The best way I've found to hem fabrics like this is a loose running stitch that picks up a small amount of the face. The stitch blends in in the same direction of the weave instead of fighting it.
Khaki chain weight was on backorder from Rowley so I dyed plain white for a very good match.
For the doubled bottom hem, the decorator chose to leave the selvedge on to prevent fraying.
After some trial and error, I found that the best way to control the top was to sew the translucent buckram before making the double fold. This worked beautifully since there was a line to follow.
Again, trial and error proved that you should NOT use straight pins to secure the header for pleating!- they get caught all over the place. Safety pins were the answer.
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