Making Curtain Panels With Lining

Cut the curtain fabric.

Making curtain panels with lining.

Turn your standard curtains into blackout curtains by attaching liner to them with hemming tape. Wrong sides should be together at this point. Pin the bottom center edge of the drapery side fabric to the bottom center edge of the lining side fabric. Now add 10 inches.

Make sure you measure the length down to the area on your window or wall where you d like the curtains to lie. Find lining fabric for window treatments at joann. Smooth both fabrics out removing all wrinkles and folds. Lay your sheet over the top of the reverse side of your curtain fabric making sure the top and left edge are lined up perfectly with the edge of the curtain fabric.

Stack it all up together and pin it all the way around then start on a corner of a long end and stitch all the way around three sides long side short side long side. Be sure to leave an 8 inch opening on one side so you can pull the draperies right side out later. Our collection of curtain liners offers everything from insulating liners to blackout liners more. Lantern lane designs.

Start with your fabric along with a piece of lining cut the same exact size. Measure the length you d like each curtain panel to be. Place lining on top right side facing up. I am a leftie so my tutorial is made for left handed people.

Then add 4 in 10 cm to the width and 12 in 30 cm to the height. The sewing itself is all straight lines. The key is to be precise about your measurements so the fabric and lining hang correctly together and at your desired length. Spread fabric over floor right side facing down.

This will allow for the extra that will be eaten up as you create a hem and attach it to the lining. Use a tape measure starting at or just above the top of the window and measure the length and width. Pin fabric to lining in a few places to hold them together. Line up bottom of lining about 1 higher than bottom of fabric panel image 1.

Iron the entire top sheet once the top edge is un stitched and the other 3 edges are cut off. Get the tutorial at the diy playbook.