How To Make Voile Curtains
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Voile is an almost transparent fabric derived from cotton and is frequently used to make sheer curtains. But, the transparent nature of fabric restricts its use to only those areas that don’t need much privacy or need not be dark. They are also used along with heavier curtains when it is desirable to have some incoming light. You’ll need a double curtain rod for the purpose. Or you may hang these from a rod mounted above the window or a tension rod that fits in the window frame itself.
You’ll need the following materials for making voile curtains.
* Curtain rod
* Measuring tape
* Voile fabric
* Matching thread
* Scissors
* Straight pins
* Iron
* Ironing board
* Sewing machine
Step 1
Fix the curtain rod over the window. Using a measuring tap, measure the width of the curtain rod. The length needs to be measured from the top of the curtain rod to a few inches below the bottom of the window frame.
Step 2
Cut two pieces of voile, each about one and a half time the width of the curtain rod, but nearly 4 inches longer than the length. In case you like to sew many pieces of voile together for getting a wide curtain, you may use French seams to enclose the raw edges
Step 3
Using a small double fold hem to the top and sides of each piece of voile. To get double fold hems, fold over each edge by 1/4 inch toward the wrong side of the fabric, and again fold it over by another 1/4 inch. Heat the iron to ‘high heat or cotton’ setting and press the folds flat and then stitch them in place.
Step 4
Fold over the top edge of each curtain towards the wrong side, keeping the folded area about 1 inch wider than the curtain rod. Ensure to have same sized folds on all the curtains. Hold the folds in place with a pin and then stitch along the hemmed edge of each fold.
Step 5
Slot in the curtain rod through the casing in the top of both curtains, and fix back the rod. Make sure that the curtains are of even length, and trim if needed.
Step 6
Remove the curtain again to hem the lower edge of each curtain using a double fold, ensuring that both the curtains continue to have the same length.
Step 7
Fix the curtains back on the rod, but make sure that the right side of each curtain faces the room, and let them hang.
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