Despite the fact that blinds and Roman blinds are gaining popularity, fabric kitchen curtains are still being pushed into the background. Since interior designers are hinting that this season the fashion will go not to hi-tech and metallic, but to lightness and airiness in the design of the room, this is the best time to ask yourself the question: how to sew curtains. Let's try to figure this out together.
The place of the fabric curtain in the kitchen of the XXI century
Today, a fabric curtain is the best addition to the newfangled design pieces, bringing coziness, warmth and a homely atmosphere to the kitchen interior.
Even the most simple and unpretentious, light and transparent curtain, picked up in the salon or sewn with your own hands, can become an original decoration and even accentuate the design. If you do not know how to sew curtains, entrust this task to a professional decorator, but what could be better than turning an interesting idea from your head into reality?
To sew curtains, you do not need special skills, just basic knowledge and possession of a sewing machine, albeit at the level of a novice craftswoman, is enough. Armed with simple materials and basic cutting skillsand sewing, you can create an interesting window accessory.
How to choose curtains for the interior?
Before you start sewing curtains, you need to understand several aspects. What should be the curtains for the kitchen:
- they should wash off easily;
- be moderately dense: it is good to let in sunlight, but at the same time protect the interior of the kitchen from direct sunlight;
- create the effect of a pleasant feeling of freshness.
Fancy curtains and weighted curtains will not only look out of place in the kitchen, but will also be too impractical. Luxury and sophistication for the bedroom or living room, kitchen - simplicity and lightness.
Material selection
Before you sew the curtains, you need to choose the material, threads and other accessories in order to end up with a functional decoration for the kitchen window.
When choosing a fabric, try to focus on the overall style of the kitchen interior, but at the same time take into account your creativity and design intent. Do not forget that the kitchen is a room where processes are constantly taking place, which means that different smells live (despite the presence of a hood), moisture is present, and the air temperature is unstable.
Therefore, the fabric should be one that does not absorb excess odor and dust, does not get dirty quickly from grease or soot, is well washed and can be ironed. “What, “dress” the kitchen in synthetics?” - you ask. Not required at all.
Naturality has not been canceled
Traditional natural materials such as cotton, hemp, linen, jute can also be specially treated to be flame retardant, dirt and dust repellent.
So, a light natural curtain with a well-chosen kitchen motif will become a real decoration of even the most unremarkable kitchen.
Mixed fabrics
If we talk about modern mixed fabrics for sewing curtains with the addition of synthetic fibers, like cotton with polyester, then this option will be more practical and durable. Such curtains do not require special care, and they will have to be washed less often.
Choice of fabric texture and color
A wide selection of fabrics, colors, textures, patterns and prints is pleasing to the eye and makes it easy to make a choice. You will certainly be able to choose the fabric of the curtains, and if it is not easy to decide on the selection of material, use the recommendation.
You can stop your attention on chintz, spatula or other natural fabrics with floral colors, narrow stripes or wide checks. Provence, country and rustic motifs in the interior of the kitchen will never cease to be relevant. It is this style that creates a feeling of coziness and comfort in the house, and the curtains only emphasize this.
Light and inconspicuous
You can sew light and translucent kitchen curtains by choosing a plain material for this. Such curtains are suitable for a room decorated in any stylistic direction. So that the curtains do not merge with the walls, choosefabric from the same color palette, but in different shades: 2-3 tones lighter or darker than the color of the wall covering.
Important! Monochrome curtains look great against patterned walls, or vice versa if you use multicolored walls in a room with a monotone finish.
Geometric motifs
If there is a need to visualize the window opening, use a fabric with horizontal stripes, so the kitchen space will appear larger. You can sew curtains for the kitchen using fabric with vertically placed stripes. This technique will help to "raise" the ceiling and make the room visually higher.
Important! Curtains of dark shades visually reduce the space, light shades have the opposite effect.
Prints and drawings
If you have a small kitchen, then curtains with a voluminous or large pattern will not work. Due to the use of such fabrics, the room will seem even smaller. It is better to give preference to light-colored curtains or curtains with a small print.
Important! Don't forget about this moment: a small pattern on the curtains, combined with the same nondescript on the walls, will create a feeling of disorder in the room.
Flower variations
If you want to fill the kitchen with light and lightness, you can sew a curtain (photos will follow) with a floral motif.
Too brightand a rich print quickly gets bored, and in combination with aggressive colors it can even irritate. It is better to choose curtains in calmer and more neutral shades.
Fabric Combination
Curtains made from companion fabrics look great in the kitchen.
You can take materials of different types, from the same color palette, but differ in pattern or texture.
So, choosing a light and airy fabric for your kitchen, do not forget about fire safety, but you should not give up such an idea either. You can make the airy texture heavier by sewing weighting tape or special tiebacks to the bottom of the curtain. You can also use a different, heavier fabric that matches the style to solve the problem and create a real design masterpiece.
If you already know how to sew curtains, but do not know how to make tiebacks, you can buy ready-made ones. In order not to weigh down long fluttering curtains, you can simply tie them in a knot or drape beautifully. For this, you can also use tiebacks made of plastic beads, ribbons, contrasting pieces of fabric.
Do-it-yourself curtains for the kitchen: a master class in cutting and sewing
Since the problem of small-sized kitchens is acute, in order to somehow solve this problem, we will try to create a floral mood in the kitchen for the whole year with the help of bright and cheerful curtains. How to get such a flower corner? Sew curtains for the kitchen with your own hands (photos of examples are in the article).
Sewing materials
- Linen linenpastel shade - 160 cm.
- Rep with geometric motif (plaid + striped) - 30 cm + 50 cm.
- Sewing machine.
- Threads matching color.
- Pins.
- Scissors.
- Meter or ruler.
- Pencil or pen.
Important! It is not necessary to use linen. You can choose other natural fabrics.
Preparing fabric
Try to create a floral or vegetal appliqué on the main fabric for kitchen curtains using scraps of chintz with a small floral print.
So, how to sew a curtain in the kitchen with your own hands. You have to start from sizing chintz with doubler:
- Apply the dubbing with the adhesive side to the wrong side of the calico and gently iron through the damp lining.
- Draw flowers and petals with a simple pencil on the sealing layer.
- Cut out the details and, attaching them to the main fabric of the curtain, sew on a zigzag machine, picking up the thread to match.
Step-by-step sewing of kitchen curtains
So, let's figure out how to sew curtains with your own hands.
- Sew curtain loops. Take a striped fabric and cut out two strips of 23 cm each from it. Fold each piece in half lengthwise and sew, leaving a 1-1.5 cm indent from the edge. Iron the seam without touching the fold of the fabric.
- Sew one end of the strip to the edge, and turn it inside out. You can use a pen or pencil for this. After that, the basting can be removed, the seam can be straightened, and the workpiece itself for shapingiron the loops and cut into pieces of the same length 20-25 cm.
- Even a novice craftswoman can sew curtains for the kitchen with her own hands. Make patterns from linen fabric according to the size of the window, adding allowances for the seams: top - 2 cm, bottom - 4-5 cm, sides - 3 cm each.
- From the sides of the curtain, sew with a linen backstitch (tuck the fabric twice and stitch) leaving an indent from the edge of 0.7-1 cm.
- Turning the curtain to the wrong side, attach double-folded loops to it and sew them.
Important! Make sure that the loops lie evenly across the entire width of the curtain. If the width of the curtain is 140 cm, then the distance between the loops should be no more than 12 cm.
- Take extra fabric. Ours is checkered. Cut a strip of 30x150 cm. Fold one of the short edges inside out and iron. Face down, attach the finishing strip to the wrong side and, aligning them along the upper cut, chip off with pins. Fold the other side of the strip in the same way as the first. Align it with the finished edge of the linen. Cut off the rest of the fabric and iron the fold. Sew the pieces together, stepping back from the edge 07, -1 cm.
- Bend the finishing strip to the front side of the curtain. Straighten and iron the connecting seam. Bend the bottom edge of the checkered strip inward, and smooth the fold. Lay the curtain on a flat horizontal surface, straighten it. Attach the bottom edge of the finishing strip to the linen. Sew along the entire perimeter with a seam to the edge.
- You almost made your own curtains. Patterns of flowers on longprepare legs from paper. To do this, you will need templates. Flowers can be cut from different fabrics. In total, you will need 5 flowers, two of which make “mirror image”.
- Iron the folded edge of the fabric and mark the bottom line of the curtain. Attach the flowers to the fabric, baste. Make sure that the cut of the stem is aligned with the fold line. To make the curtain more interesting, you can cut flowers of different sizes or adjust the height of the stems.
- Sew the flower appliqué to the linen base “in a zigzag” with a stitch length of 0.5 mm and a width of 3.5 mm.
- Preheat the steam iron to high and iron the seams of the appliqué on the front and back sides. Fold the bottom edge over and on the front side, give a line with a lining seam, indenting 2 cm from the edge.
That's it. Curtains for the kitchen with a simple application are ready! A photo of sewn curtains for the kitchen is presented below.
Interesting ideas for sewing kitchen curtains
- Drapery on light and airy curtains looks much more spectacular than on thick ones.
- Skillfully decorated tulle kitchen curtains turn into an exclusive design masterpiece of your own production.
- White curtains can effectively emphasize the design, and the use of practical fabrics will not limit the practical functions of this accessory.
- Monotone, shimmery or colorful curtains to the floor will perfectly emphasize the space of a large and bright kitchen and at the same time create a certain filling of the room, compensating for the emptiness.
- Stylishand a sophisticated interior is complete without a stylish and expensive looking kitchen curtain.
- Curtains in a rustic style perfectly emphasize the same stylistic trends in interior design.
- To emphasize freshness and cleanliness in the kitchen, a curtain in light colors on the tiebacks will help. Marine-themed curtains look interesting.
- Don't be afraid to experiment. Try to combine tulle and fabric, make drapery, in general, create a single composition that decorates the window.
Sewing curtains with your own hands (the photos in the article reflect this) means creating a decoration for the kitchen window to your taste and style.
Modeling curtains for the kitchen is a wide space for translating your ideas into reality. Someone has a talent for interior design, someone for modeling clothes, someone tries to create their own unique style, and you can try your hand at creating interesting stylistic solutions for decorating not only kitchen windows, but also other windows in the room. By the way, sewing curtains, curtains and tulle is a great idea for starting your own business. The main thing is that you already know how to sew curtains with your own hands.
