We decided to slightly upgrade your interior?Want to make your own clothes for windows?Learn how to sew their own hands pelmet.Different types of decorative elements will be able to come to any room, adding elegance and style to it.In addition, they are easy to perform and a purely functional task - to close the curtains and fixing the extra space, or mask the defects of the window opening.
Types swags
This article is a part the curtains round off and close the fastening elements and the space of the window opening to the eaves, which may have some defects and spoil the look of the room.Pelmets are hung on the windows in an additional decoration of curtains and decorations as an independent if the owners prefer the ease and do not like the heavy curtains.
Types of these products are as follows:
- simple;
- soft;
- hard;
- combined;
- curly or openwork.
Each of them has its own particular cut, manufacturing technology, as well as options suitable materials.
Simple pelmet curtain is made of fabric cut straight or curly and the bottom of the folds.Everything is going on a special tape or manually.
soft tissues made of light and consist of all kinds of decorative elements that are listed in the following section.
Hard pelmet curtain is made of fabric glued on fleece, gangs or proklamin.The lower edge can be straight, curly, decorated with lace, beads, fringe, cord.
Combination products are composed of rigid parts and a few soft elements, alternating in sequence.
Openwork pelmets are performed at the company by laser cutting of a two-layer material.At home, you perform such a product possible on the basis of self-adhesive or hotmelt gangs.This time-consuming process, but the result is worth the effort.
Elements products
swags Sewing consists of performing all the component parts and connecting them together.This window decoration can include:
- SMAD;
- perekidy;
- Coquille;
- de frill;
- tie;
- bell.
SMAD are semicircles, which are incorporated into the fold.This classic trim elements, which can be symmetric or asymmetric.Perekidy looks like SMAD to sag.The cloth fabric in this case slung over the bar cornice.In a de frill perform the side of the pelmet, which has folds and beveled edge.The long side frill often decorated with dual element Coquille.Tie is a variant of a frill, but here come the folds of one another.The bell or horn - single fold conical shape.
Each component part attached to the beauty of the product.At its manufacturing it is important to calculate the size, choose the right fabric and pattern making.If there was not admitted mistakes, sewing swags not difficult.If you are just a beginner, try to choose a simple model.Gradually gaining experience, you will be able to cope with difficult choices.
Tools and materials
Before studying information on how to sew their own hands pelmet, it is worth to get acquainted with the list of what you need.In general, you need to purchase the following:
- base fabric;
- interlining, gangs backing material;
- Curtain tapes;
- belt loops (rings) for fastening to the round the eaves;
- thread, needles, pins, scissors;
- paper and pencil (computer and printer) for the manufacture of circuits and patterns;
- sewing machine function overlozhivaniya edges (zigzag stitch);
- decorations (fringe, cord, glass beads, braid).
desired result set is defined in the view pelmet and the way of its fastening to the eaves.
Why make schema pelmet
When you are going to sew a complicated product consisting of several elements, take it a rule to make a sketch on paper.It lets you see how a product will look and make the necessary calculations.Try several templates and choose the best.Designers are always working with several options.Draw better to scale.Conveniently the value of 1:10 as 1 cm on a sheet you have 10 real, that is, three-meter ledge fit thirty centimeters.
calculation tissue
If you have decided to make room for pelmets (pictured below), you'll need the material for four (three, five) SMAD that can go on one another (not less than 1/3).Calculate the length of each item and determine how it will Overlap.This can be done by solving an equation or make the drawing to scale, as described in the previous section.
example, the length of conditional eaves 3.6 m, you want to stay with an overlap SMAD 4 1/3 neighboring.Three crossing 1/3 length give a SMAD, ie 3.6 m need not be divided by 4, and 3. The length of each SMAD is found to be 1.2 m.
To make room for these pelmets (photo shown above), make the necessary calculations on the length and number of SMAD, scale pattern, or build its own size and sew, observing technology.
Curtains, pelmets own hands:
pattern for the simplest options templates you do not need.Easy or Hard pelmet made from easy to cut tissue or by making rectangular shaped lower edge.Patterns will be necessary in the performance of the soft and combined version.
How do pelmet: master class
If you decide to make such a product for the first time, you should start with a simple rectangular choices - hard or easy pelmet with the assembly.First, consider the first method.So, we need to do the following:
- From termobando cut a rectangle with a flat or shaped bottom without allowances.
- same make of curtain fabrics, but with the allowances.See how the picture should be placed.
- Merge both layers.
- Deal edge.You can use a zigzag stitch or sew reverse side oblique Bakey.
- The face is often used as decoration braid, cords along the contour of the product.
- As a fastening element to the eaves can be used Velcro.It stitched to the top edge lambrequin from the inside.The second part of the belt must be on a ledge.
To make a simple soft pelmet without additional decorative components (SMAD, perekidy and de jabot), use the following technique:
- Perform the necessary calculations.Height of pelmet is taken with the seam allowance width corresponds to the size of the eaves by a factor of assembly.In light folds it is usually 1.5.In the case of a large value is taken from the assembly of 2.5 and above.Notice how the picture will be located on the swags.
- carve out a rectangle of cloth size.
- Deal edge.
- sew on top of the curtain tape.
- Pattern the bottom of the braid, cord, fringe.
- Make the assembly by pulling the corresponding thread curtain tape.
- Hang pelmet to the eaves.
If you want to counter, box pleat, rather than unilateral, will have to perform more complex calculations, as well as to lay hand on the assembly folds stick.If you have mastered the simple options, you can try and complex.This experience will come in handy when you get to make curtains with soft element de frill.
So, you learned how to sew their own hands pelmet.These products are so diverse and beautiful, you can transform your interior beyond recognition.A special highlight of decoration can be made in the form of a grooving pattern.How to do it, read the next section.
Manufacturing openwork pelmet
These products are fairly new, but already had time to become popular and are in great demand due to its lightness and airiness "transparent" picture.In a production environment using a pattern made in a special computer program vector (outline) of the image is cut out of a two-layer material.The process is automated.
to make such delicate pelmets home, have to work hard, but the result will justify itself.Manufacturing technology is the following:
- find themselves drawing or design.Choose the option that you can do.Consider the experience.If you're a beginner, try not to use small details.Master the simple ornament.If you succeed, go to the complex.
- Take self-adhesive or termobando, turn to him the drawing and cut.
- Stick right way to curtain fabric from the wrong side.If you have many intricate parts, it may take even the lining, which can be done using adhesive webs.
- Cut out pattern and process the edges in a zigzag manner.
- arrange the edge of cord or tape (optional).
Made masterpiece you decorate the room and will engage the views of the guests.
You learned how to sew their own hands pelmet.Select the desired type of product, make all necessary calculations, buy cloth and proceed to create beauty for your interior.
