. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. f Drape 2. To complete the drape, an ornamintal buckle ,ind tluei loops of soft satin ribbon about5 inches wide are required. Much depends upon the choice of the colors of the ribbon ii-2 Lrssoxs IN Dhaimng ]or example, if the goods are liglit tan or silver gray, take pale pink, pale licliotrope andliale line rihlions. The shades of the rihhon must he in very light pastel colorings andmust harmonize perfectly, otherwise the effect will he lost, if the goods arc dark takeone color in thre
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. f Drape 2. To complete the drape, an ornamintal buckle ,ind tluei loops of soft satin ribbon about5 inches wide are required. Much depends upon the choice of the colors of the ribbon ii-2 Lrssoxs IN Dhaimng ]or example, if the goods are liglit tan or silver gray, take pale pink, pale licliotrope andliale line rihlions. The shades of the rihhon must he in very light pastel colorings andmust harmonize perfectly, otherwise the effect will he lost, if the goods arc dark takeone color in three shades, one very light, the next medium and the third moderately form the loops, one yard of each shade of rihhon is rcfiuired. Form each ribbonin three pleats and place all ,of them together and pin at point P>. There are three loops8 inches long extending upward. These are separated and the ribbons are allowed toremain wrinkled in order to show the varying light effects. Below are only two loops(> inches long of the two lighter shades. These are straightened out to their full width at. Drape 8 the extremities of the loops. A piece of the darkest shade is then cut off and run throughthe buckle, which is placed separately in a slanting position and pinned in place at jioint P>,where the loops radiate from. In Drape 8 the forward sweeps appear somewhat longer than they actually are,owing to the perspective of the drawing. Using one length of goods it would be impossibleto make them as long as these appear. The proper length, however, is easily determined,as the single pattern of goods will naturally bring out the proper proportions. For a very stocky window in which space must be economized, this drape may beconstructed without the front sweeps. In this case the buckle is not used and the trimmingis applied in the manner shown in Drape 9. 63 LkSSONS in DH.\PIN(i DRAPE 9 THE stand used in this drape is the same as was described in Drape 7. It is madeof two ^-in
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