Love your video. It gave me all the information I need to make my drapes with Buckram. I want to put a lining in my drapery and add grommets. I can’t find the Buckram that I can iron in.
Hello, you would add either grommets or pleats to the basic rectangle. If using grommets, you would simply slide them onto your drapery rod. If using pleats, you would add drapery pins and hook them into your traverse hardware or rings with eyelets. You could also use clip-on rings.
For that type of drapery (called a rod pocket), you would not use the buckram, but let the fabric gather on your drapery rod. The other option would be to use drapery pins but install them lower in your pleat, so they cover the travers rod. We have a video named DIY- Installing Drapery Pins that you might also find useful. Thank you!
Dorina: Thanks for your interest. If you go to the Rowley DIY site and look at the Drapery with Square Grommets tutorial under the Project Guides section, you'll find information about incorporating a lining into the drapery construction. If you have additional questions, please let us know. Thanks again and good luck with your project.
Excellent video, I found it very clear and easy to understand. One question: could you explain how would I go about creating this same drapery panel with a lining? I have purchased a simple cotton lining fabric (not blackout) and would like to incorporate it into the construction.
I am making drapes for the first time getting ready to sell Buckram in. I did not allow for a double ham at the top. I am using rings and clips not drapery hooks, do you think I need to add more fabric to the top to allow for the double hem?? Thanks!!
Joyce: Don't know where our logo went, but I'm responding from Rowley Company. You'll need to “break” the buckram so that the material will follow it in a smooth curve. Bend the buckram but don't fully crease it. You’ll need to make numerous, small bends in the direction you want the buckram/fabric to go - it should “train” both layers to go where you want them. If that doesn't work, you can try gluing the face fabric to the buckram - tricky since the grommets are already set. Good luck!
Love your videos, they inspired me to make my curtains, but now I have a problem. I used 4" buckram header tape, non-fusible, and then installed grommets. Now when the curtain hangs, on the concave or back inner fold, the material is bunching up and not curving smoothly. What did I do wrong? It's like the material can contract for the inner curve, but not the buckram!
Thank you so much for your time! I'm not completely understanding this.....sorry, a bit of a novice. I would like the pleats to stand up above where the curtain is hung. I wish I could draw a picture. I'm imagining a rod on the bottom of the pleats...either going through the material as a lip, kind of like elastic on pants...or having clips that go over a curtain rod...that I'm assuming is what you are calling traverse hardware. Am I in the ballpark here?
Excellent instructor! Thank you!
Love your video. It gave me all the information I need to make my drapes with Buckram. I want to put a lining in my drapery and add grommets. I can’t find the Buckram that I can iron in.
Hello, you would add either grommets or pleats to the basic rectangle. If using grommets, you would simply slide them onto your drapery rod. If using pleats, you would add drapery pins and hook them into your traverse hardware or rings with eyelets. You could also use clip-on rings.
Thank you so much. Excellent videos
Pariapsara, Hello! thank you for asking. The industry standard is 4" double hem. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
For that type of drapery (called a rod pocket), you would not use the buckram, but let the fabric gather on your drapery rod. The other option would be to use drapery pins but install them lower in your pleat, so they cover the travers rod. We have a video named DIY- Installing Drapery Pins that you might also find useful.
Thank you!
Dorina: Thanks for your interest. If you go to the Rowley DIY site and look at the Drapery with Square Grommets tutorial under the Project Guides section, you'll find information about incorporating a lining into the drapery construction. If you have additional questions, please let us know. Thanks again and good luck with your project.
Excellent video, I found it very clear and easy to understand. One question: could you explain how would I go about creating this same drapery panel with a lining? I have purchased a simple cotton lining fabric (not blackout) and would like to incorporate it into the construction.
I am making drapes for the first time getting ready to sell Buckram in. I did not allow for a double ham at the top. I am using rings and clips not drapery hooks, do you think I need to add more fabric to the top to allow for the double hem?? Thanks!!
Joyce: Don't know where our logo went, but I'm responding from Rowley Company. You'll need to “break” the buckram so that the material will follow it in a smooth curve. Bend the buckram but don't fully crease it. You’ll need to make numerous, small bends in the direction you want the buckram/fabric to go - it should “train” both layers to go where you want them. If that doesn't work, you can try gluing the face fabric to the buckram - tricky since the grommets are already set. Good luck!
Love this video
Love your videos, they inspired me to make my curtains, but now I have a problem. I used 4" buckram header tape, non-fusible, and then installed grommets. Now when the curtain hangs, on the concave or back inner fold, the material is bunching up and not curving smoothly. What did I do wrong? It's like the material can contract for the inner curve, but not the buckram!
Thank you so much for your time! I'm not completely understanding this.....sorry, a bit of a novice. I would like the pleats to stand up above where the curtain is hung. I wish I could draw a picture. I'm imagining a rod on the bottom of the pleats...either going through the material as a lip, kind of like elastic on pants...or having clips that go over a curtain rod...that I'm assuming is what you are calling traverse hardware. Am I in the ballpark here?
Perfect. Thank you.
Do I have to use Buckram?
How do you hang these?
Extremely helpful. Thank you!
is'nt that tooo much of a bottom hem ?