Rebecca Yaker

How to Make Curtains (eBook, ePUB)

Measuring and Making the Perfect Window Coverings for Every Room in Your Home. A Storey BASICS® Title

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rebecca Yaker, co-author of the best-selling One-Yard Wonders, offers this complete introduction to making your own curtains, covering everything from measuring to calculating yardage,choosing the best fabrics, sewing your curtains, adding linings, and selecting the right fixtures and hardware for hanging.She includes step-by-step instructions for making five different curtain styles: pleats, eyelets, tab tops, tie tops, and rod pockets.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612125404
• Artikelnr.: 43177758

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Yaker began sewing at age five. After eight years of designing apparel for two of America's largest retailers, Rebecca started her own design business, creating one-of-a-kind baby and adult apparel and accessory items in her Minneapolis design studio. She knits by hand and machine, sews, crochets, weaves, dabbles in reupholstery, consults on design, and most recently is passionately learning to become a cordwainer (a leather shoe maker). She is the co-author of One-Yard Wonders, Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders, and Little One-Yard Wonders. Learn more about her at www.rebeccayaker.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Window Dressings Anatomy of a Window
Window Coverings Defined Chapter Two: From the Top Down Fixtures and Hardware
Heading Styles Chapter Three: Fabrics, Lengths, and Linings Choosing Your Fabric
Classic Curtain Lengths
Types of Lining Chapter Four:  Measuring Up Taking Accurate Window Measurements
Structural Elements of Curtains Chapter Five: Calculating Yardage Curtain Fullness
Curtain Width
Curtain Length
Matching Pattern Repeats Chapter Six:  A Few Basic Techniques Finishing Edges
Seam Variations
Using Curtain Weights
Adding Lining Chapter Seven
Sewing Your Curtains Unlined Rod Pocket Curtains
Lined Rod Pocket Curtains
Tab Top and Tie Top Curtains
Hidden Tab Curtains
Grommet Top Curtains
Instant No
Sew Curtains
Fabric Tiebacks Metric Conversion Charts Index