Fabric for curtains

OK, having a moment here - drapery fabric, that is for curtain making
isn't it? Sorry, for the daft question, had a migraine this morning and
brain is still fuzzy. I'm dreaming of making curtains for living room,
so just having a look on Hancocks and saw some great prices.

Thanks

Janner
France

Yep, draperies for windows. (Back in the dark ages, I remember seeing
an Emily Post dictum that windows had *curtains*. Calling them
draperies was pretentious and vulgar.)
Roberta in D

On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:51:56 +0200, Janner
wrote:

OK, having a moment here - drapery fabric, that is for curtain making
isn't it? Sorry, for the daft question, had a migraine this morning and
brain is still fuzzy. I'm dreaming of making curtains for living room,
so just having a look on Hancocks and saw some great prices.

Thanks

Janner
France

Janner wrote:

OK, having a moment here - drapery fabric, that is for curtain making
isn't it? Sorry, for the daft question, had a migraine this morning and
brain is still fuzzy. I'm dreaming of making curtains for living room,
so just having a look on Hancocks and saw some great prices.

Thanks

Janner
France

Back when I was taking Interior Design classes (a looooong time ago)
I was taught that draperies were window coverings that were heavier,
lined, more formal and *usually* went from above the window to near the
floor if not from ceiling to floor. Draperies had a sort of "tailored"
top with pinch pleats and some sort of hook for hanging on the rod.
Sometimes they were hooked to traverse cords but not always. Draperies
were usually for the formal rooms of a home -- the ones that weren't
used except for very special occasions so they weren't taken down and
washed very often!
Curtains, OTOH, were never lined and didn't have the pleated top
with the hooks. They were gathered onto the rod or hung from tabs or
had holes for the rod to go through, etc. -- they were much more casual
in style. Being put in a kitchen or some other room used a lot, they
had to be easy to take down and launder and then put back up again
Now, I don't think anything is written in stone anymore :-). If you
like the fabric and want to make window coverings out of it, then go for
it and make then whatever style you want! CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
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Yep- I have made many 'window coverings' using my quilting cottons and lined
them with more quilting cotton, or layered with batting and/or used the
black-out insulated stuff for lining. It's pretty much whatever tickles
your fancy at the moment.

Quilting cotton valance (unlined), quilted center thingy (front, backing and
batting) and a 3-d appliqué with a big fake pearl in the center- with sheer
under curtains-

http://family.webshots.com/photo/212...60435514kenLBo

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Tia Mary" wrote in message
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Janner wrote:

OK, having a moment here - drapery fabric, that is for curtain making
isn't it? Sorry, for the daft question, had a migraine this morning and
brain is still fuzzy. I'm dreaming of making curtains for living room,
so just having a look on Hancocks and saw some great prices.

Thanks

Janner
France

Back when I was taking Interior Design classes (a looooong time ago) I
was taught that draperies were window coverings that were heavier, lined,
more formal and *usually* went from above the window to near the floor if
not from ceiling to floor. Draperies had a sort of "tailored" top with
pinch pleats and some sort of hook for hanging on the rod. Sometimes they
were hooked to traverse cords but not always. Draperies were usually for
the formal rooms of a home -- the ones that weren't used except for very
special occasions so they weren't taken down and washed very often!
Curtains, OTOH, were never lined and didn't have the pleated top with
the hooks. They were gathered onto the rod or hung from tabs or had holes
for the rod to go through, etc. -- they were much more casual in style.
Being put in a kitchen or some other room used a lot, they had to be easy
to take down and launder and then put back up again
Now, I don't think anything is written in stone anymore :-). If you
like the fabric and want to make window coverings out of it, then go for
it and make then whatever style you want! CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

"Tia Mary" wrote:
Back when I was taking Interior Design classes (a looooong time ago) I
was taught that draperies were window coverings that were heavier, lined,
more formal and *usually* went from above the window to near the floor if
not from ceiling to floor. Draperies had a sort of "tailored" top with
pinch pleats and some sort of hook for hanging on the rod. Sometimes they
were hooked to traverse cords but not always. Draperies were usually for
the formal rooms of a home -- the ones that weren't used except for very
special occasions so they weren't taken down and washed very often!
Curtains, OTOH, were never lined and didn't have the pleated top with
the hooks. They were gathered onto the rod or hung from tabs or had holes
for the rod to go through, etc. -- they were much more casual in style.
Being put in a kitchen or some other room used a lot, they had to be easy
to take down and launder and then put back up again
Now, I don't think anything is written in stone anymore :-). If you
like the fabric and want to make window coverings out of it, then go for
it and make then whatever style you want! CiaoMeow ^;;^

PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary


That's what I was taught too. Draperies were hung from pleated tops with
hooks hung onto loops on (usually) a traverse rod.
Curtains were gathered onto a rod which was inserted through a fabric pocket
on the curtain and were usually a light-weight material and less formal, and
sill length rather than floor length. Today, I see floor-length curtains
that traverse and short drapes that just hang on a non-traverse rod. I
think the distinction would be that drapes have a more formal look ----
usually. Who really cares??? grin Whatever looks good. My house has one
pair of floor length curtains. The rest of the windows have either
horizontal or vertical blinds, and a few have just valances.
KT. in MI

Joan Rivers says that you wash the dishes and sweep the floor and next week
you have it all to do over again.
Curtains come close to that 'chore' category.
You will want to try to be sure that the fabric you choose behaves
nicely in the laundry. Polly