Stuff pelmets, shaped and stiffened, are apt to look unfinished at the edge unless there is a binding or piping to emphasize their shape. It should not be imagined that because they are high up such details are unimportant. Sometimes the design on the stuff suggests the shape of the edge. If this design has a rather large repeat, the addition of small tassels may break down the scale of the correspondingly shaped edge. It is possible now to order short lengths of hand-printed stuff to a given set of colours for a patterned pelmet and cushions. Any large soft-furnishing department can deal
the material has excellent designs. with this, and the firm which prints An amateur wishing to attempt any stiffened pelmet, simple or complex, should work it out in muslin on the floor first, where tapes are pinned to represent the size and shape of the window frame. It must not be forgotten that pelmets are seen from below ard should not disclose an ugly line of window architrave as one approaches and looks up.
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