How to sew curtain tape and form beautiful folds on curtains

To get a beautiful drapery on the curtains, you need to know the basic techniques of how to sew a curtain tape. Curtain tape - this is a braid for fastening hooks, hanging on the cornices. It has not only practical value and keeps curtains, but also helps beautifully drape curtains and lambrequins. It looks like a textile tape with laces and hook loops drawn into it. Curtain tape is sewn to the upper edge of the curtains and thanks to the laces allows you to create different types of assemblies and folds.

Types of curtain tape

Depending on the type of folds, they are divided into uniform and shaped. Uniform, as the name suggests, allows you to create regular assemblies that are equally distributed across the width. Shaped curtain tapes help to make whole compositions from folds - pencil creases, trellis, triple, buffalo, bow, etc. The curtain tape is made of polyester so that after washing there is no shrinkage that could deform the fabric. For transparent curtains, it is better to use a transparent tape. Variants of fastening of a tape too happen various. Sometimes it is not necessary to sew it. If a thin light fabric is chosen for the curtain, the curtain tape can be fastened with Velcro. There is also a hot-melt curtain tape, it also does not need to be sewn, just iron the hot iron, attaching the curtains to the top edge. But most often the braid is sewn to the fabric, this is a more reliable method of attachment. It is also necessary to take into account the type of matter used. For thin and light fabrics choose a narrow braid - from 2 to 5 centimeters, for a heavy fabric, use a wide - up to 10 centimeters.

Getting Started

In order to understand how to sew a curtain tape   To get the type of assemblies or folds you need, you need to determine the assembly factor. It depends on the consumption of cloth for one meter of the finished product. If conventional assemblies are assumed, the coefficient is 1: 1.5. Wafer, buffoon folds will require a ratio of 1: 2. Triple folds - 1: 3. Choosing the right option, which determines how to sew curtain tape and which, calculate the amount of fabric and the length of your braid. Then prepare the cloth curtains - top the edge of zigzag treatment or with the help of overlock, tuck on the wrong side and iron. Thin fabric can be twisted and stitched. The curtain tape should be subjected to wet-heat treatment before sewing. Attach it face up, back from the fold of the fabric about 5 mm. Kick with pins for better fixation. The ends of the cords need to be slightly pulled out and tied. Cut off the edge of the curtain tape and sweep it inside. Stitch the top and bottom of the braid, trying not to sew the cords.

If the tape is wide, lay an additional line in the middle parallel to the upper edge of the curtains. For a very wide ribbon (more than 10 cm) it is better to make four lines, otherwise the fabric will get an ugly fit. Now you can tighten the cords, and tie the ends and hide from the side. This is necessary in order to remove the finished product for washing, you could straighten the assembly. Now, having familiarized yourself with a simple example of how to sew a curtain tape, do not be afraid to take on more complex variations with shaped folds. This will give a unique color to the interior of your room.