Decorative articles
OwnerLinda Schurrinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments provide methods and systems for designing decorative articles, such as cornice style window valances, wall accents and table accents, and method for making the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a kit used for making such a decorative article. The kit may include valance panel design forms, such as one side panel valance design form and one or two center panel design forms or one design form for all panels. The kit also includes one or more traceable style form sheets, one or more peel and stick style form sheets and design guide.
Claims18
A method for making a cornice style window valance without sewing, the method comprising:
- acquiring a kit that includes a plurality of design forms, wherein each of the plurality of design forms includes a traceable outer perimeter and a plurality of vertical panel sizing markers;
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- creating a plurality of panels using a single design form of the plurality of design forms to accommodate a particular window size, wherein creating the plurality of panels includes:
- folding a fabric panel to create a folded edge,
- unfolding the fabric panel and aligning, with the single design form, a fusible adhesive layer, on a portion of a back side of the fabric panel,
- adding a backing to the back side of the fabric panel with the fusible adhesive layer,
- refolding the fabric panel with the backing along the folded edge,
- aligning the folded edge of the fabric panel with one of the plurality of vertical panel sizing markers on the single design form that indicates a desired size of one of the plurality of panels,
- tracing the traceable outer perimeter of the single design form,
- cutting the folded fabric panel along the tracing, and
- assembling the plurality of panels to create the cornice style window valance.
A kit for making a cornice style window valance without sewing, the kit comprising:
- a plurality of design forms, each of which creates, on its own, a plurality of panels of the cornice style window valance, and each design form of the plurality of design forms includes:
- a traceable outer perimeter,
- a plurality of vertical panel sizing markers, each vertical panel sizing marker being representative of a specific size of a panel of the plurality of panels of the cornice style window valance, and
- a horizontal lining marker that delineates a first portion of a fabric on which a backing can be placed to create the panel and delineates a second portion of the fabric needed on the panel to create a rod pocket for the panel that can move freely on a curtain rod when panel is installed thereon;
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- a fusible adhesive layer configured to be fused to a back side of the fabric in the second portion so that a backing can be added to the back side of the panel in the second portion, wherein the fusible adhesive backing is aligned on the fabric with a single design form of the plurality of design forms after folding and unfolding the panel and, subsequently, the backing and the fabric are refolded and cut along a line traced with the single design form to create the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.