As a simple sewing project, curtain tiebacks make an opportunity for novice seamstresses or crafters to find out the ins and outs of a sewing machine. Basic long rectangular ties will take you only a couple of minutes, and you’ll have curtain tiebacks that can modify the look of your window treatments. Utilize a 1/2 lawn of the curtain fabric for the tiebacks, or pick a coordinating or contrasting color for pizazz.
Pull back each curtain and hold it in the place that indicates where you plan to install the curtain tieback. Hold one end of the soft tape measure against the wall where the hook will opt for the curtain tieback. Keep it in place as you gently wrap it around the curtain you’re holding. Note the measurement. You can correct the tape measure tighter or looser based on the look you want — only ensure that you be aware of the right measurement if you change the curtain of the curtain.
Add 1 inch to the measurement of the looped tape measure. As an example, if you measured 15 inches, allow it to be 16 inches to adapt a 1/2 inch seam at either end. Calculate the width you want the tieback to be. For instance, if you’d like a 2-inch broad tieback, you’ll need a 4-inch broad piece of fabric with an added 1/2 inch for the side seam, for a final effect of 4 1/2 inches broad. If you want a 3-inch broad tieback, make the cutout width 6 1/2 inches broad.
Place the fabric on a folding cutting board. Mark the span measurement with a pin at the top along with the width measurement at the top, middle and bottom stage. Use the grid on the cutting board to cut out the extended rectangular tie. For this tieback instance, you’re going to want a rectangular piece of fabric 4 1/2 inches wide and 16 inches long. Utilize the first cutout fabric for a pattern for the moment, putting it across the fabric and cutting it around.
Fold the tieback in half with the appropriate sides together, and sew a straight stitch 1/2 inch in from the edge on the sewing machine, following the marks onto the bottom plate under the fabric. At either end, push the reverse button on the sewing machine to go backward with your stitches. This locks at the end seams and prevents them from pulling apart. Sew one end in the exact same fashion as the side seam, running the machine in reverse at either border to lock the stitches.
Cut away the selvedge to within 1/4 inch of the stitching. Turn the tieback inside out, but bend the open end over the sewn part, working down it till the tieback is right side out.
Fold under the unsewn border 1/2 inch. Pin it in place and whip-stitch it shut by hand with small stitches to fill out the tieback. Repeat the sewing steps for the second tieback.