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How do you shorten sheer curtains?
Another way of shortening curtains is to incorporate a folded design with buttons as fasteners. Folding the curtain hem up creates a double hem. This double hem is pleasing for sheer curtains as the thicker hem hides the raw edge and often improves the hang.
How do you Hem curtains that are too long?
When curtains appear too long, try sewing a hem without cutting the fabric. Folding the curtain hem up creates a double hem. This double hem is pleasing for sheer curtains as the thicker hem hides the raw edge and often improves the hang.
How do you cut the lining of a curtain?
Use a seam ripper to undo the bottom portion of each side hem, and trim the lining down to the length you need. You will tuck it back into the side hems later. Fold the lining inside the curtain twice and press it flat with an iron. How much you fold it up will depend on how wide you want the hem to be.
How do you fold a curtain to make it smaller?
Fold the hem over by the half-amount and press the fold. Fold the hem a second time by the fold amount, and press the new fold. Insert a strip of 1/4-inch-wide fusible webbing between the first fold in the hem and the wrong side of the curtain.