Sew Your Own Lace Curtains

On my way home from work today, I made an impromptu stop at the fabric store less than a block away from my house. All of a sudden, I knew I'd had enough of my exposed windows. Then and there, I decided to buy netting to make inner curtains for the large windows in my lounge/studio. I bought 18 metres of fabric and managed to hang the curtains that same evening still. In today's blog I show you how easy it is to sew your own lace curtains.

The first step is to measure the window, which I had done before I bought the fabric for the curtains already. Then you need to cut the fabric into lengths that would fit your window. Add 10-15 cm to the length for hems and tubes.

I did not want my curtains to open up in the middle and therefore I sewed all nine lengths to each other with side seams. I also seamed the two side edges of the curtains.

Pin the tube into a rolled hem at the top of the curtain.

Sew the whole width of the curtain.

Sew a hem at the bottom of the curtain.

Screw a hook into the curtain wire.

Push the curtain wire through the tube.

All that remains to do, is to hook the curtains into place!

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