How to Make Curtain Tiebacks
Cut a 5 by 22-inch (12.7 by 55.88-centimeter) strip out of fabric.Choose a color and pattern that matches your curtains., Fold the fabric strip in half lengthwise with the right sides facing inward., Sew along two of the edges, using a ½-inch...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Cut a 5 by 22-inch (12.7 by 55.88-centimeter) strip out of fabric.Choose a color and pattern that matches your curtains.
This will be enough to make one fabric tieback.
If you'd like to make a another, simply cut a second piece of fabric.
If you'd like to make larger tiebacks, try 9 by 30 inches (22.86 by
76.2 centimeters) instead. -
Step 2: Fold the fabric strip in half lengthwise with the right sides facing inward.
Press the strip flat with an iron, using a heat setting that is suitable for the fabric you are working with. , Sew along the long edge and one of the narrow edges.
Leave the other narrow edge open so that you can turn the curtain tieback inside out. , Use a chopstick, knitting needle, or some other blunt tool to push the curtain tieback inside out.
To reduce bulk and prevent bunching, snip the corners of the seams first, just be careful not to cut through the stitching. ,, Be sure to sew back and forth over the start and end of your sewing a few times to prevent unraveling. , If you don't have any wall hooks, you'll want to mount some to either side of your curtain.
The hooks should be the same color as your wall so that they blend in. , Find a pretty silk or fabric flower that matches your curtain, and hot glue it to the front corner of your tieback.
You can also get several flowers, and attach them to the tieback with snaps.
This way, you can change out flowers as the seasons change., Hook the tieback onto the wall hook.
Pull the curtain towards the wall, then wrap the tieback around it.
Hook the other side of the tieback onto the hook. -
Step 3: Sew along two of the edges
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Step 4: using a ½-inch (1.27-centimeter) seam allowance.
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Step 5: Turn the curtain tieback inside out.
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Step 6: Tuck the raw edge in
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Step 7: then press the entire tieback flat with an iron.If the raw edge won't stay tucked inside the tieback
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Step 8: secure it with pins.
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Step 9: Topstitch all the way around the tieback
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Step 10: ¼-inch (0.64centimeter) away from the edge.Use a color that matches your fabric; you can also use a contrasting color if you'd like something more interesting.
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Step 11: Hand sew a small
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Step 12: plastic or metal ring to the top left and top right corners of your tieback.Make sure that the rings are big enough to fit over the wall hooks.
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Step 13: Decorate the curtain tiebacks
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Step 14: if desired.
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Step 15: Use the curtain tiebacks.
Detailed Guide
This will be enough to make one fabric tieback.
If you'd like to make a another, simply cut a second piece of fabric.
If you'd like to make larger tiebacks, try 9 by 30 inches (22.86 by
76.2 centimeters) instead.
Press the strip flat with an iron, using a heat setting that is suitable for the fabric you are working with. , Sew along the long edge and one of the narrow edges.
Leave the other narrow edge open so that you can turn the curtain tieback inside out. , Use a chopstick, knitting needle, or some other blunt tool to push the curtain tieback inside out.
To reduce bulk and prevent bunching, snip the corners of the seams first, just be careful not to cut through the stitching. ,, Be sure to sew back and forth over the start and end of your sewing a few times to prevent unraveling. , If you don't have any wall hooks, you'll want to mount some to either side of your curtain.
The hooks should be the same color as your wall so that they blend in. , Find a pretty silk or fabric flower that matches your curtain, and hot glue it to the front corner of your tieback.
You can also get several flowers, and attach them to the tieback with snaps.
This way, you can change out flowers as the seasons change., Hook the tieback onto the wall hook.
Pull the curtain towards the wall, then wrap the tieback around it.
Hook the other side of the tieback onto the hook.
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