Making Balloon Valance For this valance the measurement for the window I am using is 40” wide To make the balloon valance the first measurement you will need in the fabric is the length, for that I will measure a piece of material about three times the width of the window (120” long) by 30” [...]

What is a balloon Dress? (In a nut shell) The balloon dress or balloon skirt is two garment in one, first you have a straight skirt and next you have a gather skirt, your straight skirt will be about one or two inches shorter than your gather skirt, you gather the bottom and top of [...]

HOW TO SHIFT THE DART CONTROL FOR GATHERS, SHIRRING, OR SMOCKING Waistline Fullness (Fig. 24) 1.On the cut-out bodice-front sloper with the cut-out dart, locate the outside limits of the waistline fullness. Mark the points A and B (Fig. 24a). 2 Draw slash lines from A and B to the dart point. Draw several additional [...]