Making Tie Backs For Your Curtains
Curtains are much more practical, easy to clean, and stylish to have surrounding your windows. One thing that you will need for most curtains are tie backs. Tie backs allow you keep the curtains open in the morning to allow the sunshine in - but also to close them at night when you want more privacy.
We can give you a few steps that will help to sew together these stylish addition to your curtains. You will need a sewing machine, thread, pins, scissors, fabric, and a tie back kit (includes padded tie back fill, rings and hooks).
- Fold tieback fill in half, measure, then fold back fabric enough to fit the folded tieback fill.
- Pin these in place to make your pattern allowing 1.7cm around the outside of the pattern (fill).
- Use tailors chalk to mark out on the fabric the seam allowance. You will need 4 pieces of fabric to make 2 tiebacks.
- Cut around the marked seam allowance. Overlock or overedge stitch all the raw edges of the tiebacks.
- Place 2 together with right sides facing. Pin all the way around leaving approximately 12 cm opening to allow for fill to be placed.
- Stitch with 1.5 cm seam allowance. Then clip curves.
- Turn to right sides facing out and press. Then take the tieback infill and stuff the covers through the opening you have left. Press again. Slip stitch the opening closed and press.
- Mark on each end where you want to sew on the rings. They should be centred and approximately 1.5 - 2.5cm from the edge. Hand stitch these on.