How to Make Curtains For a French Door
Making your own curtains for a French door is a quick and easy task that you can do in as little as a couple of hours as long as you have a sewing machine. The hardest part of this task is deciding on your curtain style and color pattern.
- Browse through some home decorating magazines to see what types of curtains there are if you don't already know what you want. You can also use your favorite search engine and browse curtain styles online. Initially you may think you just want a couple of straight, simple panels hung from the French doors, but by allowing yourself some time to shop around for styles you may find something you like much more and that would look fantastic in your room. Most of these magazines and websites will offer simple step by step instructions on how to make that specific style of curtain.
- Measure your doors from top to bottom and from left to right to get your measurements. Always measure twice to ensure you have the correct number and didn't accidentally transpose your numbers or measure from the wrong spot.
- Head into your local fabric store with your measurements and your curtain design idea. The people working the fabric cutting area are very helpful and will assist you in determining how much fabric you need based on your measurements and the style of curtain you want to make.
- Refer back to the instructions associated with the curtain style you found either online or in a magazine. Depending on the style you've chosen, you may have them sewn up and ready to hang in as little as an hour's time.