Ideas for how to hang “valance”
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Any idea where to find this? Beaded valance.
Comments (27)I never in a million years would have thought there might be a local specialty bead store! I will have to look that up. :) You have me thinking Writersblock. Maybe in the playroom, where I have sheers in three quarters of the window, beads would be really busy. I mean I know they will be busy, but maybe there is a better answer. I found some beautiful crystal sun catchers on etsy based on your link. Maybe I can put one in each window in the middle. This person is local to me I also found this wind chime and I think if it was spread out, instead of round, it would be lovely in my kitchen window.......See MoreValance Ideas, Pic
Comments (3)Thanks nepool, If you check back in please re-send the link. I didn't have much luck when I tried it. Great choice on your valance! Your kitchen must be beautiful. Thanks again...See MoreOops - too short - how to hang grommet panels under valance
Comments (6)Thanks for a response Annie. I don't sew so adding a bottom piece won't work for me, but if I did sew that is for sure what I would do. I should have thought about how the measurement was from the top of the panel not the top of the grommet. I could lower the rod but it does run all the way across the room and when up close you would see the grommets. Maybe that doesn't matter though. Who gets right up under a valance, except when you go to exit the patio door. Just thought maybe I could string something decorative through the grommets and hang it that way....See MoreHow to finish top of double layered, lined flat valance
Comments (24)this is a simple thing to sew and you will be fine with it. Once you get your two finished pieces together, it will all become clear as to how to eliminate the bulk. It is a nice and will not be hard to do , at all. For your rod pocket you will need the depth of the rod x's 2 and a tad more just for ease of inserting the rod and then, of course, a seam allowance to turn under the raw edge at the casing line. Do leave a bit of wiggle room in the depth of your rod pocket so that it slides in easily. The most important part of this is to a get nice shape on your scallops or points. Mark carefully and trim carefully and press, press, press! Precision lines, trimming seams and pressing are of utmost importance. One more thing about cutting your pieces is that it is best to cut your deco fabric at least two inches wider than your desired finished width. And, cut your lining fabric only to the desired finished width. Sew them with a one inch seam allowance and when you turn them to the outside you will have the edges of the outer fabric wrap around to the inside for one inch before they join to the lining. Top layer finished width plus 2", lining only to finished width, join with 1" seam allowance and turn. That way you dont have a seam right at the edge of the finished piece. Rather the seam that joins them is recessed in for 1". It makes for a nicer edge. This called a "pillowcase" technique. Give it a google. You just dont 'want the lining to begin to peek out from behind the deco fabric at the sides. I like these valances, They are nice and tailored and they dont take much to make either in effort or materials and you can change them out if you get tired of the old fabric. Really, they are easy and quite nice. When it comes to sewing that sharp point you might want to google some ideas about that. One idea is to not actually stop at a point and pivot the machine needle, but, rather to take a couple of small stitches straight across that sharp point and then go back up the other side of the point., Your seam is only going to press into a point to a degree. It has bulk. You might try a trial run on those points with some scrap pieces. It takes some care to get nice points. If you are not familiar with sewing crisp points, give it a google and take a practice swing at stitching it and trimming it. You dont want to trim too close at the point because it will come apart....See Morehumbleandkind
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