curtain indicated generally by 18 in the embodiment shown the waistband curtain comprises a folded over inner strip 20 separated from an outer strip 22 by an optional intermediate strip 24 the inner and outer strips 20 22 can be made from the type of material typically used to make pockets the intermediate strip 24 also can be made of pocket material and can be used to provide a strip of decorative color between the inner and outer strips 20 22 the lower edge 26 of strip 22 is folded inwardly to provide an inner fold 28 a stitch 30 secures the strips 12 16 20 24 and inner fold 28 together the outer strip 22 is folded over at its upper edge 32 to provide an inner fold 34 the waistband construction 10 is sewn to a garment fabric as shown in fig1 and 2 a garment waistband strip 36 is folded over the upper edge 38 of composite strip 12 to provide an inner fold 40 stitching 42 is used to sew the inner fold 34 and inner fold 40 together the remainder of the garment indicated generally by 44 is sewn to the lower edge 46 of the garment strip 36 referring now to fig3 the composite fabric strip 12 includes a relatively thin layer of nonwoven fabric 48 formed of closely compacted fibers and a layer of inlaid monofilament yarns 50 advantageously.