Glad you turned up that site - it took me several tries on Google myself to find the same one. Their instructions for the Roman blind seem to have worked beautifully (save for the slidy-ness of the pull cords, but that's my fault for doing a modification).
Curtains are one of the easiest things on earth to do, precisely because they consist of nothing but straight seams.
Good advice from my mom: most people use too small of a stitch. 8 or 10 stitches per inch is about right. Go too small and it takes a lot longer to rip out seams when you change your mind.
Also, cut your pieces a few inches too big, but sew in the same place you would have - in other words if your curtain should be 30 inches across, cut it 36 inches across but sew your seams 30 inches apart as you would have (folding a good 3 inches over on each side). That way if you hang them and they don't look right, you can rip your seam out and try it in a different place without having to patch two pieces of fabric together. If you do like it, you can cut the excess fabric off then. Also, I don't hem the bottom until I've hung them up once and pinned the bottom up and checked how the length looks. Then I sew the length at what I've pinned it. This is especially good in older houses where things may not be quite square or windows aren't even - it's a custom fit!
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Date: 2005-01-05 09:42 am (UTC)I have always liked button-tabs. You could use cute kids' buttons (baby animals, clown faces, whatever goes with your fabric...)
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Date: 2005-01-06 07:09 am (UTC)Curtains are one of the easiest things on earth to do, precisely because they consist of nothing but straight seams.
Good advice from my mom: most people use too small of a stitch. 8 or 10 stitches per inch is about right. Go too small and it takes a lot longer to rip out seams when you change your mind.
Also, cut your pieces a few inches too big, but sew in the same place you would have - in other words if your curtain should be 30 inches across, cut it 36 inches across but sew your seams 30 inches apart as you would have (folding a good 3 inches over on each side). That way if you hang them and they don't look right, you can rip your seam out and try it in a different place without having to patch two pieces of fabric together. If you do like it, you can cut the excess fabric off then. Also, I don't hem the bottom until I've hung them up once and pinned the bottom up and checked how the length looks. Then I sew the length at what I've pinned it. This is especially good in older houses where things may not be quite square or windows aren't even - it's a custom fit!
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Date: 2005-01-06 08:08 am (UTC)