Now that we have a new house it means that we need to have many new curtains. We inherited the old ones from the previous owner, but unfortunately they don’t really meet our wishes and are only good for now. So I thought this would be an excellent moment to combine house time with sewing time and make curtains for my sewing room!
So I went ahead and bought curtain fabric that was on sale for €0,99 a metre at Ikea, the Persby hooks and the Kronill curtain band and made several calculations for the width. Finally I reckoned I could use the width of the fabric for one curtain, if I was a bit creative with the band and hooks. This would save a lot of trouble matching the pattern and sewing straight seams and ironing, etc. I first tried to blind stitch the bottom part of the curtain band but then the creases wouldn’t hold as nicely, so I stitched two rows with white thread (maybe transparent thread would be better because the fabric has grey and white stripes, but I like the visible stitching J).
So I went ahead and bought curtain fabric that was on sale for €0,99 a metre at Ikea, the Persby hooks and the Kronill curtain band and made several calculations for the width. Finally I reckoned I could use the width of the fabric for one curtain, if I was a bit creative with the band and hooks. This would save a lot of trouble matching the pattern and sewing straight seams and ironing, etc. I first tried to blind stitch the bottom part of the curtain band but then the creases wouldn’t hold as nicely, so I stitched two rows with white thread (maybe transparent thread would be better because the fabric has grey and white stripes, but I like the visible stitching J).
It was fun to make them and I am very happy with how they turned out, actually! Have you made curtains? What are your tips & tricks?