…………..I had this idea to have a “SCALLOPED CORDING” made that would be attached to a tape so I could insert it into seams…….I spoke to a man who owned a company that made all kinds of custom sew on bands, and tapes in a variety of materials from rayon, to metallics to straw….He also made pipping and cords in different thicknesses in a variety of yarns…again from rayon and metallic cords to straw cords and everything in between….I discussed with him if it were possible to take the cords and attach them to tapes in a scallop design, so I could insert the tapes into seams. He said he hadn’t made any, but he saw no reason why he couldn’t do it…..A week later I had different samples of different thicknesses of scallops with different spacing between each scallop. It was just what I wanted. I played around with the different variations, and settled for three sizes. One was very fine for blouses……I started to sketch!…..These croquis are just a few of the ideas I came up with inserting the scallop edged tapes in different ways….Starting just as an edging to a jacket as the sketch at the upper left. Then inserting the scallop tapes into ALL of the seams and darts, and the bottom of the jacket and the hem and seams of the skirt….as the bottom left sketch shows…….Then I sketched it also using it to outline pocket flaps……The different uses for the scallop tapes was only as limited as my imagination………….Years later when I was at QVC, I used the same technique for a silk tiny floral printed spring blouse. I had the print fabric made into the same scallops design sewn to tapes and used it to trim a scoop neckline…..down the front, and to edge the cuff of a 3/4 length sleeve……..Everyone loved this very custom, very designer detail.