With your curtains hanging on their rod use a stick pin to mark where you want bottom of the hem of the drape to be.
Best way to hem drapes.
For the drapes here in my studio this measurement was 10 inches.
Using the ironed edge as a guide i turned under 1 2 of the cut into the fold so that the hem would be even.
Measure twice cut once.
With your curtains hung in place measure the required drop.
Pin at the.
Fold your bottom up and press it flat.
How to hem curtains step 1.
Unpick the curtain hem and.
That should tide me over until i gather the energy to take down the curtains and officially hem them.
Mark in a couple of different spots just in case.
Pin the curtain hem.
I simply ironed right over the straight pins.
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I personally like my curtains.
Don t pull hard but pull enough to take out the.
Make sure you have enough fabric for a double folded hem.
See picture below as that really helps to visualize this 4.
If you haven t already you need to start by hanging your curtains up on the rod that you plan to.
Before you hem your curtains hang your curtain rod s to your preferred height and go ahead and.
Spread the curtain wrong side up on a flat surface.
How to hem curtains a foolproof method.
The easy way to hem a curtain step 1.
Gently pull your curtains toward the ground.
Place the iron on tape in the fold and iron.
If you re using hem tape use it between now just under the newly turned seam.
Next decide where you want the bottom of your curtains to land.
Mark the position where the curtains.
Before any sewing can be done make sure to hang the curtain rod and.
Cut off the excess bottom portion of the curtains after ironing where the hem will go.
There are many different tools and techniques that.
Once that was done i thought ya knooooow if i set up the ironing board beneath the window i could easily iron that hem nice and flat.
Because of their size it might be easier to spread your.
Hemming the bottom 1.
Take down the curtains and unpick the stitches that join the lining to the curtain going sufficiently.
Curtain hems are folded twice at the bottom so you will.