Hi All,
This is a bit embarrassing. I made a pair of curtains and a pelmet and roman for a client just over 18 months ago. She then contacted me about 6 months later for another job. When I went to her house, I looked at the blind I made (I didn't fit it), and I wasn't impressed with it. I asked her if I could spend a few minutes fiddling with it, and after I left I thought it looked much better.
ONE YEAR ON she has E-mailed me to say it is still not looking good. I was passing so I offered to take another look at it, and she is right it does not look good. She is smiling very sweetly but making back-handed comments like 'friends asked me if I had made it myself' type of thing.
Now I'm a fussy b**@&r and offered to take it away and try and make it better.
The fabric is a Laura Ashley (I know, I know!), and it is a woven fabric with a gold medallion type design woven into it. Basically I made the blind with the visible stitching method which I now do not use unless asked. Apart from that, the measurements, squareness, and stitching lines are perfectly straight, just that the fabric has a ruckled effect, so that it does not sit flat with the lining. When pulled up and the folds are formed, there are sort of creases forming on the folds, and the fabric is just not flat.
Obviously when I made it, it would have been pressed, and I would not have delivered it to her, in that condition. If I had any doubt about making it in the fabric, I would have stopped at the time. I cannot remember any particular difficulties making it, so I don't really know what to do.
I offered to try to improve it, as my reputation is important to me, however, I do think that making snidey comments about my work, and not telling me until a year later is a bit off.
Not making any excuses, but I do think that it is the fabric causing the problem, not the way it was made. However the curtains hanging in the same room look fine.
I intend not to do a total remake, but to remove the visible stitching lines and use the stab method instead. If there is any tension in the stitching lines, then this should help.
Help and advice would be much appreciated, please, as my confidence has taken a bit of a knock over this one. (Must have made at least 1000 blinds and this is about the only one, I can remember having a complaint).
Sue.
This is a bit embarrassing. I made a pair of curtains and a pelmet and roman for a client just over 18 months ago. She then contacted me about 6 months later for another job. When I went to her house, I looked at the blind I made (I didn't fit it), and I wasn't impressed with it. I asked her if I could spend a few minutes fiddling with it, and after I left I thought it looked much better.
ONE YEAR ON she has E-mailed me to say it is still not looking good. I was passing so I offered to take another look at it, and she is right it does not look good. She is smiling very sweetly but making back-handed comments like 'friends asked me if I had made it myself' type of thing.
Now I'm a fussy b**@&r and offered to take it away and try and make it better.
The fabric is a Laura Ashley (I know, I know!), and it is a woven fabric with a gold medallion type design woven into it. Basically I made the blind with the visible stitching method which I now do not use unless asked. Apart from that, the measurements, squareness, and stitching lines are perfectly straight, just that the fabric has a ruckled effect, so that it does not sit flat with the lining. When pulled up and the folds are formed, there are sort of creases forming on the folds, and the fabric is just not flat.
Obviously when I made it, it would have been pressed, and I would not have delivered it to her, in that condition. If I had any doubt about making it in the fabric, I would have stopped at the time. I cannot remember any particular difficulties making it, so I don't really know what to do.
I offered to try to improve it, as my reputation is important to me, however, I do think that making snidey comments about my work, and not telling me until a year later is a bit off.
Not making any excuses, but I do think that it is the fabric causing the problem, not the way it was made. However the curtains hanging in the same room look fine.
I intend not to do a total remake, but to remove the visible stitching lines and use the stab method instead. If there is any tension in the stitching lines, then this should help.
Help and advice would be much appreciated, please, as my confidence has taken a bit of a knock over this one. (Must have made at least 1000 blinds and this is about the only one, I can remember having a complaint).
Sue.
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