Dressy Drapes with Tassles Materials: Tassels; raffia or other type of decorative cording (optional); sheer medium-weigh loosely pleated draperies; needle and thread (optional); ladder; drapery rod. Step 1: If your tassels do not have attached cords, you will have to cut lengths of raffia or other decorative cording and attach to tassles. Cut fourteen l6 inch pieces of cording for both panels (or as many as needed to match the total number of pleats). If tassles have loops at top, simply string cording through loop; if they don't, hand-stitch tassel at mid- point of each cording piece. Now you're ready to attach to drapery rod. Step 2: Working on a ladder with the rod in postion tie tassel cording around rod at each pleat. (Note: If your draperies hang on rings from a rod, use shorter tassel cording and tie to the bottom of each ring. Done!