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Posted by romanyroamer on July 21, 2005, 12:44 am
They have used curtain tape. It is sewn on to the back of the curtain. Hooks
are fitted through the gathered tape and then hooked onto a curtain track.
The tape comes in different widths and styles (gathers, pencil pleat etc.)
as do the curtain hooks.In Australia it is readily available at places like
spotlight, a fabric retailer
>
> >I can't figure out what they do in the following pattern link to get
> > the curtains to have nice soft, even, wavey gathers. These are just
> > the regular kind of curtains that you sew a casing -- then you slide
> > and gather it on the rod. What are they doing to create such even
> > "loops"?
> >
> > http://www.homedecinasec.com/site/Images/Patterns/3089/83754.gif
> >
> > Help?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> I have only made one set of curtains.....so I am no expert, but I think
they
> used shirring tape. I have some that I have been planning to use
"sometime"
>
> some basic instructions (NAYY)
> http://www.denverfabrics.com/pages/static/curtains/sew-curtains.htm
>
> It could be something different, but I think you can get the same look
with
> shirring tape.
>
> HTH
> Michelle Giordano
>
>
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