Your quality, custom drape should be: full, lined, pleated, hemmed, and weighted. You tending because all these attributes mean that the look is distinct, weighty, and substantial (not flimsy and skimpy). Let’s take a closer look into apiece characteristic.
1. Full
All custom drapes have sufficiency fullness to create ‘peaks and valleys’ in their drape, thus existence fully dimensional. By contrast a ready-made panel is often insipid and tends to look a bit like a sheet.
How flooded should a drape be? Standard is 2.5-times. And what it means is that the drape, when laid on the workroom table flat, is actually 2.5 times wider than the finished breadth of the window. It is the folds of the pleats that take up that artifact breadth and ultimately alter the panel down to the desirable finished width.
2. Lined
All custom drapes are lined. And sometimes even interlined. There are assorted kinds of linings available: from thin and light batiste ‘ to heavy blackout bump. Why should you care? Well, there are two reasons for lining the drape: it protects the face fabric, thus extending its lifetime and adds weight and volume to the drape, thus making it look better. Quick hint: as you drive down your neighborhood incoming time, take a look at your neighbors’ windows (ok, I adjudge it, I do it all the time!)’ if you see albescent lining facing the window, they most probable have custom drapes.
3. Pleated
Custom drapes have pleats. No but’s or if’s. It is the pleats that provide that tailored, hand-made look. It is due to the pleats that the drape can keep its fullness. There are some assorted kinds of pleats available: from tralatitious and standard pinch, to a solon updated and streamlined inverted box (refer to my earlier article about types of pleats).
4. Hemmed and weighted
The standard for all custom drapes is a 2″ double side hem and a 4″ double bottom hem. All hems are also blind-stitched, so that the face artifact exclusive shows small stitches (and not the row of machine stitching as a ready-made would). Finally, small conservativist weights are additional into the corners of the bottom hem, so to matter it down and secure comely drape. Why should I care, you strength ask again? Because hems and weights all contribute to the better look, drape and hang of the panel.




