Current Tip of the Month:

August 2008 Pattern 9313

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:

2008

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

2007

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

2006

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

2005

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 Sewing Loop Tape on Jabots or Returns
December 2005 Window 187

2004

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