How to lengthen the curtains from the bottom with your own hands?

On the Internet on women's forums quite often there are questions regarding how to fit new curtains to the desired size. It often happens that people just move around, naturally, take their favorite curtains and curtains with them, but their length does not correspond to the new window opening. Also, everyone in life probably had a situation where the sizes of new curtains were simply incorrectly calculated. But it happens that washing negatively affects the fabric - it sits heavily. If you are thinking about how to lengthen the curtains from the bottom with your own hands, then the following simple methods that can be implemented even at home will certainly come in handy.

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The most popular ways to shorten your curtains with your own hands

What can be done if the curtains are short? Work hard and do the work yourself, which will allow your interior to radically change and sparkle with new colors, gain new accents and trends. There are many options for how to do this, the main thing is to choose the appropriate method in a particular case. Everything will depend on your individual preferences, interior design and curtain style. In the process of changing the size of the curtains, you can reveal your creative abilities and acquire new knowledge.

Now let’s get acquainted with the most common and already proven in practice ways to change the length of curtains:

• Stitching seams.
• Sewing stitches.
• Lambrequins.
• Frill.
• Cross inserts.
• Pendants.

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Unzip and iron

Are you curious how beautiful it is to extend the curtains when only 10-15 cm are missing? Everything is very simple here, you can simply add the missing centimeters by steaming the lower hem of the product. As a result, you will get the desired length, and it remains just to iron them well.

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Loop Extension

This method provides a minimum of time, physical and mental strength. The main thing is to correctly determine the size of the loops. And we do it as follows:

• It is necessary to attach a curtain to the ledge and measure how many centimeters are missing.
• Your folded loops should be equal in length to this segment.
• Add 1.5-2 cm to this figure for seam allowance.
• If you intend to still use fasteners, then add another 5 cm to the length of the loops.
• Now select the material from which the loops will be sewn. It is better if in its structure it is close to the fabric from which the curtains are sewn. They need to be attached to the top of the curtains by sewing, joining with ties, bows or buttons. Then the loops are simply put on the cornice, and your curtain is extended by 10-12 cm.

Important! The materials of the hinges and curtains in color, in principle, can both harmonize and contrast. Sew loops can be made from a decorative cord or dense braid. In shape, they can also be varied - ties, straps, bows. They can be both whole and keep on beautiful buttons.

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We create lambrequins with the aim of lengthening the curtains

Did you buy too short curtains? How to lengthen them beautifully to hide visually missing millimeters. Lambrequin can be called quite a popular modern decorative element.Making it yourself is very easy, following this algorithm:

1. Buy a light but dense material for lambrequins and fabric for making lining.
2. Carefully measure the length of the curtain and the height of the window.
3. For a full-size drapery, create a template.
4. Attach the finished template to the cornice and measure where the center of the window is.
5. Make a pattern for the lambrequin and the lining.
6. Make allowances of 1.5-2 cm for allowances.
7. Put the parts on a flat surface with the wrong side, sew the lambrequin and the lining together, while leaving one side not closed.
8. Iron all the seams well.
9. Turn out the drapery.

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Sew the original frill

You can sew a frill so carefully that the overall design of the curtains does not even change at all. If the room is decorated in the style of Minimalism, it is not recommended to extend the curtains with too voluminous ruffles and frills. It is better to create something more weightless and light.

It is better to make frills from a material that will be maximally combined in texture and color with the main material. The main thing is that the frills should not be too large, otherwise the curtains will not become flirty.

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Elongation with transverse inserts

This option is considered the most painstaking of all those listed above, since you will have to completely redo the seams to ennoble short curtains. How to lengthen beautifully products:

• Cut the fabric where the inserts will be. To make the curtains more stylish, it is better to make the inserts not in the center, but a little to the right or left.
• It is better to make inserts from materials contrasting in color, as close as possible in type, style and texture. So that they do not look alienated, you should sew the hooks from the same fabric.
• Sew a fringing to complete this fabric.

Important! Not necessarily the insert will be transverse, you can even make them oblique. It is recommended to do all the work as carefully as possible so that the finished products do not look too cheap.

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Special pendants for curtains

Apply this method will be most appropriate if the curtains are short. What to do in order to use this trick to add some zest, splendor and charm to the design of the premises?

• Buy pearl strands, beads, pendants with crystals and stones.
• From the bottom of the curtains, attach them at a certain distance in the form of hanging threads or waves.

Such curtains will look incredibly solemn, and their length will become as it should.

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We conclude that changing the length of new or favorite old curtains is not difficult at all, the main thing is to have a desire, be able to handle sewing accessories and be creative in this process. In many cases, elongated curtains on their own look more elegant and elegant than those bought ready-made in the store.