LINED CURTAINS WITH HEADING TAPES
It is not essential to line curtains, but linings do make them more efficient, keeping out the light on bright summer days and keeping in the heat on cold winter evenings. Purpose- designed lining fabrics are available in tightly woven cotton or blended fibers, in a range of colors to suit most needs. You can use coordinating furnishing fabrics for curtain linings, plain glazed cotton with floral prints, formal satin stripes with rich velvet or combinations of printed fabric of the same weight. Always check the effect of the fabric and lining together before buying by draping a length of both fabrics together while they are still on the roll. Ensure that they hang well and that no color or pattern shows through the main fabric.
To make curtains even more effective, both in the way they insulate the window and in the way they drape, interlining can be used be- tween the curtain fabric and the lining. Thick, soft fabric (usually bump or domette) is held against the curtain fabric with tiny, loose stitches. Join fabric widths for curtain and lining, so that the lining panel is 8 cm (3 in) narrower and up to 15 cm (6 in) shorter than the main fabric, Turn under a 4cm double hem across the lower edge of lining. Lay out the fabric, right side up, and position the lining on top of it, so that the raw edge at the top of the lining is below the raw edge, at the top of the curtain. Adjust the fabric so that you can pin the side edges of the curtain and lining together. Stitch together, taking 2 cm (4 in) wide seams.
Press seam allowances towards lining.
MAKING HEADED
Turn the curtain right side of, so that the curtain fabric turn off the curtain for 2 cm (5 in) dough edge. Turn over the allowance at the curtain (the same width as the h you are using), mitering corners an excess fabric. Turn under the heading tape and position it across the curtain so that all raw edges a Topstitch in place. Double stitch 0 of the drawstring tape to hold core 3 Pleat up the tape, insert hook the curtains to check the long hem in place after the fabric has the stitch by hand or machine.
For slotted tapes pleated ‘A’ calculate the fullness required the size of each pleat and the spacing them.
Make up the curtain in the s; To add a traditional trim leading edge of the curtain, to slip stitch bullion fringe to the finish For a frill, adjust the seam allow and side hem at the leading edge of the lining to 2 cm (5in). Make up a frill and insert it between the fabric and for a bound edge, omit the allowance from the curtain down I edge, after joining the fabric to down the outer edge, press. Tack t edge of the curtain to the lining edges together with a wide coordinating fabric. All curtains hang better if weights inside the hem.
Check the effect of the fabric and lining before buying by draping a length of fabrics together while they are still on the ensure that they hang well and that no or pattern shows through the main make curtains even more effective, both way they insulate the window and in the drape, interlining can be used be- ‘he curtain fabric and the lining.
Thick, ric (usually bump or domette) is held the curtain fabric with tiny, loose. fabric widths for curtain and lining, hat the lining panel is 8 cm (3 in) r and up to 15 cm (6 in) shorter than fabric. Turn under a 4 cm (1 in)cmacross the lower edge of the lining. ‘.he fabric, right side up, and position on top of it, so that the raw edge at ,- the lining is 10cm(4 in) below the at the top of the curtain. Adjust the at you can pin the side edges of the d lining together. Stitch together, m wide scams. Press seam towards the lining.