How to strip curtains

How to strip curtains

When we are looking for ways to decorate residential space, the simplest method is adding up to the windows. It is she who visually will expand our space, be something windows or doors. Secondly, the curtains allow you to make a special comfort in the room, without doing anything permanent or extensive. It can be geometric patterned curtains or curtains with conventional one-photon color. No need to repaint walls or add the decor to the interior - just replace the curtains on the windows. But what to do if the selected curtains were somewhat longer than your walls require? You can go to the workshop and specialists will give them the desired size, but it requires additional costs. You can save money and easily solve the problem yourself.
We will tell how professionally, to last the curtains just a few steps.

1
Required equipment: Curtains, sewing machine, thread, scissors, ruler and sewing needles.

2
Select the size of the canvas. Hang one panel of your curtains on the cornice. Make a small icon at the point of the desired end of the curtain. Then remove the cloth.

3
Marking curtains. Place your cloth on a flat working surface. Find the label you did. Just below the desired measure (approximately 4-5 cm) make a second sign.

4
Marking across the width. Now make the label, according to a certain length, across the entire width of your curtain.

5
Cut up too much. Take the scissors and cut the scope of labeling. Save the excess fabric you cut off!

6
We decorate the bottom. Take a cut curtain, and turn down at the bottom of about 6 cm towards the rear. For some types of curtains, it is better to take iron needles that should be consolidated with a fold.

7
We fix the crease. Now fold the lower part of the curtain once again to the first line markings so that the marking is on the bottom of the folds. You can make up for this fold as iron, to lock it in the right place while you are working.

8
We sew edges. Apply sewing pins on top of folds to hold the hem in place. Then place the scope in the sewing machine and the straight line across the canvas connect the top of the hem.

9
The canvas is ready. Repeat the procedure with the second porter.


This method can be used on any type of tissue, for any type of curtains. Even if you are a beginner seamstress, you can easily handle such a problem. The remains of the tissue of the curtain can be used to sew the pillow or other funny accessories for your home.

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