THE CURTAIN PELMET.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE CURTAIN PELMET.

ij 0; HOW TO MAKE IT AT HOME.

V . There is, I think, something rather : crude in hanirinz curtains without the iadditk-n of little trills or pelmets which help to convert the window treatment iniu something of real architectural . value. i A pelmet is not difficult to construct 7 and is well worth any small amount of 11 work which it may involve. The first ?. necessity is to obtain for the interlinr ■ inz some of the proper curtain buckram r. (Dot the hat variety) as used in pro- - tessional workrooms. The length and ■ width of the pelmet board must be very accurately measured and the buckram cut to lit. Large scallops make a good I edjring, and these must be drafted ; equally from the sides, so that, when -H' centre is reached, the re- .; quired will come in the right place i j When the buckram is duly cut, the , inner lining must be tacked to it and »; cut to shape, allowing for half-inch turn>;n<rs. The lining is then detached and i the outer covering cut by it. The i latter is then applied, with edtres duly I tacked to the back. After basting on I, the inner lining, fell it down and remove tacking threads : finish edges with galon . or braid, and add tassels to the scallops l it desired. The most tiresome thing about the • job is the fact that it must all be done by hand, since the material is too stiff : to ho | 'lit through a sewing machine. ' But a little experience vcill enable you ;.t'» copij with the stuff with reasonable speed. Striped materials lend themselves exceptionally well to pelmet treatment, and afford a guide to accuracy. For • :rjsrance, the dark stripes may ail be used for the deeper scallops and light ones for the smaller. "