dining room drapes
hi, i'm clara from online fabric store making grommet curtains is easier than it may look, you don't even need a sewing machine. i'llbe making a no sew version using iron on bonding tape, or you couldjust as easily sew the seams if you prefer. so let's get started the materials you'll need are: drapery fabric, i'm using covington savannah multi, a ruler, grommet tape, grommets, stitch witchery fusible bonding web, pins, scissors, a sewing gauge which isoptional,
a fabric marker or pencil, and an iron. to determine the size to cut your fabric, take the dimensions you want yourcurtain panel to be and add 4 inches to the width and 16 inches to the height to account for the hems. this curtain will be 3 feet wide and 4 feet tall when finished, so i'm cutting the fabric 40 inches wide by 64 inches high. to figure out what the total width of your curtain should be, multiply the width of the window by oneand a half or two depending on how full you want thecurtains to look.
first, i'm going to hem the two sides of the panel. fold the edge over 1 inch and press. then, fold it over another inch and iron it again. now take the fusible bonding web andslide it under the fold. with the iron on a high steam setting, hold it on the seam for about 10 seconds to melt the bonding web. lift the iron and place it on the next section, and repeat down the length of the panel. flip the panel over and slowly iron down the other side to make sure it's fully melted. repeatfor the other side of the panel. for the top hem, fold the fabric over 4 inches and iron.
then, fold it over another 4 inches and press again. slip the bonding web under the edges of the fabric and iron. repeat for the bottom hem, or you canwait to hem the bottom until after you hang the curtains to make sure the bottom of the curtain falls exactly where you want. these particular grommets attach to a grommet tape. this way the spacing between grommets is already taken care of. cut the grommet tape to the width of the panel making sure the grommets will be centered. place the tape on the back side of the top hem and pin it. trace around the insides of all the circles.
then, take the grommet tape off and cut out the circles. finally, line up the tape with the holes and attach the grommets to the front, and it's done. with this no sew project, you don't needa sewing machine to create chic grommet curtains that you can customize to your space. thanks for watching this ofs project!