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A great window treatment for a boy’s room or a sports fan.
Upholstered ottoman
An ottoman is upholstered using the stripe as the design.
Bias piping adds interest and joins the quadrants together.
Cornice boards
A monochromatic theme is used in this kitchen/family room with a green pinstripe fabric on the cornice boards.
To add a little interest, piping sewn on the bias is at each seamline and along the bottom edge.
Update your wicker furniture
When you purchase your wicker furniture it often come with muslin covers. While they are neutral and can go with any decor they have no personality. When custom covers are made for the cushions it can add so much to the room.
Rich luxurious master bedroom
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A grand living room
These kingston valances hung high above the windows are trimmed with a deep bullion fringe .
They makes this living room grand.
Dress up that bay window
Stationary side panels are pinch pleated along the top edge but this time with a little twist. A soft fringe is added at the base of the pleats to add some dimension and color.
The mini blinds are replaced with soft sheer roman shades. They allow all the natural light to come in yet give you all the privacy you need.
How Velcro was invented
Here a great article from Jim Kimball‘s website on how velcro was invented.
The Birth of Velcro ® Brand Fasteners
George de Mestral, an engineer in Switzerland, was always interested in new inventions and loved the outdoors. While hunting he often became annoyed with the burrs that would stick to his wool pants as well as his dog’s fur coat. He was also interested in WHY the burrs stuck! He took a few home and studied them beneath a microscope. He quickly realized that it was the many small “hooks” on the burr that caused it to engage with the “loops” inherent in fabric and fur.
Mestral decided that nature’s “fastener” could easily be turned into something that ordinary people could use as an everyday product. He took it to a friend, Alfred Gonet, who was very interested in Mestral’s idea.
Mestral went to Lyon, France to discuss the idea with textile experts. The experts in fabric liked the idea of this fastener but were not positive that it would work. However, one of the experts also had the inventor curiousity inhererent in Mestral’s personality. This weaver made two narrow tapes that fastened as strong as the burr to wool when touched together.
In 1951, Mestral applied for a patent in Switzerland. In 1952, Mestral began a company called Velcro ® Brand Fasteners S.A. in Switzerland with the help of a company called Gonet & Co.. Mestral received additional patents in Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, France, England, Canada and the USA. The patent covered “the invention and fabrication of special napped piles of man-made material at least some of these loops having the means of hooking near their ends.”
Unfortunately, George de Mestral would not reap the rewards of this future billion dollar enterprise of Hook & Loop. He sold the patent rights for a mere $50,000.
by Susan Dorbeck
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