Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Easy Window Treatment

I made a very easy, fast and affordable window treatment for the window above my sink. I love the view from there, so I wanted something simple that would not obstruct my view.

Here is what I came up with:
How to make it:
First, measure the width of the window, then decide how long you want it to hang. If your window is under 54 inches wide you are in luck, most decorator fabrics are 54" wide.
Let's say your window is 50" wide and you want the treatment to hang 16". You would need to cut 2 fabric rectangles, adding 1 inch seam allowance for each side.  In this case you would need to cut 2 52" wide by 18" high rectangles. One of the rectangles should be your chosen print and the second should be a solid. Don't use the print for both sides, if you do, the print will not show well when the light comes through, plus you can save some money by using a less expensive solid for the back and splurge on the print.
Next, put right sides together, pin all around, sew all four sides with 1" seam allowance leaving 2 small openings on the top corners to feed the tension rod, make one of the openings bigger so you can turn it inside out.
Turn it inside out and hand sew the bigger opening leaving now 2 matching small openings for the rod. Steam press, feed the tension rod and hang, done!
If your window is like mine, meaning wider than 50" you might have to piece the fabric together (you will need twice the height of the treatment) you can see on the last picture that I added a panel in the middle of mine to make it wider.

Solid back
This tension rod was about $6 at Big Lots
Small opening for tension rod
Before

After

Now, if I could just finish the other 3 rooms that need window treatments,  ahhhhh......

What do you think?



2 comments:

Jenna said...

Love it! Super easy too.

happyanne said...

I love that there's no hardware involved, I will have to try this, thanks!