How to hem a curtain

Have you purchased a light transparent curtain in a store, knowing that it will not fit in height?



To hem it you will need: scissors, pinning needles, sewing thread, a ruler and a marker for working on fabric.

First you need to determine the height of the curtain; in our version, the fabric will lie slightly on the floor. Use needles to fix the height of the curtain on a small area of ​​fabric.



Remove the curtain and lay it on a clean floor. Use a ruler to measure how much the veil will be shortened. Tuck it along its entire length, securing it with needles.



Cut off the excess fabric, stepping back 5 cm from the fold. It is easy to cut the veil evenly if the floor covering has straight lines. This fabric is very thin and allows lines on the floor to show through, which can be used instead of a ruler. If this is not possible, then you need to use a fabric marker to set aside 5 cm from the fold using a ruler along the entire length of the veil.



Now on a small piece of fabric you need to mark the middle of the hem with needles, using them as guides.



Remove the previously pinned needles and perform a double hem (fold the fabric in half). Pin the hem with needles, removing the needles at the fold.



Since we will not be basting the fabric, the needles need to be pinned more often so that the fabric does not move under the foot of the sewing machine.



Thus, tuck the entire length of the veil.

Sew the hem using a straight stitch on the machine.



Every 20-30 centimeters stitched, you need to remove the needles so as not to lose them during the sewing process.



Upon completion of work, cut off excess working threads.

The light transparent curtain is ready!