Question from Tamira:
I want to drape the ceiling from the chandelier in the middle of the room out to each corner fo the ceiling. Should I use organza fabric or tulle fabric. Each piece will be about 30 ft long and 54" wide. I want it to look nice and flowing. What do you reccomend? Thanks so much!
Answer from Bridal Expert Angela:
Hi Tamira. Of the two choices, I would recommend the tulle. Have you considered the sinamay mesh? Understand that all these fabrics have a stiffness to them that allows you to shape them. The weight of the fabric in the length you are looking at will allow for a draping effect. If you are expecting a silky kind of fabric, neither organza or tulle is it. The nice thing about organza, tulle and sinamay mesh is that because of the stiffness, it holds the drape really well and allows you to create a fullness to the drape that does not work with thinner, silker type fabrics that tend to just bunch up at the gravity point.
Look under Ceremony Decoration and Accessories and you will see from the pictures how the tulle and sinamay mesh can be bunched and draped. A silker fabric will have to be fully stretched and held in place to show the width of the drape—or it tends to bunch up.
In this picture, you can see the dramatic effect that draping can create. The sparing use of colour dresses up the room in a unique way.
I hope that answers your question. Feel free to email again.
Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert
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