We tell you how to cope with the task with the help of a sewing machine, a special adhesive tape or a simple needle with a thread.
What needs to be done before fading the curtains
These steps will allow to determine the length of the curtains as accurately as possible.
Let the curtains drop
Pass the curtains with an iron and hang on the cornice where their permanent place will be. True, take into account the quality of the fabrics: velor, velvet and plush is better not to stroke at all, but to use the minimum temperature for silk.
Let the curtains hang for two or three days. During this time, the fabric will straighten even more under its own weight, which means that it will be possible to more accurately determine the length of the canvas.
Decide on the length
Curtains can be slightly higher or slightly below the windowsill, do not reach the floor a couple of centimeters, touch it or completely lie on it. And maybe your interior implies a completely different length. Which one to choose is a matter of taste.
Please note that the length of the curtains should be determined only when the cornice and fasteners are already installed on which they will hang. The lower part of the hooks or rings will be the starting point of measurement. Move down from it and count the desired length with a roulette. If the roulette is short, you can first measure the distances from fastening to the windowsill, then from the windowsill to the floor, and then fold two values.
The resulting number will be the length of the canvas to the floor. If you want the curtains to be higher or lower, take or add to this indicator the right number of centimeters. It may be difficult for you to decide or you are afraid to make a mistake – then take away from a length of 1.5 cm: such curtains will look good in any interior.
How to bend the bottom of the curtain correctly
Fold the curtain in half so that the front side is upstairs, place it on the floor and defeat all the folds with your hands. At the top and along the edges, fix the fabric with clamps or pins.
On the one hand, measure the desired length, moving from top to bottom, make a mark on the fabric with small or a piece of soap. Retreat another 15 cm from it, which will come in handy for the bending of the edge, and make another mark. The bend for bending can be less if the curtains are not very long – for example, 10 cm. Or equal the distance from the first mark to the edge of the fabric.
Make the same marks on the other side. And then connect them with straight lines using a ruler. If necessary, take sharp scissors and cut the excess fabric along the lower line.
Cut the excess fabric along the lower marking line. Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Spend another auxiliary line in the middle of the allowance. Make the same marking on the other side of the curtain.
Draw an auxiliary line in the middle of the allowance. Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Bend the curtain along the lines on the wrong side. You should get a double gateway. Run the bends.
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
How to pick up curtains on a sewing machine
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Curtains, filed in this way, will look neatly. The usual sewing machine is suitable without many special functions. It will be possible to make a simple seam, even if you did not graduate from cutting and sewing courses.
Retreat from the edge of the slide 1.5–2 cm and sew the curtain on the sewing machine with a straight seam. At the beginning and at the end of the line, make consumptions.
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Also go to the bed at the edges. Make a line on the front side, retreating from the edge of 1.5–2 cm or the distance at which a factory line was made on the side.
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Do not forget to cut the remaining threads.
How to pick up curtains with a glue tape
Frame: Elena Matveeva / YouTube
For this method you will need a special glue tape, which is also called a spider. You can find one in sewing stores. It will help to shorten the curtains if you do not have sewing experience or you simply do not want to spend a lot of time and effort.
Put the tape from the wrong side of the curtain above the line, which marks the desired length. Moving it with an iron, and then remove the paper base.
Frame: Elena Matveeva / YouTube
Make a double basement so that it closes the adhesive tape.
Frame: Elena Matveeva / YouTube
Carefully rewrite the gap with an iron so that the glue melts and reliably fix the fabric. Turn the curtain and walk on the gate from the front side. After these simple manipulations, you can hang the curtain on the window.
How to pick up curtains manually
Shot: Mom and how / youtube
For this method, you will need a thin needle, threads suitable in color to the curtains, and a lot of patience, because the process will take more time than sewing on a typewriter or tissue fastening on an adhesive tape.
Just as in the previous versions, a double basement is made at the bottom of the curtains to achieve the desired length of the product. For the convenience of further work, do not forget to iron it with an iron.
Shot: Mom and how / youtube
The curtain needs to be stitched on the wrong side, in a place where the upper part of the slide is scored with the main canvas. Make the seam with oblique stitches, first capturing the fabric of the main canvas with a needle, and then the fabric of the gateway, as shown in the video.
Thus sew the substitute to the main canvas along the entire length. If you try to pry the needle for quite a bit of the main canvas, the seam on the front side will turn out to be almost imperceptible.
What needs to be done before fading the curtains
These steps will allow to determine the length of the curtains as accurately as possible.
Let the curtains drop
Pass the curtains with an iron and hang on the cornice where their permanent place will be. True, take into account the quality of the fabrics: velor, velvet and plush is better not to stroke at all, but to use the minimum temperature for silk.
Let the curtains hang for two or three days. During this time, the fabric will straighten even more under its own weight, which means that it will be possible to more accurately determine the length of the canvas.
Decide on the length
Curtains can be slightly higher or slightly below the windowsill, do not reach the floor a couple of centimeters, touch it or completely lie on it. And maybe your interior implies a completely different length. Which one to choose is a matter of taste.
Please note that the length of the curtains should be determined only when the cornice and fasteners are already installed on which they will hang. The lower part of the hooks or rings will be the starting point of measurement. Move down from it and count the desired length with a roulette. If the roulette is short, you can first measure the distances from fastening to the windowsill, then from the windowsill to the floor, and then fold two values.
The resulting number will be the length of the canvas to the floor. If you want the curtains to be higher or lower, take or add to this indicator the right number of centimeters. It may be difficult for you to decide or you are afraid to make a mistake – then take away from a length of 1.5 cm: such curtains will look good in any interior.
How to bend the bottom of the curtain correctly
Fold the curtain in half so that the front side is upstairs, place it on the floor and defeat all the folds with your hands. At the top and along the edges, fix the fabric with clamps or pins.
On the one hand, measure the desired length, moving from top to bottom, make a mark on the fabric with small or a piece of soap. Retreat another 15 cm from it, which will come in handy for the bending of the edge, and make another mark. The bend for bending can be less if the curtains are not very long – for example, 10 cm. Or equal the distance from the first mark to the edge of the fabric.
Make the same marks on the other side. And then connect them with straight lines using a ruler. If necessary, take sharp scissors and cut the excess fabric along the lower line.
Cut the excess fabric along the lower marking line. Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Spend another auxiliary line in the middle of the allowance. Make the same marking on the other side of the curtain.
Draw an auxiliary line in the middle of the allowance. Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Bend the curtain along the lines on the wrong side. You should get a double gateway. Run the bends.
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
How to pick up curtains on a sewing machine
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Curtains, filed in this way, will look neatly. The usual sewing machine is suitable without many special functions. It will be possible to make a simple seam, even if you did not graduate from cutting and sewing courses.
Retreat from the edge of the slide 1.5–2 cm and sew the curtain on the sewing machine with a straight seam. At the beginning and at the end of the line, make consumptions.
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Also go to the bed at the edges. Make a line on the front side, retreating from the edge of 1.5–2 cm or the distance at which a factory line was made on the side.
Shot: Swede master class / YouTube
Do not forget to cut the remaining threads.
How to pick up curtains with a glue tape
Frame: Elena Matveeva / YouTube
For this method you will need a special glue tape, which is also called a spider. You can find one in sewing stores. It will help to shorten the curtains if you do not have sewing experience or you simply do not want to spend a lot of time and effort.
Put the tape from the wrong side of the curtain above the line, which marks the desired length. Moving it with an iron, and then remove the paper base.
Frame: Elena Matveeva / YouTube
Make a double basement so that it closes the adhesive tape.
Frame: Elena Matveeva / YouTube
Carefully rewrite the gap with an iron so that the glue melts and reliably fix the fabric. Turn the curtain and walk on the gate from the front side. After these simple manipulations, you can hang the curtain on the window.
How to pick up curtains manually
Shot: Mom and how / youtube
For this method, you will need a thin needle, threads suitable in color to the curtains, and a lot of patience, because the process will take more time than sewing on a typewriter or tissue fastening on an adhesive tape.
Just as in the previous versions, a double basement is made at the bottom of the curtains to achieve the desired length of the product. For the convenience of further work, do not forget to iron it with an iron.
Shot: Mom and how / youtube
The curtain needs to be stitched on the wrong side, in a place where the upper part of the slide is scored with the main canvas. Make the seam with oblique stitches, first capturing the fabric of the main canvas with a needle, and then the fabric of the gateway, as shown in the video.
Thus sew the substitute to the main canvas along the entire length. If you try to pry the needle for quite a bit of the main canvas, the seam on the front side will turn out to be almost imperceptible.