If to hang up the Roman curtains, then on window opening there will be not just laconic functional design, but decoration of interior. They are appropriate in any room - to you to pick up suitable coloring and the invoice of portyerny cloth enough. The curtain opens by means of cords - fabric develops in accurate "accordion". In the closed look the Roman curtain lies ideally equal cloth so on its tailoring not enough material is required.
- Portyerny fabric
- Bar on window width
- Screws with rings
- Small nails or furniture stapler
- Hammer
- Centimeter
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Sewing machine, needle and threads
- Rods levels by quantity of folds
- Cord
- Rings
- Velcro on window width
- Stopper holder
- Hook for fixing of cords on wall
1. It is important to pick up suitable fabric correctly to make the Roman curtains. It is recommended to use dense, but not too heavy cloth – then folds to turn out accurate and will not look too roughly. For example, the flax cut well will be suitable for this purpose.
2. You will find the Roman curtain according to the window sizes. If wooden bar for fastening of curtain is established directly in window opening, then you will need to measure portiere length to windowsill. When fixing bar on wall or on ceiling beautifully the long curtain to floor will look. That the design normally functioned, do not do curtain is wider than one and a half meters. Two Roman curtains will be necessary for you for large window.
3. Make allowances for side seams of 2-3 cm. Calculate the lower and top podgibka taking into account that below you will have to pass level plumb from tree or metal, and above – to sew velcro. Besides, leave 1 cm of stock of length on possible shrinkage of curtain after washing.
4. Stitch all seams and bends. Below make two lines so that between them there has passed the weighting compound. From above sew manually one part of velcro; you attach another on bar small nails or the furniture stapler.
5. Plan on reverse of cloth of the place of formation of folds of "accordion". For standard window at you four drawstrings with distance between each 30-35 cm have to turn out. In the center of drawstring create cross folds, having put fabric and having stitched it at centimeter distance from edge. Here you will insert thin levels. Carefully iron all folds and seams.
6. Sew on lines of bend of future "accordion" as equals intervals small rings which can be bought in department of accessories. At you accurate horizontal ranks from 5-6 rings have to turn out.
7. Now it is necessary to hang up the Roman curtain and to design its lifting gear. For this purpose: • On velcro bottom on bar twist as equals intervals screws with ringlets instead of hat (they are sold in shops of construction goods). • Attach curtain with all passed weighting compounds.· through rings top miss cords, having fixed them on the lower ring. Length of cord is the width of curtain and two more of its length.· carry out cords through rings on wooden bar.· bring together them and in common drag through the special holder stopper, having arranged it on the very brink of bar.· level the ends and knot them together.
8. Adapt on wall (at the level of the middle of window opening) special hook for fixing of pickups for curtains. Having put "accordion", reel up cords on it.