How to sew tape to curtain

How to sew tape to curtain

Curtains are one of the most important elements of design of rooms. Their color, drapery, style very much influence overall view of the dwelling. Therefore it is very important to make so that curtains were beautiful, are sewed very accurately and were not beaten out from the general interior ensemble.

It is required to you

  • Curtain
  • Curtain tape
  • Threads
  • Scissors
  • Sewing machine

Instruction

1. Before sewing tape to new curtain, it is necessary to decide on style of that room where the new thing is planned. If it is the children's room, then it is the best of all to make curtain of light fabric, single-layer, and it has to be from such material that it could be erased often. If it is the room office, then there it is better to hang up classical direct curtains with small drapery. If it is necessary to improve the bedroom, then multilayered curtains with lambrequins, tucks and big folds are usually used here.

2. The choice of curtain tape also depends on the choice of type of curtains. Buying tape, surely consider on how many width of curtain cloth will decrease after the tape drags on in folds and puffs. The more magnificently puffs are planned, the more widely it will be necessary to buy fabric for curtain.

3. After fabric and tape is chosen, it is necessary to prepare them for tailoring of curtains. Curtain fabric and tape needs to be washed that there was no shrinkage of ready curtain. After that fabric and tape need to be steamed and to start tailoring of product.

4. The tape for curtains is sewed under the upper edge of curtain which is tucked. It is necessary to remember that the curtain tape shirny up to 4-5 cm is sewn by two lines. The tape up to 10 cm wide is sewn by three lines. If the tape is wider, than 10 cm - that four.

5. After that fabric is pulled together by means of threads in curtain tape. It is necessary to connect threads on the ends of tape and to leave stock of threads that when washing it was possible to untie and weaken curtain. Therefore it is impossible to cut off the remained cords.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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