The fringe came with the ends sealed with cellotape. When I took it off everything started unravelling which was most alarming. I coped with it by oversewing several times. A better solution, which I learned from some helpful people on http://my.decozo.com/index.php, the soft furnishing and curtain making discussion forum, was to use glue. This was confirmed by a quick visit to Henry Newbery's shop just off Oxford Street http://www.henrynewbery.com/contact.html. They recommended using a hot glue gun, then hitting the end down onto a piece of glass to cool it and flatten the end.
The full swag, complete with lining interlining and fringe, behaves a little differently from my mock up in lining fabric. It holds its shape much better, but doesnt come down quite as far even though it was made from the same pattern.
I am quite pleased with the appearance. One purpose of the green and yellow fringe was to tie the curtains into the wallpaper, which is a dark green damask design, from Watts of Westminster (no relation) http://www.wattsofwestminster.com/. The green is a good match with the wallpaper but the yellow in the fringe, which is a cool lemon, doesnt really match the yellow of the silk which is a warm gold. I am not entirely happy with this, but I guess I will need to wait to see the whole thing assembled and in place before really being able to judge.
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