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We add a new Tip of the Month at the beginning of each month. A lot of the Tips are taken from our Designer's Digest and Workroom Manual Collection.
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Archives of Past Tips:
May 2012 Drapery Design Professional Magazine April 2012 Lining Color March 2012 Attaching The Shower Curtain To The Rod February 2012 - Brush Fringe January 2012 Technical Assistance
June 2011 - Shade Safety June 2011 - Sewing A Board Mounted Swag January 2011 - Technical Assistance February 2011 - Unlined Tablecloth Hem March 2011 - Window 384 April 2011 - Window 436 May 2011 - Tacking Drapery Pleats
January 2010 - Technical Assistance February - 2010 Interlining March 2010 - Mounting Headboards April 2010 - Prevent Bed Wobbling May 2010 - Headboard and Cornice Tufting June 2010 - Why Does the Jabot Lining Sag July 2010 - Roman Shade Rings August 2010 - Another Way To Straighten Fabric September 2010 - What is a Cowl Swag? What is a Ripple Ruffle? October 2010 - Drape-Draper-Drapery November 2010 - Buckram Crinoline Pellon December 2010 - Drapery Pleat Styles
January 2009 - Technical Assistance February 2009 - London Shade Tails March 2009 - Returns on Shades April 2009 - HA - 34 May 2009 - How to Stitch a Pleat Evenly June 2009 - Window #400 July 2009 - Hand Sewing Rings with Screw Eyes August 2009 - Painting Rings and Finials September 2009 - Mitering Corners of Braid and Fringe October 2009 - "Off the Shoulder" Installation November 2009 - Sew Loop Tape to a Return December 2009 - The Mount Board
January 2008 - Sophia Valance Pattern 9294 February 2008 - How to Calculate Yardage for a Ruffle March 2008 - Piecing Swag May 2008 - Position of Tieback June 2008 - What Should Be The Tieback Length? July 2008 - Split Goblet Pleat August 2008 - Pattern 9313 September 2008 - Pin Hook Placement For Rings October 2008 - Applique Scissors November 2008 - Grading a Seam December 2008 - Interlining in Fabric Shades
January 2007 - Controlling Fabric Bulk in Pleated Swags & Jabots February 2007 - Eliminate Bulk in Pleated Swags & Jabots March 2007 - Help with a Knife Edge Round Pillow April 2007 - How to Keep the Pole from Rolling Forward May 2007 - Rippling Valances June 2007 - To Transport Large Valance Boards July 2007 - Fabric Stabalizer August 2007 - Dressing Balloon Shades September 2007 - How to Decoupage the Finials October 2007 - How to Create a Medallion November 2007 - When Making A Kingston, Empire or other Similar Style Valance for a Bay Window December 2007 - Milan Valance Pattern 9291
January 2006 - When Dressing Jabots and Tails Febuary 2006 - Bay Windows March 2006 - Reverse Shams April 2006 - Rounded Corners on a Bedspread May 2006 - Poles and Brackets June 2006 - Sagging Fabric July 2006 - Ondule' Mount Board August 2006 - Tufting for Pillows September 2006 - Pillow Buttons October 2006 - Drapery Pin Hooks November 2006 - Making a Pleated Drapery December 2006 - Covering Poles with Fabric
January 2005 - Jabots for Shaped Boards February 2005 - Moreland Valance on a Board March 2005 - Lining and Interlining April 2005 - Mixing the Jackson and Karmen Valances May 2005 - Controling Bulk with Stacked Jabots June 2005 - Bay and Corner Valances July 2005 - Shaped Boards August 2005 - How Deep Should a Top Treatment Be? September 2005 - Window 278 October 2005 - Finishing Ends of Cords November 2005 - Corner Bulk of Returns and Jabots December 2005 - Window 187
February 2004 - Cutting Fabric March 2004 - Mounting Swags with Hook and Loop Tape April 2004 - When You Can't Staple a Pole May 2004 - Expensive Fabric June 2004 - Another Way to Gather July 2004 - Sleeves August 2004 - Installing the Victory Swag with Holdbacks September 2004 - What is Italian Stringing? October 2004 - The Shape of a Gathered Swag November 2004 - Attaching Valances to Boards December 2004 - Mounting Swags with Hook and Loop Tape
