How to sew curtains: from exquisite simplicity to affordable luxury (23 photos)
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Do not underestimate the importance of textiles in creating the interior of the room. Curtains and curtains protect the room and decor from direct sunlight. An equally important function of window decor is the creation of a comfortable and cozy atmosphere in the room. Curtains on the windows - the finishing touch of the embodiment of the image of the room.
Sew curtains with your own hands - the best option for decorating windows in the home. Thus, it is easier to choose the fabric and style of curtains that match the design of the room and suit the taste of the homeowners.
There are many methods and technologies for how to sew curtains. For beginners, it is better to learn how to create window decorations on simple models that do not contain many details or complex elements. Sewing such products from thin materials will not cause difficulties. You can sew simple curtains not only for the kitchen, but also for the bedroom and living room. The simplicity of the cut can more than be compensated by expensive fabric or the non-standard design of the window opening.
Japanese curtains are very creative and unusual - several canvases located next to each other. The device curtains resembles a screen. Before stitching Japanese curtains, it is better to first hone your craftsmanship on simple models with a light cut (on the balcony, to the cottage) and simple fastening.
How to sew organza curtains?
This transparent textile looks very elegant on the windows both independently and in combination with other fabrics. So that the curtain does not look like an even canvas, but gathers in beautiful folds, the width of the curtain should be twice the length of the cornice. The length of the curtain is optional. About 3 cm are laid on the edge treatment (at least 5 cm on the lower edge). If the folds are laid manually, the curtain tape is attached over them. For soft assembly, the curtain tape is initially set up, which is then evenly pulled together.
How to sew curtains on grommets?
This method of attachment looks stylish and unusual. The number of eyelets is chosen even - this will provide a beautiful drapery of the canvas. The distance between them (the optimal value is 15 cm) determines the depth of the folds, the width of the curtain. To fix the grommets on the top of the curtain, a fold of about 5-7 cm is hedged (depending on the diameter of the ring and the quality of the fabric). The location of the rings is carefully calculated. Then the holes are carefully cut out and grommets are installed (they simply snap or press through the press). With eyelets, you can sew beautiful curtains from different fabrics into the nursery, the kitchen. Tulle will look unusual in the kitchen with grommets.
How to sew seams for curtains with your own hands?
Curtains with pickups bring comfort and coziness to the rooms. Before sewing curtains for the bedroom, a beautiful soft fabric is selected that is easily draped. The pickup length is determined taking into account the desired density of folds or drapery of the canvas. Before cutting fabric, a pattern is drawn. Front and back details are cut from the selected textiles. The sealant will give the product rigidity (it is better to use glue doubler). Parts are sewn together on the wrong side.The pickup is turned on the front side, carefully leveled and ironed. Mount it to the wall better on special holders.
How to sew double curtains?
Such window decoration looks luxurious in living rooms and bedrooms. For this decor, different types of fabric are chosen, and there is no limit to interesting options for their combination and cut. For light transparent curtains, tulle, organza is selected. The second curtains are sewn from more dense fabrics: linen, wool, silk.
A fashionable trend is to select textiles of different quality, but one shade.
Sewing curtains from two colors of fabric yourself is easy. The main nuance is to properly combine fabrics. If the curtains are placed on a double cornice, then all sewing will consist of a couple of operations. The canvas is cut taking into account the parameters of the window and the wishes of the hostess. The edges of the curtains are processed, and the canvas is decorated if desired. If the fabrics are selected in soft, pastel shades, then the elegant lambrequin can add color to the textile composition. It’s easy to figure out how to sew a lambrequin yourself.
How to make roller blinds?
Roman and roller blinds look great in interiors of any style. As a rule, such curtains on windows do not cover the windowsill and are therefore suitable for window decoration in various rooms: kitchens, classrooms, children's rooms. Country curtains are sewn from natural light fabrics (you can use plain fabrics or bright patterned). It is also appropriate to install such curtains on the balcony, in the attic. When choosing textiles, the location of the premises is taken into account. For northern balconies, curtains are sewn from light, light translucent fabrics. Windows on the south side are decorated with dense light paintings.
For such models, a fabric is used that does not accumulate dust and is resistant to sunlight. The device of roller blinds is simple: the fabric is curled into a roll in the direction from the bottom up and can be fixed at any level with the help of special ribbon-garters.
Necessary materials: a fabric cloth of the required size, ribbons / decorative garters (equal to the length of the window plus 20-30 cm), a wooden fastening block, equal to the width of the curtain, a bar for weighting the canvas (wooden or metal), a stapler, screws, a screwdriver, sewing accessories .
Work Stages
- In the lower part of the canvas, a fold for the weighting material is healed.
- The upper part of the fabric is wrapped around the bar and fixed with a stapler.
- Two harvested garters are thrown over a bar and attached to the tree with staples or sewn to the fabric with thread.
- The timber is screwed to the window frame. Attachments hide under the fabric.
- A weighting compound is threaded into the stitched fold.
Before stitching roller blinds, you must carefully measure the window opening. The length of the canvas should be 10-15 cm greater than the size of the window opening (for wrapping the bar). If the window is tightly composed of several leaves, then a roller blind is sewn for each leaf.
How to make French curtains with your own hands?
The design of window openings in a similar way can be attributed to the classical type of interiors. Elegant pleats emphasize the atmosphere of luxury and respectability of spacious high rooms.
Curtains in the hall, sewn from expensive fabrics, look elegant and noble. Fabrics are preferable to choose light, which simply drape into folds. When raised, the French curtain can be mistaken for an Austrian look.
How to sew French curtains: stages of work
- The calculation of the fabric. In this case, the length of the fabric, the seam allowances are taken into account. The length of the finished curtain is multiplied by two, and a factor of 1.8 is used in calculating the width.
- Festoons (scalloped rim) are marked. On average, the distance between the scallops ranges from 55 cm to 67, which depends on the width of the canvas. Marking is carried out using a ruler. Strips of fabric up to 3 cm wide are adjusted along the lines.(curtains are formed) or a special curtain braid is configured.
- Cords are threaded into the wings, which, when pulled together evenly, create folds. On kitchen curtains, folds can only be formed along the bottom of the curtains. For living curtains, folds are evenly distributed along the entire length of the canvas.
Curtains can be both static and lifting (using a rotor-chain lifting mechanism). For beginning tailors, French curtains are best sewn from tulle.
There are no fundamental differences in how to sew French curtains and how to sew Austrian curtains. Differences curtains appear in a lowered state. Austrian curtains look like a plain canvas, and French curtains retain scallops.
You need to learn sewing gradually. After some time, having mastered the intricacies of the cut, the selection of material, it will be easy and simple to come up with and implement various bold and non-standard ideas.
