Silk Lined Tulip Pleat Interlined Velvets Curtains Making
Channel: Windmill Curtain Room
Date: 2021-04-05

With an introduction from me briefly explaining the make up method I use you'll see the process of making these lined and #interlinedcurtains with #tulippleats from the most sumptuous printed #velvet called Nymphius from https://www.gpjbaker.com/. The heading is hand made, lined in a beautiful deep olive green #silk and #handsewn using #buckram. Tulip pleats are also known as #cutaway pleats and are named so because the organic shape the pleats take on that resemble the shape of an open tulip.

Making these curtains was a lengthy process so I filmed the making of just one of the pair and much of the video is in timelapse in my #Lancashire workroom
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At some point I will be creating a much more detailed step by step tutorial on how to make both closed hem curtains and also tulip pleats for my trade members only over on http://www.patreon.com/TheWindmillWorkroom so if you are in the trade please head over there if you'd like to see more videos.

🕑 TIMESTAMPS 🕑

00:05 - Introduction by Justine
01:18 - Trimming and ironing seams open
04:32 - Machine joining interlining widths 
07:30 - Laying the interlining onto the face fabric 
08:05 - Turning, trimming and pin marking face fabric hem 
10:40 - Lining up interlining bottom edge to hem pin line
11:03 - Smoothing and tensioning interlining
11:38 - Levelling off and trimming bottom edge of interlining
12:20 - Turning back and locking in interlining to face fabric
14:12 - Folding side hem and trimming off excess interlining
15:14 - Turning up face fabric bottom hem and mitreing corner
15:47 - Hand sewing mitre and adding lead penny weight
17:14 - Adding lead penny weight to bottom hem at seam
17:42 - Herringbone stitching the bottom and side hems to interlining
19:16 - Pulling the curtain over to complete interlining locking in
19:36 - Laying the lining on to the interlining and face fabric
19:54 - Locking in lining to interlining at seams and half widths
20:28 - Trimming, turning and pinning lining side hem
20:39 - Turning and pinning lining bottom hem
21:52 - Slip stitching lining to face fabric at side hem
22:39 - Slip stitching lining to face fabric at bottom hem
23:46 - Measuring and pin marking the finished drop
23:58 - Adding in the buckram to the pins at the heading
24:03 - Adding extra lining layer to buckram heading
24:11 - Trimming excess lining from buckram
24:16 - Marking pleat spacings with pins
24:23 - Marking tulip shape to each pleat
24:57 - Cutting shapes into buckram
25:05 - Trimming and snipping excess face fabric around shaped buckram
25:11 - Turning and pressing face fabric edge under buckram
25:36 - Stay stitching buckram to face fabric 
26:08 - Adding contrast silk lining to back of buckram
26:18 - Trimming excess, snipping, turning and pinning silk lining
26:50 - Hand sewing lining to face fabric at top of buckram
28:05 - Turning, pinning and hand sewing lining to silk
28:34 - Machine sewing pleats into buckram heading
29:14 - Pressing out the pleats and creasing the triple pleats 
29:25 - Hand sewing the pleats at the bottom
30:19 - Pushing out the pleats to form tulips
30:24 - Making up silk wrapped plugs for the pleats  
31:40 - Inserting plugs into pleats to form shapes
31:44 - Detailed images of finished tulip pleat heading
32:20 - Images of finiahed curtains hanging in situ on Nigel Tyas iron curtain pole

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