. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. erfectly straight over the top, otherwi>e the folds will notfall evenly. The luxl m<ive i^ to form the long sweep at the left. This is done in fourpleats of even depth. The frout selvage is turned under slightly and the pleats are formedas has been described. Four pleats are formed in the same manner on the right hand Lessons in Draping sweep. In Drape ]0 the rit;ht and left sweeps arc shown with three or four pleats, respec-tively, as the drape may lie constructed cither way, as t
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. erfectly straight over the top, otherwi>e the folds will notfall evenly. The luxl m<ive i^ to form the long sweep at the left. This is done in fourpleats of even depth. The frout selvage is turned under slightly and the pleats are formedas has been described. Four pleats are formed in the same manner on the right hand Lessons in Draping sweep. In Drape ]0 the rit;ht and left sweeps arc shown with three or four pleats, respec-tively, as the drape may lie constructed cither way, as the numher ,of pleats depends uponlen possihlc, use the greater number of pleats, as they improve the width of the goods. When pthe appearance of the drape. The goods are now hanging in loose, uneven folds from the front and sides of the next thing is lo arrange tluin in small even folds as shown in Fig. li. This is doneIiy l)eginning in the middle and fdrmiug small round folds that (urn, on the right sidend on the left slightly toward the left. The beauty of a round .slightly toward the right,. 4V^ or oval top stand is that as many folds as desired may he made in the goods. No matterwhether they be few or many they adjust themselves perfectly at the top of (he stand. Then take the surplus of goods that was left at the right hand side at the beginningof the drape, and puff in a semi-circle clear around to the left hand sweep, where theend of the goods is turned under as is shown in Drape 10. (M course the puffing is notnecessary if the drape is placed at the back of the window where the lower part will notshow. In a stocky Wind(nv where stands are placed close in front of each other, thelower part, shown in Iig. 2, need not be constructed, nv it may be done with a shortend of the goods sufifieient only to conceal the stand. The beauty of this drape lies in itssimplicity and in the fact that very little time is required to construct it. Inirthermorcthere is not a pin use
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