How to Make Curtains: Measuring and Making the Perfect Window Coverings for Every Room in Your Home. a Storey Basics(r) Title

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.

Rebecca Yaker began sewing at age five. After eight years of designing apparel for two of America's largest retailers, she started her own design business, creating one-of-a-kind baby bedding and apparel in her Minneapolis design studio. She is a hand- and machine-knitter, and she crochets, weaves, does fabric printing, and consults on design. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Moscow State Linguistics University, doing work in Russian Languages and Literature.

EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Put your sewing skills to work making custom window dressings that reflect your personal style. From calculating yardage to selecting appropriate fixtures and hardware, expert sewing instructor Rebecca Yaker guides your through the entire process. You'll learn how to choose fabric, pick the length that works for your windows, and even add linings for better shaping and increased privacy. Tab top or tie top, rod pocket or grommets, custom-made curtains bring fresh appeal to your windows.

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