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THE "PERFECTIONIST'S" HOW TO DRAPERY BOOKS, written by Dee Lederer, are the most detailed & complete instruction manuals ever written. There are three books in the series, each with easy-to-follow instructions & numerous step-by-step photos & illustrations showing every minute detail of fabrication & tips on installing. BOOK I: "CUSTOM DRAPERIES" is complete with instructions for measuring; calculating the yardage; fabricating both pleated & shirred draperies (including arched & slanted tops); customizing (pleating without premarking); working with prints (so the same pattern is showing on both sides of the window when the draperies are open). BOOK II: "DRAPERY TOP TREATMENTS" has instructions for calculating the yardage & fabricating, many styles of pleated valances (French, double, reverse, cartridge, box, etc.); Cornices; Lambrequins; Austrian Swags; Empire Style Swags; Jabots; Queen Anne Style Swags; Cascades; Original Style Swags. BOOK III: "WINDOW SPECIALTIES" has instructions for calculating the yardage & fabricating many styles of vertically operated window coverings: Romans (Flat, Tucked, Prefolded); Austrians; Balloons (Pleated, Shirred); Pouffs; Opera Drapery. Shows how to adapt some of the styles to shaped windows (arched) & to one piece bay window treatments.Lederer, Dolores P. is the author of '"Perfectionist'S" How to Books' with ISBN 9780960804030 and ISBN 096080403X.
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