My mom is an expert in curtain making. She doesn’t do it professionally although I have urged her to do so on several occasions. She needs no pattern and often comes up with designs on her own. So, we have always had custom designed and made curtains. From when I moved out into my first apartment to now all I need do is pick out a fabric or two and explain what I was looking to achieve and she was able to whip it right up for me. The same has extended to my sister’s of course. And I have to tell you, there is nothing that succeeds in making a home look more polished than beautifully hung curtains.
My sister Lindsey recently got married and they just bought their first home! Such an exciting time! New beginnings and a fresh start in designing and decorating. So, she, as I and my sister Vicki have done picked out some fabrics and styles. Today I am going to walk you through some simple cotton tab-top curtains my mother designed and made for Lindsey’s eat in kitchen.
First the fabrics:
This is how you make the tabs… picture by picture. The first step is to get a length of fabric about 4″ wide by 6″ long and iron it down, then sew, then turn it inside out, iron again, pin it on the top of your panel and sew on.
Once all your tabs are in position, the next step is to make it so they pop out the top without seeing the rough edges. In order to do this you create a back panel for the top with a 4-6″ piece of fabric. As always start off with iron it, then pinning it to the top of the panel and sewing. Once that is set, you put in a simple top stitch to keep everything in place and falling nicely.
Now to finish the last part of the panel, the bottom. My mother always makes sure to give the curtains a custom look by adding in an invisible seem where you don’t see actual stitching.