Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying ornaments to a web of material, comprises providing a web of material to which ornaments are to be applied to at least one surface and having a longitudinal axis, step-wise advancing the web along the longitudinal axis into an application zone perpendicular to the longitudinal axis by alternately moving and stopping the web and applying ornaments to at least one surface of the web in the application zone when the web is stopped by moving a plurality of applicators perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis and towards the at least one surface of the web.

Abstract: A vertical venetian blind construction has slats comprised of strips of textile material comprising a backing and facing, the edges of the facing being rearwardly inturned, and the edges of the backing being forwardly inturned, the backing and the facing being secured to each other by securing means that extend beyond the inturned edges of the backing, and which terminate within the confines of the inturned edges of said backing, the facing or backing optionally being transversely or longitudinally pleated and the folds of the pleats secured to the other of the facing and the backing, the facing and the backing optionally being heat formable and pinch pleated or embossed.