holy moly!!!
I've been at my moms most of the day today, and since showing up with the "thing" as she called it, lol, and un-doing all of it. We sat down at the table and started laying out pleats and measurements...and geez, all the pleats are sewn!!! I didn't even get a chance to take pictures of a before shot!!!! She said UNDO IT...and like a madman I undid all that sewing, lol. Now I'm at a halt, a bit of confusion on my part. I guess I'll post in the DIY'er forums but my question is: Do I need to cut the pleats on the inside? I've got 2 inch reveals and a 3inch under fold on each pleat. With a total of 24 pleats (12 each way). My question is how is the cut made? or is it even necessary? It's not "that" heavy as is, although I think for the weather down here it might be just too heavy. And I'd kinda like to lighten the load as it were.

Any how, thanks for the encouragements and kuddos!!!