Lambrequin is an elegant element of design that will decorate, transform any room. Therefore, many craftswomen will not mind finding out how to sew a lambrequin with their own hands?
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- How to sew a lambrequin: what are the types of curtains?
- How to choose a lambrequin taking into account the characteristics of the room?
- How to sew a hard lambrequin with your own hands?
- How to sew a simple lambrequin with your own hands?
- Video: How to sew a lambrequin yourself?
- Video: Step -by -step guide to sew a hard lambrequin
Creating a new interior in her room, any hostess pays great attention to the windows. It is good when the window is designed to match the entire room. Lambrequins give any room a special charm. But purchased products are too pocket. Therefore, many needlewomen learn to sew such products with their own hands. And I must say that they turn out no worse than store. But for the process, you should stock up on material and patience.
How to sew a lambrequin: what are the types of curtains?
Previously, these decorations for windows were made wooden. They were painted and decorated with cornices. The art was improved, then they came up with new ways to close plain cornices.
Thanks to the fantasy of the craftswomen, lambrequins appeared with curtains and with all kinds of jewelry of different types. The forms of such curtains are different, today four types of these products are known.
Classic -they look in the form of a conventional strip of fabric, the folds are created using a tape. These lambrequins perfectly close the flaws that are available on cornices and windows. The classic type of product, depending on the processing of the edge of the curtains, can be divided into such categories:
- direct
- arched
- wave -shaped.
Hard lambrequinscreated from fabric and a hard frame. Thanks to the manufacturing technique, they do not change shape and their appearance is very remarkable on the windows. In addition, they are decorated with special accessories, which give a beautiful appearance not only to the window, but also to the room.
Lambrequins with elements such as cokilier, toad, tie. Thanks to them, it becomes comfortable in the room. But for sewing products you will need some skill, starting to form folds and sew them is quite difficult.
Combined lambrequins - This category has elements of a hard type of product and ordinary fabric. It is better to start training in creating lambrequins not from such species, but simpler. The manufacture of these jewelry of the interior will take a long time. If you divide the products into species in shape, then they are semicircular, straight, rectangular and others (depending on imagination).
In order for everything to look harmonious in the room, you need to carefully select the decor of the curtains, the lambrequin. If they fit under the situation, walls, coating, then the room will become the subject of admiration. You yourself will be pleased to spend time in the room.
IMPORTANT: Thoroughly weigh on what lambrekin you want to create, decide on its size, calculate how much material is needed for it and what, only after that make purchases.
How to choose a lambrequin taking into account the characteristics of the room?
It is difficult, of course, to decide on the style and color of the product, but you can’t do without it. Perhaps you will find the idea in fashion magazines and add something of your own to the creation of the product. Still use the following tips:
- Thanks to the lambrequins, your window may decrease in size, it can also become visually lower and the height of the ceiling. That is why designers do not recommend hanging this species on the windows if the ceiling height is small.
- Ideally, if the product from the fabric closes, practically, the entire height of the simple zone above the window itself, the view will then be over.
- Choose the type of product depending on the characteristic features of the room. On the spacious area of \u200b\u200bthe room you can create bold design ideas. And for small rooms, it is better to use ordinary textile lambrequins, which are created with a small number of folds, jewelry, etc.
- When selecting the material, take into account the room in which room will hang lambrequin. Always try to choose high -quality, soft, not very imaginary fabrics.
- If the window is on the north side, then choose light, translucent materials (organza, tulle, etc.)
- On the south side you need to hang lambrequins from dense material. The tone of the product should be suitable for upholstery of furniture, the color of the bedspread.
- To combine delicate shades of interior colors with curtains, it is recommended to use lambrequins in bright colors.
- Hard lambrequins are best created from material with patterns or embroidery. The finished product is decorated with beads, ribbons, etc.
How to sew a hard lambrequin with your own hands?
When you see for the first time, a finished lambrequin, it seems that it is unrealistic to make such beauty yourself. However, creating a product is not so difficult. You can decorate the window even on a simple plywood box, because there are many devices, accessories, decorative auxiliary materials, with which you get a real decoration of the window and room.
Materials, tools for the process:
As mentioned above, a solid frame for the product is needed. It will provide the necessary, rigidity, strength. To do this, they use plywood, at home you can still use plastic and something similar. Indeed, in construction supermarkets there are so many modern materials that they are processed with tools.
For this type of curtains, dense non -woven fabrics called Shabrak, Bando are used. On their surface there is an adhesive layer. But you need to choose the material carefully, because the types of such fabrics are different (thin, with a glue base and without it, bilateral and one -sided). You can choose the right one yourself in a fabric store. You will also need an auxiliary textile: you will need:
- the main material for the product itself
- additional jewelry, accessories, which are you to choose
- filas in the color of the main textile
- special pins for seamstresses
- ribbon (with Velcro), and of course, scissors.
If you are going to combine the material, you need a sewing machine. The iron will be required in any case to glue the material to the hard frame.
Start creating a hard lambrequin from a pattern-sketch on millimeter paper. Moreover, make a real value scheme. So that later it can be transferred to plywood and material.
The top of the lambrequins are usually made rectangular, and cut the bottom as you wish. Products can also be collected from several parts. And these parts can be superimposed on each other. Lampen parts in these cases are made separately. However, now we will not talk about, first in stages we will consider how to make a hard frame.
The process of manufacturing a hard frame
For the classic version of a hard lambrequin, a plywood of 1.5 mm thick will need a plywood for the windows. Well, if you cut a hard basis, your husband will help you.
Next, proceed to transfer the pattern of the pattern to the material. When you cut it, take into account the allowances for the side bends. Also transfer the patterns to the Shabrak and iron the main material to the frame. Along the perimeter, you can glue the ribbons so that the ends are beautifully decorated.
On the wrong side of the hard frame, install fasteners for which lambrequin will cling to the window.
This product will look even more sophisticated if it is decorated with applications, decorative cords, fringe, bells, embroidery. For the final design of the product, drapery, stripes of openwork guipure, ools and other elements of jewelry are also used. Now there is no shortage of this type of accessories in fabric stores.
You can make an ordinary hard lambrequin with your own hands without problems. Still, and come up with your unique design to him. The main thing is to do everything slowly and carefully. After all, even small flaws on this product attract attention from afar. There is a small secret to eliminate them. To hide the flaws, you can use various decor elements.
How to sew a simple lambrequin with your own hands?
The manufacture of such decorations for windows is carried out by various methods. Special skills are optional for this. It is better to start learning skill in sewing lambrequins with the simplest models. To create them, you will not even need sketches of patterns. The main factor in their manufacture will be accounting for the size of the product and the external characteristics of the products. The length, width of the lambrequins, the curtains should be approximately calculated, as in the image below.
To get the necessary product, you will need to buy material with the width of the side the same as the length of the lambrequin itself. To create a lambrequin with the wax, a piece of matter should be almost twice as long as the width of the product itself. After measuring the necessary dimensions of the fabric, process its edges so as not to crumble. At the top of the lambrequin, sew the loops in order to fix the product on the cornice. It remains to introduce some notes of decor and everything, the product is ready to delight the eyes of the inhabitants of the house and their guests.
The semicircular lambrequin looks more remarkable, especially if it is combined with the collected strips of fabric in the form of a waterfall. In addition, it is not very difficult to make a pattern of pretty semicircles. It is enough to cut a trapezoid with equal side sides and a semicircular base. Calculate the dimensions based on your requests. The bottom of the trapezoid is best treated with tape, and the sides are sewn to the main part of the lambrequin at the top. See the image further.
Curtains from strips of material in the form of waterfalls look very harmonious and solemn. This is not very difficult to do. It is enough to take a wide and long fabric and carefully assemble it through the same distances so that the material hangs evenly, forming uniform waves on the surface.
For curtains, both light fabrics and dense, heavy are used. Better yet, combine them together, then it turns out the unique decor of the room. The edges of the lambrequins are treated in different ways. You can just pick it up, but you can sew the tape, ruffles, etc. The main thing is that everything is appropriate.