How To Make Perfect Pleats With Your Curtains

If you are like me, you could sense that gathered curtains or draperies appear so much superior if each pleat is consistently the same. Achieving that is easier than you might think. There are in fact three different methods to handle the difficulty and I guarantee that, in one of these ways, you can accomplish it. From time to time even pleated curtains need coaxing if the textile is springy or firm and, of course, the best technique is to choose a soft flexible material in the first place. This is not at all times doable so lets discuss about how to produce wonderful pleats regardless of what material is applied even counting waverly drapes or lace material or a stiff old-fashioned satin.

When the curtain fabric is fairly pliable the easiest leading attempt would be to install the drape, draw each panel to single side and actually assemble the pleats evenly. Next tie them back quite loosely together near the top and at the bottom edge. As soon as this is completed you can spray the face and back  of the pleats lightly with a mixture of water with a tiny amount of alcohol added. Do this using a extremely faint spray without soaking the material. You only want a spray on the surface. You could also rub your fingers lightly on each fold while they are still moist forming them into a nice curved figure. Leave them for several days. The shape of the pleats will really improve, with any luck to the stage that they are satisfactory without further fussing.

If the pleats are yet flaring the next method is to have what in the drapery business is known as “shot tape” or in fabric stores as “leaded weight tape”. It consists of a long, very tiny diameter cotton tube that is filled with a single row of approximately 1/8 inch lead balls to create a continuous cord. Position this cord in the bottom hem from one side of the section to the another one. That adds heaviness to the curtain. You can now organize the pleats a good deal more effortlessly. When you have set them consistently they have a tendency to stay where you have positioned them because of the extra weight and the comparative reluctance of the cord to unbend.