Adding Lining To Existing Curtains

The same benefits apply also to roman blinds.

Adding lining to existing curtains.

Lay your lining fabric on a clean flat surface and use fabric scissors to cut the fabric according to your measurements. Then take a measuring tape and start from the top to bottom edge and also determine how width the fabric is. Overlap the side seams at the outside seams 1 8 inch. At the top of the curtain pin the blackout lining in place.

Add lining to existing curtains a popular enquiry at the moment is to have a lining mainly plain cotton or blackout lining added to existing curtains. Measure out how much blackout lining you ll need leaving an extra 1 2 to 1 inch extra for seam allowance. Spread your curtain down with the backside facing up. Benefits include giving a higher quality finished look filtering the amount of light entering a room and extending the life of your existing curtains.

I wanted to use curtain rings instead of the tabs so i folded over the tabs of the curtains and sewed them at the same time as the blackout lining. Overlap the top edge of the lining and the bottom edge of the curtain facing by 1 8 inch. Step by step diy ways of putting lining on curtains. Lay the lining on the curtain wrong sides together.

You are going to sew the blackout lining to the stitching already in the curtain so there is no need to take apart the store bought curtains. If your curtains are wider than the lining fabric you may need to sew together 2 lengths of lining fabric. Step 3 match up the eyelets of both products. I try to place my lining pins so that my new seam will be close to the original stitching that s at the top of the curtain.

Lay the blackout lining on top. Lay your existing ready made curtain face down on a clean flat surface.