Lovely Lined Curtains: Materials

To make two 40-inch x 68.5-inch curtains: 

• 4-1/2 yards Global Weave Embroidered Yellow Branches
• 5 1/2 yards of  Kona Cotton in White cut into two pieces: a 1-yard cut for the tabs and a 4 1/2-yard cut for the curtain lining. 
• 1 large spool Gutermann 100% cotton thread color 1006
• A pair of tweezers

Cut both of the 4-1/2 yard pieces of  fabric in half so you have two 2-1/4 yard pieces of both the Kona Cotton (lining) and the Global Weave (outer curtain). Wash and dry the fabric. I highly recommend getting each piece pressed and lightly starched at a dry cleaner. It's very hard to iron such a large piece evenly, and the name of the game here is even. (As an added bonus, after I got my fabric pressed and starched it had a delicious cinnamon toast smell.)

Comments

[Lisa]

THANKS SO MUCH. I have been looking all morning for this site! I lost it somehow and I've been wanting to find this fabric and your how to! I finally typed into Google: Curtain Tutorial Tweezers Pull Thread and you were right there on top, first!

[Mark Allen]

Hi,

Is it possible that you mean 5 and 1/2 yards of the Kona Cotton? I've read through this four or five times and suddenly during the tabs part, one would have an extra yard of the lining.

Thanks - Mark

[purl bee]

Hi Mark-
Thanks so much for catching this.Yes, you do need 5 1/2 yards total of the Kona Cotton. It's been corrected.
Thanks again!

- Molly