Sewing curtains made easy

What you need:

• sewing machine
• Centimeter measure
• Pins or chalk blowers
• Gathering tape
• possibly. Lead tape

Preparation - how much fabric you will need for curtains

• It is crucial that you think about how the folds of your curtain should look later. The amount of substance required depends on it. It used to be said that for the beautiful case of a curtain you need about two and a half times the window width. If you want a simple, even pleat, that's about right. For this purpose, normal universal curling tape is sufficient, which you can pull together loosely or more tightly and thus adapt the finished curtain to your window width.

• You will get a more precise drapery tailored to different fabric qualities if you Pleated tape
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  use. Depending on the number of folds and the distance between the gathers, the amount of fabric required is always given in percent (example: 200% = twice the fabric width).

• Calculate the required fabric width accordingly. You can determine the length of your curtain by measuring from the curtain rod down to the window sill or to the floor, depending on how you want your curtain. You need a fabric cover at the top and bottom for a neat finish or for a tunnel through which you can go at the bottom if necessary. can pull a lead band, so add a few inches.

• If you want to sew blinds, you will find curtain fabric in different heights on the balls of fabric. Here, the fabric must always be selected at the appropriate height and the required width is then cut off from the bale of fabric.

• For fabrics for curtains/Übergardinen/Scarves it is different - decorative fabrics are generally not at different heights on the bale, but in width, and only in a width of 1.40 or 1.50 meters. If you have wide windows and the scarves are not just for decoration, but want to have them tightened (with folds), then you have to sew several strips together. However, the vertical seams later disappear due to the folds.


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• An example: Your decoration height is 2.80 m, the curtain rail extends from wall to wall and is 3 m long. Your chosen pleated tape requires 200% amount of fabric. Case one: you want a store. Then choose one that is at least 3m high (2.80m plus seam allowance) and let the bale take off approx. Measure 6 meters. Case two: You want two curtain scarves that are completely sufficient for the selected folds to be drawn shut. You need a total of 6m of fabric in width, your chosen decorative fabric is 1.50m wide, so you have to each Sew two strips together - that means you need 4x the height of 3m (2.80 plus seam allowance), so you need 12m of fabric to buy.

Now just sew

• Once you've bought your fabric and the right pleated tape, you're good to go. As with calculating the amount of fabric, there is again a difference in the sequence of work between the blind and the curtain scarf.

• The store fabric is already serged on the lower edge (some decorations are only on the curtain below). This means that you should again measure the exact height that the finished curtain should have, because it depends on whether you want to use it. have to shorten the top a little or it is sufficient to turn the fabric over once when sewing on the pleat band and thereby overcast the upper edge at the same time.

• The pleat tape is sewn smoothly with two seams onto the top of the curtain, and when you fold the curtain so far that the If the unfinished edge gets between these two seams, you can sew around / overcast and sew on the pleated tape in one step complete.

• You proceed differently with your curtain scarves: Since the fabric was wide, you can first simply sew the two panels together, as the edges are already finished. The top finish with the pleated tape depends on the quality of the fabric. If you have chosen a heavy fabric, then you should fold over the edge twice and pin it off before sewing on the pleated tape or staple - at a little more than the height of the pleated tape, so that the pleated tape is then sewn onto the double layer of fabric can. This holds the weight of the finished curtain better.

• After sewing on, pull the pleat band together, attach the hangers for the curtain rail and hang up the curtains. Then mark off the length of the curtains at the bottom, taking into account the seam allowance for the envelope or the tunnel, if you're going to pull in a lead. For some fabrics, this is recommended for a nice case. Now all you have to do is sew around the bottom.