I ended up posting my compeleted drapes in a separate thread which I will link below and may answer some of the recent questions above. brutuses: annz is correct. I bought mine at Calico Corners for $7 ea. Just simple white ones that I clipped into the last ring along with the end hook. princesssusan: I am no expert, but can just tell you what I ended up doing and observed by looking at other similar treatments at Calico Corners where I bought my custom ones for my LR/DR. I put a ring in each pleat plus one at either end. budge1: My drapes are from JCP, Supreme, pinch pleated drapes in Silver Sage. I just checked the website and I don't find the colors to be very accurate so if you have a Penneys nearby, I'd check there for the color. I picked them out in the store, but it was a catalog order. See: http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM.aspx?DeptID=25437&CatID=28503&CatTyp=DEP&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=ENS&ItemID=130d3d2&ProdSeq=1&Cat=pinch+pleat&Dep=Window&PCat=Drapes&PCatID=28498&RefPage=ProductList&Sale=&ProdCount=17&RecPtr=&ShowMenu=&TTYP=&ShopBy=0amp;RefPageName=CategoryAll%252Easpx&RefCatID=28498&RefDeptID=25437&Page=1&CmCatId=25437:28498:28503 As for the sheers, they are called: Lisette Pinch-pleated sheers in soft gold. I think they may be discontinued now as I didn't see them when I checked the website, though saw this: http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.aspx?ItemID=13aea97&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=SIZ&ShowMenu=T&ShopBy=0amp;SearchString=Lisette&RefPage=SearchDepartment.aspx&CmCatId=SearchResults&Search1Prod=True Again, I'd check with your local Penneys. Here is a link that might be useful: Completed drapes

I can't understand why you are trying to put the hook between the stitches--it doesn't go between any stitches. I can help but I need more info. What kind of tape are you using? There are dozens of kinds of tape for making pinch pleats. Is it the kind where you measure and create your own pleats or one that has pockets for hooks If it's the first kind--did you sew your header down--you are not supposed to. You sew the tape to the top of the curtain, fold it over and measure for your pleats. Then you make a loop where the pleats will be and sew it the full length of the header. Then go back and make your pleats in the loop and tack them widthwise on the bottom of the header. The hook goes under the header on each side of the pleat. The header is open between the pleats. If you are using the kind of tape where you insert hooks to make the pleats or the one where you pull strings to make the pleats you don't sew over the pockets but under neath them. If I haven't answered your question or you have more questions, I'll check back tomorrow

Thanks so much for the replies! graywings - My husband and I did discuss the blind/shade option and I looked today at Lowe's. That might still be a really good option! camlan- Thought about the tension rod, too. We're going to have to hem them anyway b/c they are the same length as the drapes (83") and since we have to lower them a few inches...well, you get the picture. Luckily my manly husband's mom was a seamstress, so he knows his way around a hem! (unlike me, who was generously given a "C" in one of my college design/sewing classes. The teacher, a very old ex-pattern maker at Vogue, said, "Honey, I'm giving you this grade on a silver platter. My advice is to marry a rich man so you never have to make your own clothes." :) I digress... valinsv: Thanks SO much for the photos - that's exactly what I'm looking to accomplish. Yours puts me to shame though, much more formal drapery and sheers. My sheers aren't pinch pleat, they are just generic BB&B type. Drapes are kind of a crumply raw silk. Also, is there another way other than a link to put pics in here? I noticed you've embedded them. I tried to do that but the "paste" option was not available when I right-clicked.

Holly, those are very pretty! I emailed them about my size and they answered with something that did not pertain to me. So, now I'm having 2nd thoughts. Okay, hereâÂÂs where IâÂÂm at. IâÂÂm getting sick of looking so think IâÂÂm going for the Country Curtains pleated sheers. What I had in my head was pleated very sheer sheers in a natural fiber of some sort. The problems I ran across is many of the natural fiber curtains were not sheer enough or they didnâÂÂt have a pleat or they were well beyond my price range. I did find some I liked that were a rod pocket, some of which could have been hung with my curtain ring clips but ultimately I worried that they may not hang nicely. So, I guess a compromise will be a blend fabric, part natural fiber part man made. I knew I didnâÂÂt want a full poly. I do have a full poly in the living area that has an almost linen texture that I do like but those will almost never be closed and are more for decoration. The bedroom sheers will most always be closed so I wanted a nicer quality. I havenâÂÂt pushed the buy button on the Country Curtains sheer pleated yet because I do not want white. I now want ivory. The Country Curtains come in white and natural. Natural is hard to determine. Is it closer to an ivory or does it have sort of a beige-y look? I know I can order a swatch but was wondering if anyone here has the natural and if you like them. I have ivory drapes. Are Country Curtain sheer naturals close to an ivory? Or, are they a beige brown-y off white? Or, sort of a cream? It is hard to tell in the picture.