How to Put Curtains all Together

How to Put Curtains all Together

How to join the curtain widths

The first step in putting it all together is joining the full widths of fabric to the half widths of fabric.

You will join the widths of fabric using “wonder web” a fusible iron on tape that glues fabrics together.

 Lay the fabrics patterned sides facing together. Then line up the side seams so they lay together  and insert a strip of wonder web between the side seams.

Then press on with a hot steam iron this will glue the fabrics together. I put my ironing board next to the table. Then lay the fabric over the table and ironing board.  This join should be reasonably solid, but it will not put up with a lot of tugging.

So exercise some care when making and using your new curtains. Then fold over the two side seams you have glued together. Then glue down again with another strip of wonder web to double secure the seam.

How to create the curtain side seams

The next step is to turn over the sides of your fabric First turn over one inch and press down then turn over one inch again. Then slip a strip of wonder web under the new turnover and press down again with a hot steam iron. Repeat this for the other 3 sides.

How to create the curtain bottom hem

To create the bottom hem is nice and easy. Fold over the fabric one inch and press down. Then turn over a further 3 inches and press down. Finally place a strip of wonder web under the top edge of the turnover and press down using a hot steam iron.

Finally, how to make the top of your curtain

You need to turn over the fabric at the top of your curtain by 2 inches and press down. Then turn over again by 5 inches and press down.

Next step is to wrap your 5 inch wide fusible buckram into the fabric. This is going to form your curtain header. The buckram tape is stiffener that will give us a good shape to the top of our curtain. It is what will make the wave effect that we want.

Then you need to press down the header with the buckram wrapped in with your steam iron. I recommend you press down both sides. Were getting close to finishing now the final step is to insert a strip of your wonder web under the bottom edge of your new header. This will hold down the header where it is folded over.

The photo below is the finished curtain header ready to have the hooks put in. We need special curtain hooks for this job.