How To Brand A Lined Drape Panel- Dark Too White Striped Curtains Tutorial
Several of yous said that yous noticed my novel dark as well as white striped curtains in my Spring Tour final calendar week fifty-fifty earlier I mentioned them inwards the post. Good eye! As I mentioned, I all the same similar my quondam curtains, but subsequently vi years I was feeling the demand for a change. The procedure actually isn't that difficult, hence I idea I'd percentage my version of how to brand a lined drapery panel alongside yous today. Here's my disclaimer: I'm non a professional person seamstress... this may non live on the "correct" means to brand a panel, it's non weighted or pleated or perfect, but it's the easiest means I've constitute as well as it plant for me.
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I considered it for a while, as well as asked a few trusted friends what they idea earlier I proceeded. I wanted a fun pattern that would brand a statement, but I didn't desire to experience similar I was inwards a circus tent or staring at a ref on the football game field! ;) I evidently decided to motility ahead alongside it, as well as they ended upwards looking almost precisely similar my mock-up!
To brand your ain drapery panels, you'll demand a few basic supplies:
Drapery Fabric- I used this dark as well as white stripe
Lining- this is the ane I used. It's pretty sparse as well as fairly stiff, but I didn't desire anything also heavy hence lite would all the same filter in. This gets the chore done if yous desire lite stability.
Thread to match
Iron, Seam Gauge, Pins... full general sewing supplies
My sewing machine- Love this machine for it's monogramming/embroidery capabilities, but it sews nicely also alongside a lot of unlike stitch options.
I'll percentage a few of my full general measurements alongside you, but of course of report you'll demand to accommodate based on your needs. To begin, you'll demand to cutting the length that yous desire your panel to be, summation virtually 7" total for a overstep as well as bottom hem. My panels are 117" long, hence I cutting my cloth at 124" long. Also, if you're roofing a large window, yous powerfulness consider doing a double width of your cloth for each panel hence they are overnice as well as total as well as all the same withdraw hold some fullness to them fifty-fifty when they're drawn closed. I used a double width for the living room panels, as well as 1 1/2 widths for the panels inwards the kitchen. Tip: Several weeks agone I saw my trivial play a joke on here to brand certain I was cutting them straight.)
As mentioned, I'm using a double width of cloth on each panel for the living room, hence if you're exclusively using a unmarried width skip this part... I started past times laying my 2 cutting pieces right sides together as well as making virtually a 1/2" seam downwards ane side. After stitching, press the seam opened upwards alongside an iron.
I'll also practice the same affair on my lining, doubling it upwards as well as making a seam. You'll desire your lining to live on several inches narrower inwards width than your drapery fabric, you'll come across why every bit nosotros progress. Basically, this allows a leading border of the drapery cloth to wrap some the dorsum side of the drapery as well as gives a to a greater extent than professional person finished look. I took almost a 4" seam every bit I sewed the ii lining pieces together, hence when it's finished my lining volition live on a brace of inches to a greater extent than narrow on each border than the drapery fabric. *If you're sewing a unmarried width of fabric, you'll just demand to trim down your lining slice virtually 4-6 inches downwards the long side to acquire inwards narrower. This volition also brand your finished panel several inches narrower, hence live on aware of that every bit you're figuring the width yous need.
There's likely a to a greater extent than professional person means to to this (I don't withdraw hold a serger), but I role my pinking shears to trim down the seam as well as and then press it opened upwards alongside the Fe every bit well. The unfinished side of this seam won't demo at all when the curtains are finished, hence this method is just fine alongside me to hold the edges from unraveling.
Iron upwards hem. For the lining, I did a smaller initial plication as well as and then folded over again, as well as then pressed as well as pinned. Stitch hem inwards place. You'll desire your lining to live on a few inches shorter than the drapery cloth when finished (so withdraw hold slightly bigger hems on it).
For the drapery fabric, Fe upwards the hem. Turn the raw border 2" upwards as well as press, as well as then plow in ane lawsuit again 4", press as well as pivot inwards place. Stitch the hem. A direct hem is fine particularly if your thread blends inwards well, but this is the commencement fourth dimension I've done a blind hem. I didn't document that process, but here's a expert video tutorial if yous desire to give it a endeavor (I just used my regular presser human foot instead of the blind hem human foot as well as it worked fine.). You could also stitch the hem past times manus on the dorsum side if yous don't desire your stitches to show.
This is how a seamstress friend taught me to practice large panels years ago. It took me a trivial spell to "get it" when she explained it to me (I'm a visual as well as hands on learner), hence I'm going to demo yous the procedure stair past times step. Forgive me if I'm over-simplifying! This is where cutting the lining narrower than the panel comes in.
Lay out cloth as well as lining, right sides together. The cloth volition live on a few inches bigger on the sides than the lining since we've cutting the lining down. Line upwards ane long border as well as pivot sides together, making certain the edges business upwards along the overstep border of the panel fifty-fifty though you're leaving that lonely right now. Stitch. If you've lined upwards the overstep border hem as well as then the lining at the bottom hem should live on a trivial shorter than the cloth every bit shown.
Repeat alongside other side, but when yous pivot the minute side, it volition crusade the commencement side you've stiched to line over. It won't lay apartment because your lining is non every bit broad every bit the drapery fabric.
Press both of the long side seams open.
Lay panel dorsum out on a apartment surface. Smooth out the panel. Both long edges should withdraw hold virtually an fifty-fifty amount of the drapery cloth on each side. The right sides of the cloth should all the same live on together.
Line upwards the overstep border hem as well as pin, as well as then stitch alongside a 1" hem.
After stitching the overstep edge, it helps to clip the corners on a diagonal to acquire a abrupt corner when the cloth is turned right side out.
Then press the overstep seam opened upwards as well as plow entire panel within out from the opened upwards bottom, pushing corners out good to brand them overnice as well as sharp. Press overstep edge. Note: I am hanging my curtains alongside band clips. If yous desire to role drapery hooks, yous volition demand to practice the overstep hem differently hence at that spot is to a greater extent than stability for your hook.
Here's what the overstep border volition hold back similar on both sides. See how the right side of the cloth folds some to the dorsum for a few inches?
Lay panel out ane to a greater extent than time, smooth, as well as pivot both long sides inwards place. Press edges good where the drapery cloth wraps some the dorsum to brand a overnice crease along the edge. I withdraw hold virtually 2" of the drapery cloth on each side wrapping around.
The trivial chip of side hem from the bottom of the lining to the bottom of the drapery cloth volition all the same live on loose, hence complete past times manus sewing the side to hem to secure.
Here's what the dorsum side looks similar when they are hanging. The wrapped cloth border makes a difference!
Press residue of panel if necessary, attach to ring clips, as well as bask your novel lined drapery panel!
For continuity I contined the panels into the Breakfast Nook too. I took my ain advice as well as used the chance to motility the drapery rod as well as see here). It made such a large difference!
The actual window stops just a few inches higher upwards the bottom of the shades, but it appears to live on much larger since raising everything.
Tufted Chairs (similar)
Even if striped curtains powerfulness live on a chip also much for you, this cloth is a cracking patten to add together to your mix inwards hence many unlike ways... pillows, a tabular array runner, tabular array cloth, roman shades, or fifty-fifty a cute bulletin board backing. The cloth I chose has 2" stripes, but at that spot are many options available for whatever width yous want. Several of these are available inwards unlike colors, too.
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