings through repeated laundering or cleaning.
Ripplefold draperies takeless fabric per panel than conventionally pleated drapery headings.
Not every fabric will look correct with Ripplefold.
For best appearance, the drapery fabric should be compatible with the heading system.
If in doubt, a sample drapery should be made up and installed to check appearance.
Fabric requirements are also easier to figure because there is only one spacing on snap-tape.
Follow the chart on page 6.
Lower Maintenance
Time and Cost
The speed and ease of snapping panels into place reduces maintenance time and expense.
Draperies stay lovely longer because they are handled less.
Off the track, Ripplefold draperies
are perfectly flat. Laundering, cleaning and pressing are simpler, less expensive.
Draperies fall into lovely, soft, natural folds when panels are snapped to carriers.

Jumbo Wonder Clips! 2-1/4in long Made to hold bigger bindings easier! A great The Wonder Clips are a great alternative to pins, especially when working with heavyweight fabrics, piles and vinyls. It can hold layered sections of sewing projects such as handle connectors to handbags and piping without distortion. Holds quilt binding while sewing, and it's easy to see and easy to find when dropped on the floor! Works well with sergers. Great holding capacity, opens wide to hold many layers. Perfect for seam allowance markings.

RIPPLEFOLD® DRAPERY SYSTEM Uniformly Beautiful, Inside and Out
Soft, ripple-like folds flow smoothly from one end of the track to the other.
The effect is gently tailored – suitable for either commercial or residential
installations. Master carriers that butt together, and carriers that swivel, eliminate “flat” drapery areas.
Folds are identically beautiful from inside the room or outside the building presenting an architectural advantage.
Headings, suspended under the track, cannot tip or sag. They are always perfectly positioned and spaced.

Advantages

• Minimum track exposure • Low maintenance
• Easy, economical fabrication

Read More On Ripplefold How it Works
The desired style of track system is mounted on wall, ceiling or in recess.
Using this fabrication guide for specifications, tape is stitched to flat, hemmed panels of fabric. Panels snap to
carriers, creating a graceful, uniform flow of ripple-like folds.

Less Stackback, More Light Ripple-like folds stack back to very ends of track – actually takes less space than conventionally pleated draperies.
More glass is exposed, so more light can come in.

Ease and Economy of Fabrication Forget pleat stitching! Ripplefold needs only straight hemming.
Crinoline is unnecessary. The permanently stiffened nylon snap-tape supports headings through repeated laundering or cleaning.
Ripplefold draperies takeless fabric per panel than conventionally pleated drapery headings.
Not every fabric will look correct with Ripplefold.
For best appearance, the drapery fabric should be compatible with the heading system.
If in doubt, a sample drapery should be made up and installed to check appearance.
Fabric requirements are also easier to figure because there is only one spacing on snap-tape.
Follow the chart on page 6.
Lower Maintenance
Time and Cost
The speed and ease of snapping panels into place reduces maintenance time and expense.
Draperies stay lovely longer because they are handled less.
Off the track, Ripplefold draperies
are perfectly flat. Laundering, cleaning and pressing are simpler, less expensive.
Draperies fall into lovely, soft, natural folds when panels are snapped to carriers.

5- in-1 Sliding Gauge

Clover Needlecraft Inc.
It's called the 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge and it is the Swiss Army Knife of sewing tools. Application after application the list is almost endless. This is a true multifunctional sewing tool that belongs close at hand in every sewing room.

Discover its capabilities and your own uses as you become familiar with the tool. Flawlessly measure hemlines. The moving cursor locks into place at 1/8 in intervals up to 6 in. Measure from the top of the 'T' to the top of the locking cursor for perfect hems every time. 

Mark seam allowances. The 5-in-1 has convenient markings for standard seam allowances or set your own. Create perfect circles or arcs. The right side of the gauge is marked in inches from 0 at the pivot point up to 6 in at the top. Hold the pivot point with Clover's awl and insert a marking pin into the locking cursor set at the desired radius and swing for a perfect arc or circle. The 'T- Square' feature of the 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge allows you to measure both length and width at the same time. You can also use it to set perfect right angles in any sewing project requiring square placement. Space place and size button holes. Use the space between the top of the gauge to the top of the cursor to measure the length of your button holes. 

The same feature can be used to transfer the distances between button holes from a pattern to your garment or you can make custom settings as suits your design.