How To Make Curtains Longer

Unfortunately curtains can be expensive and the cheapest options are almost always shorter.

How to make curtains longer. All of these scenarios have applied to me at one time or another. I took the existing curtains down and gathered my supplies. If the curtains you already have or the ones you really want to buy are too short for the windows perhaps you could lengthen them. Remember my sewing skills are pretty lame if a true seamstress sees my work he or she is going to cringe big time but hey it works for me and i think nobody is going to come and check up close how this looks.

If you know how to make curtains longer you have a very useful skill because this way you will avoid the cost of buying new ones. There are two easy ways to lengthen curtains that are not long enough. So lets get to making our curtains longer. How to make curtains longer posted on july 30 2015 by this bold home 1 comment i love my ikea sanela curtains but even at 118 inches long they were just too short for my tall windows.

If you need to make your curtains longer to just want to spice them up a bit. When moving to a new place you cannot be sure that your old curtains will fit the new windows or balcony doors. I gave the hem 3 and to the seam to connect it to the curtain. So in order to bring the curtains all the way down i needed the extensions to be 12 plus the amount for the hem and seam.

How to lengthen curtains that are too short. This post is about how to make your curtains longer when they are a bit too short for your windows. I don t recommend giving the extra half inch for the seam later on you ll see why. My son s room is decorated mostly with grays with pops of yellow and i found this solid yellow curtain which was a good match.

I used purchased curtains i didn t make these from fabric i just added fabric to the bottom and a trim in between the two. I found that making curtains longer without sewing was possible with heat and bond adhesive tape. This is a page about making curtains longer.