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October 23, 2012

Is your bedroom looking a little dreary? Time to spice it up with an easy DIY no sew project like curtains! You can use almost any type of fabric for a project like this! Cotton, drapery, upholstery or even a fashion fabric can all be easily transformed into a fantastic and fun curtain.

Supplies needed:

Fabric for your curtain. Determine how many yards you need by measuring the space you want to cover. My little bathroom window is 36″ wide and 20″ tall. I used an outdoor fabric that is 58″ wide and bought a yard of fabric. You want to make your panel wider than the width of the window so it looks nice and full. Usually multiply it by 1.5 or 2 to get the amount you need. For example: your window is 36″ wide you will want somewhere between 54″ and 72″ to create a good look. Don’t forget to add a few inches for seam allowance.

I’m just in love with chevrons right now (who isn’t) so decided to make my little bathroom curtain out of the indoor/outdoor chevron stripe in dark teal

Stitch Witchery is a fusible bonding web that you can use to hem all sorts of stuff. You’ll probably need one package for one panel.

Grommets optional. These create a great look but you could just have a pocket for the curtain rod to go through if that is what you prefer.

Iron, scissors.

 Cut curtain panel to the appropriate size if necessary. Starting with the two side seams of the panel you will turn under .5″ then again 1″.This way you will have a nice clean edge.

Do the same to the bottom seam of your curtain. On the top edge, fold over once at .5″ and again at 3″ to create enough space for the grommet or the curtain rod. This measurement might be different for you depending on the size of the grommet/rod you are using for your project. Refer to the directions for the hardware you purchase.

Next we will add the stitch witchery to the seam. Simply lay the webbing so it is sand-witched inside the folded side seams and iron down. The directions say to use the “wool” setting on your iron and press for about 10 seconds. Make sure to press both sides of the curtain and let cool before testing if it worked. If it didn’t work the first time, just do it again.

 

 

 

 

 

Press the stitch witchery in all the seams to finish your curtain. At this point if you are using a normal curtain rod and just want to string it through the pocket then your done! But if you want to add grommets then see below.

For curtain grommets you want to space the grommets out 6-8 inches apart to allow them to get nice an full. Draw a line in the center of the top hem and mark where you want the grommets to be. I put 6″ in between each grommet.

After placing all the grommets where you want them, trace the inner circle with a pen. Cut the circle out of the fabric and snap the grommets into place! Easp peasy lemmony squeazy!

You’re all done so go and enjoy your new curtain!

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by hartsblog in Tutorials Tags: chevron, curtain, home dec, No Sew Projects, tutorial