Making Custom Drapes from Store Bought Panels.

So what do you do when custom designer drapes are not in the budget? After you’ve shopped around you will find that store bought panels fall short in many categories: they don’t fit, they are not the right color, or they lack in style.

With a little sewing skills and a new perspective, you will soon find that store bought panels are just the beginning to your creativity.

store bought panels

For this project I will be adding 16″ of the red stripe panel to the existing 84″ brown panel to create not only a custom look, but also to cover a sliding glass door with a ceiling height of 9′.

Good advice for any project you take on… Pay special attention to the preparation and set up!  Modifying drapery panels you will spend the most time measuring, pinning, ironing, and measuring again. Sewing is quick, taking out stitches is agonizing – take your time measuring & verifying!

 

pin your fabric so it doesn’t slip when you sew.

 

If you lightly draw a line on your fabric before you sew as a guidline, you will make a perfect line. (which is really important for lining up the two panels side by side later)

here no sew tape is used to hide the seams on the back side.

This is how the finished project turned out…. I can’t wait to bring them to my client’s house and show her the finished product.

When you take the time to measure the two panels line up perfectly.

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02/08

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