Using Rod Pocket Tape

Pleater tape is a band of material that has the pleat pockets already sewn in.

Using rod pocket tape.

Pleating tape sometimes called header tape along the top edge makes short work of transforming rod pocket panels. Dress up your windows with roman shades in a color or pattern you and your family will admire. Easy to use just center is stitch it and insert the rod. Assembling your new shades with ring tape will help create soft.

Sew a 1 2 inch seam across the top of the rod pocket curtains right sides together. Drapery panels hung this way bunch nicely and have a simple casual look. Product dimensions 6 9 x 6 9 x 1 9 inches item weight 5 6 ounces manufacturer dritz asin. Keep in mind that tube tape is a fantastic product that has little loops along the top of the tape for running nylon cord through as shown above and a pocket along the bottom shown below where you can insert a dowel.

Product information style name woven rod loop tape. Information for woven pocket curtain heading tape and cord pocket curtain tapes. Depending on which type of tape you are using enclosed rod casing or pocket casing you will need to sew a hem on either one or both ends of your tape prior to attaching it to the blind. The most classic and common of all methods of hanging drapery a rod pocket is a sewn in pocket or casing at the top of a drapery panel that easily slips over a rod and conceals it.

For both types turn a double hem 1 25 1 25cms towards the back wrong side of the tape and at its right side edge to neaten it. How to make roman shades using tape. Slightly less lining will be required as no lining is needed to form the rod pockets. Pleating tape comes in two types.

To make a blind with rod pocket tape rather than forming traditional rod pockets from the lining. All of our drapery panels can be hung using this method and you don t need any. All our woven pocket tapes have high quality woven pockets with warp and weft yarns woven together to form strong hook. The pleat hooks come with 2 3 or 4 prongs for the option of 1 2 or 3 pleats per hook.

Step 4 calculating lining qty. Tape can be used with either a flat rod or a round decorative rod. Using rod pocket tape. Pleat tape comes with hook holes 1 2 inch and 1 inch apart for smaller or larger pleats.

You will find extra instructions at the bottom of the following steps. Woven pocket tapes the benefits of woven pocket curtain tapes are well known by professional curtain makers as well as retailers and consumers. Flip the pleater tape to the back of the curtain. Pin the raw edges of the tape under.

Pin the pleater tape to the wrong side of the curtain a 1 2 inch from the top.