Monday, 26 May 2014

The Nest - Velux Window and Tab Top Curtains

In my new apartment, we have a mixture of Velux and normal windows. For ease of use and visual interest, we have decided to go for blinds at three windows, tab top curtains for the easy to reach windows and also curtains on the Velux windows. These will be completed by fixing a metal cafe rod to the top and bottom of each of the windows, and sliding curtains curtains onto the poles so that they slide open and closed, with ties on the back to keep them open. 
I roped my expert curtain maker (my mum!) in to help with this project (she's amazing at turning my every fabric whim into reality) 
The below photos show the process of making the curtains for the velux windows, whist the photo on the bottom shows hand sewing the cream pompoms onto the bottom of the tab top curtains. These pompoms will also feature on the blackout blinds that we plan to use in the kitchen, landing and study.


Making the ties for the back of the Velux window curtains


Attaching the ties to the back of the Velux curtains


Measuring and pinning the curtains


Pinning the pockets for the cafe rods to slide through


Hand sewing the pompon trim to the bottom of the tab top curtains

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