How to sew curtains with your own hands: preparing for sewing

Finished repair. The walls, the floor, the ceiling shine with the novelty. Now the turn for textiles. Curtains give the interior a complete look, help create a mood. However, after repair works, the family budget does not allow to be generous to professional designers. The decision was made - sewing curtains with your own hands . Is it difficult?

It's easy to sew classic curtains with your own hands. This is an option for beginner needlewomen. More complex species will require experience, additional tools and adaptations. However, let's not despair. What are the preparatory steps to take before sewing the curtains with your own hands?

The design idea is the first step. Formulate your desires. What mood should the curtains have in the general ensemble of the bedroom or kitchen, study or living room? How much do you want to let sunlight into the room? The answers to these questions largely determine the choice of window textile.

Classic curtains are known to all. One or more curtain fabric patterns are attached to the cornice above the window, they are able to move apart, creating soft folds. They beautifully frame the window. In recent years, they are increasingly supplemented with lambrequins of various shapes, which gives classic curtains solemnity. The window looks very smart.

Roman curtains are no less popular . The fabric literally fits into the window opening, with the help of a cord rises upwards, forming horizontal folds and opening access to the sun's rays.

French curtains along the entire length gather in beautiful festons and very decorate the window. They are also perfectly combined with lambrequins, making the window look solemn or airy depending on the fabric.

Japanese curtains are called Japanese panels in another way, since they represent a cloth without assemblies about sixty centimeters wide. A few windows can be required for one window. Usually Japanese panels are restrained in color, without large drawings.

So, with a kind of curtains are defined. Now, before you sew the curtains with your own hands, you need to measure the window and calculate the length of the fabric for purchase.

For the French curtains: two widths of the cornice plus ten centimeters is the curtain width; Two heights of curtains plus seven centimeters (2 + 5) on the hem from the top and bottom.

On the classic: the width of the cornice, depending on the desired density of folds, multiply by a factor of 1.5-1.7, and if using a curtain tape, then multiply by 2 or 2.5 plus ten centimeters for edge processing.

For a Roman curtain or Japanese panel, you need to measure the width (height) of the window and add allowances to the seams. However, if there is a large pattern on the fabric, then the Japanese panel will have to be taken with a margin for fitting the picture.

Before you sew the curtains yourself, you need to purchase the necessary tools and additional materials. These are braids, rings, metal rods for weighting, laths for folds, cords for fabric assembly, etc. Depending on the model, the set of materials will be different.

If you are ready to sew curtains with your own hands, patterns can be taken on specialized websites or publications. There you can find a detailed description and schemes for attaching various parts and devices.

But how to sew curtains with your own hands, if you do not buy the right tools in a small town, you can not find the fabric that you see on the picture on the Internet? It is necessary to manage only your imagination. However, one simple secret will make your window unique. Whichever type of curtain you choose, whatever fabric you buy, the most important thing is the color solution of the entire interior. A successful combination of any, even very simple curtains with furniture, walls, the largest object in the room, with another test - and you are guaranteed success!