Make Your Own Curtains and Valances
Lots of easy home sewing projects and instructions here. Find out how to make curtains, shades, and valances from net sites providing tips, materials lists, and sewing guides.
Give Your Curtains Some Class by Making a Window Valance
You can make a valance for your windows even if you don’t sew. Here are step-by-step instructions for making a window valance, with or without sewing.
You can make a valance for your windows even if you don’t sew. Here are step-by-step instructions for making a window valance, with or without sewing.
Ways to Use Expensive Fabric on a Budget
So you’ve found a fabric you absolutely love… but it is just too expensive to use everywhere in your room. What to do? Buy less of it and use every inch wisely. Here’s how.
So you’ve found a fabric you absolutely love… but it is just too expensive to use everywhere in your room. What to do? Buy less of it and use every inch wisely. Here’s how.
Home Decor Fabric Sources
From About's Sewing Guide, a page of links to Internet resources with home decorating fabrics and supplies.
From About's Sewing Guide, a page of links to Internet resources with home decorating fabrics and supplies.
Canopy Bed Projects
Love the look of canopy beds? See some wonderful examples and find some easy projects to make your own romantic canopy bed.
Love the look of canopy beds? See some wonderful examples and find some easy projects to make your own romantic canopy bed.
Curtains
A wealth of curtain, drapery, and valance Links from About's Sewing Guide.
A wealth of curtain, drapery, and valance Links from About's Sewing Guide.
Take A Window Treatments Quiz!
Test your knowledge of window treatment terminology -- match the word to the definition then click the CHECK ANSWERS button to reveal your score. Fun and fast!
Test your knowledge of window treatment terminology -- match the word to the definition then click the CHECK ANSWERS button to reveal your score. Fun and fast!
Easy Breezy Window Treatments
Photos (and simple instructions) for these curtain panels that add a touch of summer style to your windows.
Photos (and simple instructions) for these curtain panels that add a touch of summer style to your windows.
Hourglass Curtains
Describes how to measure and sew hourglass curtains for a window or door.
Describes how to measure and sew hourglass curtains for a window or door.
Information on Swags and Tails
Lots of good tips on planning, measuring, and making window swags. See also the page of tail styles and swag designs.
Lots of good tips on planning, measuring, and making window swags. See also the page of tail styles and swag designs.
Instructions for Making a Scarf Valance
Shows how to measure (and sew) a single or double swag with tails that hang down on either side of the window.
Shows how to measure (and sew) a single or double swag with tails that hang down on either side of the window.
Instructions for Making Balloon Shades
How to measure and sew a simple gathered ballon valance.
How to measure and sew a simple gathered ballon valance.
Instructions for Making Pelmets
How to make a pelmet which is a stiffened flat fabric panel attached to a board over a window. Use the Navigation button to see the page of Pelmet Styles.
How to make a pelmet which is a stiffened flat fabric panel attached to a board over a window. Use the Navigation button to see the page of Pelmet Styles.
Making a Flat Panel Shade
Instructions for making a simple panel shade to cover a smaller window.
Instructions for making a simple panel shade to cover a smaller window.
Making a Roller Shade
Illustrations and guidelines for making a roller shade.
Illustrations and guidelines for making a roller shade.
Making Cafe Curtains
Illustrated guide with instructions on making a simple cafe curtain with a scalloped top.
Illustrated guide with instructions on making a simple cafe curtain with a scalloped top.
Making Drapery Tiebacks
Instructions to make several styles of drapery tiebacks including curved, fringed, bound, ruffled, and braided.
Instructions to make several styles of drapery tiebacks including curved, fringed, bound, ruffled, and braided.
Making Frilled Austrian Shades
Photo, measuring tips, illustrations, and sewing instructions to make an Austrian shade.
Photo, measuring tips, illustrations, and sewing instructions to make an Austrian shade.
Making Valances
Instructions and tips on making a plain, fringed, bordered, or ruffled valance.
Instructions and tips on making a plain, fringed, bordered, or ruffled valance.
No Sewing Required
Ideas for no-sew window treatments, from BHG.
Ideas for no-sew window treatments, from BHG.
Pipe Curtain Rods
How-to photos and instructions to make your own cheap curtain rods from hardware store parts.
How-to photos and instructions to make your own cheap curtain rods from hardware store parts.
Roller shades
Roller shades you can make yourself. From Room By Room.
Roller shades you can make yourself. From Room By Room.
Roman Shade Sewing Guide
How to sew a Roman shade, with photo and illustrations.
How to sew a Roman shade, with photo and illustrations.
Room By Room's Window Ideas
Some no sew window and valance treatements from Room By Room, with photos and instructions.
Some no sew window and valance treatements from Room By Room, with photos and instructions.
Tab Top Valance with Stagecoach Shade
Get helpful tips, tools, materials, and instructions to make a tab-top valance or stagecoach shade.
Get helpful tips, tools, materials, and instructions to make a tab-top valance or stagecoach shade.
Tips for Tab Top Curtains
Ilustrations and simple instructions to sew tab top curtain panels.
Ilustrations and simple instructions to sew tab top curtain panels.
Window Treatment hung from Wooden Knobs
Photo of these canvas curtain panels hung from wooden knobs mounted on the wall.
Photo of these canvas curtain panels hung from wooden knobs mounted on the wall.
Window Treatments
Article and photos about window treatments from Southern Living.
Article and photos about window treatments from Southern Living.