[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Success Saturday

[Ramona]

Great curtains, Yolanda! Lots of work, but you will be so glad you did it! On Aug 30, 2020 6:11 PM, Yolanda Thompson via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> So, these are blackout curtains. I was working with blackout material
> and designer material which faces the room. We had already mounted the
> rods to the door, which sit really close to the actual door. This
> meant I could not use the Dritz Curtains gromets, and needed the
> curtain to open during the day and blackout completely at night.
>
> I took the designer material and made it 1-1/2 half times the width of
> the window. I made it 2 inches longer than the length between the two
> door rods.
> I then turned in the sides 1/4 of an inch. I cut the blackout material
> just inside that 1/4 inch raw edge on the side. I then folded the 1/4
> inch over the blackout material to give it finished sides.
>
> I then folded the top and bottom edges of both materials on inch, and
> pinned them in place.
>
> Since i could not use curtain gromets, and the double material
> bunching up on the rod would not allow full window exposure, I took
> bias tape and ran it along the raw edges of the top and bottom. Then I
> cut one inch pieces of bias tape and spaced it evenly along the top
> and bottom so that the folded loop part would be facing the top for
> the top rod and the bottom for the bottom rod. I sewed along the edge
> of the bias tape holding everything in place, and ran the two door
> rods through the bias created loops. Now it opens all the way past the
> window and closes all the way to block out light at night.
>
> On 8/30/20, Ramona via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Yolanda, how did you make them? Good project for us to know about.
> > RamonaOn Aug 29, 2020 4:23 PM, Yolanda Thompson via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> > <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I finished curtains for my back door! Been on my to do list for a while!
> >>
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> >> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Success Saturday
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> >> Lol!  A bunch of us have had had fun and a success we want to share.
> >> Whoo!
> >> Who!  Go for it girls!  Hahaha!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Smile!
> >>
> >> Tammy
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