How to choose the width of the curtain ribbon for the porter from the taffeta: preparation, seeding, tightening

For window design, tulle and curtains are traditionally used. Their design each chooses based on the general design of the room and its own taste, trying to make their accommodation even more beautiful and more comfortable. In most cases, for greater decorativeness, the fabric is draped and stacked in all sorts of folds and buffers.

Threads for tightening the tape should be pulled out of the seam.

The best assistant for a neat care of curtains and tulle will be a curtain tape. The advantages of its use are obvious:

• The process of sewing Gardin and Curtain will become much easier;
• It will provide beautiful and uniform draper;
• Curtain tape will make the window design more attractive;
• will save from the need to make special loops to secure curtains on the cornice;
• It will help to easily adjust the length of the curtains.

Preparation of materials and tools

The tape for curtains is designed to form the upper edge, so the end result of the assembly of the curtain largely depends on how correct it is chosen.

For Tulle or Organza, it is recommended to use more inconspicuous transparent ribbons, a conventional curtain tape can be seen on a dense tissue of Gardin.

The next moment is determining the desired length of the braid.

Beautiful folds can only be obtained if correctly

Collect a curtain ribbon. In order not to make a mistake with a length, buying a tape, you need to take into account the size of the eaves and the assembly coefficient of the braid.

The finished speed must be rejected and tighten the ribbon on the planned width.

The most popular buyers are ribbons with pencil and bantle folds, bulbs and French folds. Their assembly coefficient is 1: 2-2.5. This means that 1 m cornice will require 2-2.5 m tissues. With a cornice length, for example, 2 m, you will need 4 or 5 m and tissue. At the same time you need to add a few more centimeters for the design of the bending along the edges. For light tulle and curtains, it is recommended to choose a larger coefficient of gym, and for heavy porter is smaller.

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It is also necessary to take into account the width of the braid. Wide ribbons, 6-10 cm high, ensure the formation of clear folds, but they are very optional to use for simple curtains in the country. In this case, you can do a narrow taper of 2.5 cm. When buying a curtain ribbon, you need to pay attention to its appearance. The looseness and the waviness of the material indicate a low quality.

To perform work, you need to prepare:

• selected for curtain fabric;
• curtain tape;
• sewing machine;
• contrast threads;
• threads in tone tissue;
• needle;
• scissors;
• iron.

Sewing curtain braid

Before selecting a curtain tape, it is necessary to gently enhance the fabric, cutting an excess, for example, if the material is greater than the ceiling height. It is also necessary to handle the side sections of the cloth. If a cotton dense curtain ribbon is used in the work, then before starting work it is better to wash and fly around to exclude a possible shrinkage. Prepare everything you need, sew the braid, observing such a sequence of work:

To create beautiful folds, the tape for the curtains should not be denied in different directions, it should be durable.

1. Over the upper cut, the tissue is fogging to the width, approximately equal to the width of the used curtain ribbon. Squeezing the bending is not very hot iron.
2. The ends of the tapes are inside and have it at a distance of a few millimeters from the edge of the root bent. It must completely close the wateted edge of the fabric so that it does not bloom during operation. In addition, it is necessary that the sides of the tape remains a distance equal to the double width of the side sections of the panels (2-3 cm).
3. The position of the braid is fixed by tailor pins or with a contrasting thread mark.
4. Before you admonish your braid, you need to adjust the sewing machine and make sure that it does not tighten the fabric. After that, seams are performed on the top edge of the tape.
5. The lower line must be laid in the same direction as the top. This will help avoid wrinkling the fabric. If a narrow curtain tape is used, the two lines will be enough, for a width of up to 10 cm wide, it is necessary to build at least 3 sutures, and for even wider - at least 4. As a rule, the number of lines should be equal to the number of cords.
6. Perform side bending on the sides and stick to it into the edge.
7. Ironing ready-made speed.

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Cutting tape staging

High-quality ribbons providing reliable focusing should have at least three cords. Their tightening is convenient to perform with the helper, well, if it is not, the edge of the curtains must be fixed to ensure the tension of the canvas. In order to properly assemble the curtain ribbon, it is necessary:

1. Tie tightening cords from one edge of the curtains.
2. Stretch your braid and start to gather the tape from the edge of the curtains to the middle, holding the cords of the free edge in the hand.
3. As the folds are tightened and the formation of the folds, the long ends of the cords are comfortable to wind up a small cardboard.
4. Perform the assembly of the curtains, gradually moving the fold to the fixed edge of the tape.
5. With the help of the roulette check the length of the curtains. If necessary, it is customized to the required dimensions and fix the length of the cords from the free edge, tying a node.
6. Perform a uniform distribution of the assembly along the entire length of the curtain.
7. Long cords that resulting as a result of the assembly cannot be cut. When the time is to erase and iron curtains, folds are dismissed for convenience.
8. From the remnants of the curtain braid, you can make a small bag, which is easy to hide the ropes, and sew it on the edge of the braid.

If the braid does not have special hinge for fastening to the eaves, then before assembled a tape, you need to sew special plastic rings. Now it remains only to fix tulle or curtains on the cornice and enjoy the results of your work.