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SV Online Archive
By resource: ...e-news ...eye-catcher ...insight ...workroom product photos
By interest: ...workroom tour
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| Stevenson Vestal e-news for July 2005 |
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The 300% Enthusiast
Makes a Shelbourne
Workroom Tour, part 5. Ask Stevenson Vestal Valance artisan Marie Fleming how much she loves her job and she'll quickly reply "Three hundred percent!" This month we'll visit the Valance Department and see Marie create a Shelbourne Valance.. |
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Watch Valance Artisan Marie Fleming do what she loves—her job! |
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Marie begins by sewing together separate pieces of fabric for each flat space, insert and return. The silk fabric for this valance requires flannel interlining. Marie positions the flannel lower than the face fabric and lining so that later she can set up 2 inches of face fabric on the back —effectively preventing the lining from peeking out along the bottom edge.
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| Sewing pieces ...pinning fabric and linings ...sewing fabric to linings. |
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The face of each pleat for this valance will feature three green stripes and two gold stripes. Marie places pins that will guide her as she folds the fabric on itself to create the box pleats. After forming all the pleats she checks and adjusts the finished width as needed before tacking the valance to the mounting board. |
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| Pinning to mark the pleats ...folding in the pleats ...tacking to the board. |
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| Placing the valance on a mounting stand, Marie cuts out bulk in the corners and staples the valance to the board. The early planning to piece and position each pleat pays off now as we see the regular repetition of the striped fabric design in the final professional result. |
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| Cutting out the bulk ...stapling to the board ...the finished valance. |
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Copyright ©2005 by Stevenson Vestal, Inc.
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