Seductive Fabric Curtains

This is a follow up on my drape posting. If you would like to know how to create a drape please go to the previous posting. The purpose of this is to create a fashionable curtain using a sewing machine and fabric. I wanted to keep natural sunlight shining through my room so I chose thinner/transparent sheets of fabric.

What you'll need:

Fabric (I chose a solid black and a black/white leafy design. 1$ per yard at Walmart)
Sewing Machine (to sew the two fabrics together. Not necessary for single fabrics)


Before you begin buying fabric, I suggest you calculate the length from the ceiling to where you want the curtain to fall. In addition measure the region you will be covering. In my example, I chose the curtain to fall 69 inches from the ceiling and the region I will be covering is 211 inches. With this information, I can estimate how many panels I can cut because buying fabric comes with a fixed width. dividing 211 inches by that fixed length will give you how many panels you should make and multiplying those panels by how far you want the curtain to fall should give you the total number of inches you should buy. Convert that into yards and you will have to buy that amount of fabric. Keep in mind that this is an estimation so you might want an extra yard or two so you don't mess up in calculations. After I sewed my fabric together I simply hung them up on clips.

This is what it looks like

At certain angles depending on the light, you are able to see the design or straight through the curtain. I was surprised to notice this effect and was very happy with the results.

This is a picture with the curtains tied into knots

thanks for reading!

kudos,
jeff