The Ripplebox Pleat Drapery

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Mar 14

We love the clean Ripplefold drapery look, but some things about the way it is configured creates limitations. After experimentation, we found an alternative to ripplefold draperies!

It is a hybrid pleat combining an inverted box pleat and a ripplefold pleat, which we named the Ripplebox pleat.

Why we often use this pleat instead of Ripplefold:

Regular 4" buckram is used, so no attached tapes are needed that show stitching on the front.
It can be hung on decorative rods with rings or track rods with pinch pleat carriers.
The pleats are attached to the rod using standard drapery pins so that you can adjust the length with pin adjustments.
The spacing of the pleats is fully adjustable, so you can pleat on pattern.
The fullness is adjustable to anything you need it to be.

When the draperies are open they form a pleat that looks like stacked ripplefold pleats.

When they are closed they do not go flat. The inverted box pleat folds towards the back and creates the tucks you see from the front.

When To Use This Pleat

When you want a clean modern look.
When you have minimal stacking space, this pleat stacks very tight with light to regular weight fabrics.
When you have a very large window needing closeable draperies this pleat can be made at a low fullness factor allowing for less widths to be used, so less fabric is needed creating less stacking space.
Any fabric from a sheer to a velvet can work well using this pleat.
This pleat can be embellished in many ways. It can have a horizontal band or tape trim easily applied across the top. It can have buttons or nailheads added to the pleat bottom. The leading edge can have many types of embellished details.
For an unusual pattern repeat that needs to be pleated on pattern, this pleat can adjust to whatever is needed.