I have been on a grosgrain kick for several years now; it is an affordable way to embellish pillows and window treatments, and because of its stability, alot can be accomplished using it. For example, I can embroider a Greek key design on a wide piece of grosgrain using an embroidery machine and run it down the leading edge of window treatment panels. I also can gather the grosgrain as I round the corner of a pillow leaving the remainder flat like a flange for affordability. Then, as synchronicity would have it, I found John Loecke's Grosgrain Style, a how-to guide for rugs, curtains, linens, and such. Grosgrain is French for "course texture"--a trim that has always held an iconic place in fashion in its simplicity!
