How to make curtains
Subtitle: measuring and making the perfect window coverings for every room in your home
By: Rebecca Yaker
Series: Storey basics; Storey basics
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: North Adams, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9781612125398; 9781612125404
Subjects: Draperies
Description: Rebecca Yaker, co-author of the best-selling One-Yard Wonders, offers this complete introduction to making your own curtains, covering everything from measuring to calculating yardage, choosing the best fabrics, sewing your curtains, adding linings, and selecting the right fixtures and hardware for hanging. She includes step-by-step instructions for making five different curtain styles: pleats, eyelets, tab tops, tie tops, and rod pockets.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Window dressings; title: From the top down; title: Fabrics, lengths, and linings; title: Measuring up; title: Calculating yardage; title: A few basic techniques; title: Sewing your curtains.