tension in which fabric is folded upon itself into an accordion like configuration followed by placing the fabric in a heated chamber to set the configuration permanently these and other features of the present invention are additionally illustrated in connection with the following examples which are to be considered as illustrative of the present invention it should be understood however that the invention is not limited to the specific details of the following examples a woven polyester fabric using white yarn with 70 denier in the warp direction and 50 denier in the filling direction was used in this example the fabric had a satin weave with a round count of 256 and greige weight of 2 35 ounces per square yard the fabric was scoured dried and then finished ______________________________________rhoplex e carboxy modified 20 by weight2321 acrylic binderepi rez 35201 epoxy resin 10 by weightlight delustrant 2 by weightdullerzelec ty antistat agent 2 by weightisopro surfactant 2 by weightpanol water 74 by weight______________________________________ the fabric was pad dipped through the treating composition then dried at 420 u00b0 f for 40 seconds in a tenter frame oven after drying the finished fabric was printed and pleated the printing was conducted by way of a heat transfer process whereby the color was transferred from paper to the fabric at 400 u00b0 to 410 u00b0 f pleat ing was carried out by folding the fabric upon itself into an accordion shape followed by treating the fabric at 280 u00b0 to 300 u00b0 f for approximately 30 minutes in a heated chamber the fabric was then assembled into pleated window blinds a woven polyester fabric using white yarn with 70 denier in both the warp and filling direction.