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How to make top tab curtains

How to make top tab curtains

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If you want custom curtains without the custom price, here's how to make tab top curtains for any space in your home.

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Supplies for DIY tab top curtains: – tape measure – Home decor canvas – gridded cutting mat – rotary cutter or scissors – 3” wide Buckram tape, iron on or not – Turn-it-all tubes

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Wash, dry and iron your fabric, then cut panels the length you want + 8".  Check the link below for cutting tips that'll help you get straight edges.

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For each panel you make, cut a piece of fabric 3.5” wide x the width of the fabric. This will be a curtain panel facing.

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For the tabs, cut 3” strips that are the width of the fabric.

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Next, press the selvages vertically in towards the wrong side of the fabric.  Repeat for the second side.

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For the hem, press up 4” on the bottom of your curtain panel.  Unfold the hem, refold it, and press again, making sure the shorter width is enclosed.

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Sew the curtain sides down from top to bottom with a 3.0 mm straight stitch close to the pressed edges.  Stitch across the hem.

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Place the buckram against the wrong side of the curtain facing, then wrap the selvage around the end of the buckram. Be sure to line up the raw edge with the top edge of the facing.

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Baste through the buckram and fabric from selvage to selvage. Wrap the selvage around the end of the selvage, then  wrap the extra fabric around the bottom of the buckram, and stitch across to finish the facing.

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Fold the strips you cut for tabs in half lengthwise.  Stitch down the long side with a 1/4" seam allowance.

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Use your Turn it All tubes to turn the tube right side out.  Press.

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Cut the tabs into 8" lengths.

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Fold the tabs in half and pin them to the panel at even intervals with raw edges of the tabs even with the raw edge of the panel.

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Place the facing right side down on top of the tabs and pin.

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Stitch across the top of the curtain through all layers with a 1/2" seam allowance.

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Press the seam towards the facing.

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Flip the facing inside and press along the top edge.

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Finish off by stitching down the facing at the top, sides and bottom, close to the pressed edges.

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And that's how simple it is to make tab top curtains you'll love in your home!

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Read the full step by step DIY tab top curtains tutorial when you click below.

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