DIY Ticking Stripe Curtain Sewing Tutorial
This DIY Ticking stripe curtain is simple to make, a perfect beginner sewing tutorial. With only two and a half yards of fabric, and some straight stitches, you can make this easy project in under an hour.
Servings 2
Cost 5
Equipment
Ingredients
- ticking stripe fabric
- sewing machine
- coordinating thread
Instructions
DIY TICKING STRIPE CURTAIN CUT LIST
- 1- large piece for the main panel. Mine was 82″7- 3″ by 7″ strips of fabric for the tabs
DIY TICKING STRIPE CURTAIN SEWING TUTORIAL INSTRUCTIONS
- Measure and cut for the main panel. For my boys’ room closet, I wanted the curtain to start several inches above the closet door and go all the way to the floor. I needed a total length of 83 inches. After the tabs for this project are sewn in place, they add three inches in length to the curtain. I needed the main panel to be 80 inches. To account for seam allowance I added two inches, one inch for the hem at the top and one inch for the hem at the bottom. I just used the width of the fabric, 44″, for my curtain so I didn’t worry about hemming the sides. If you need to cut the sides for your width, make sure to leave an extra inch on each side for the side hems.
- Cut out the seven tabs.
- Fold a curtain tab in half lengthwise, right sides together, and sew down the long edge with a 1/4″ seam.
- Turn the tab right side out, using a large safety pin.
- Top stitch along both long sides of the tab, to make the side seams lay flat.
- Repeat steps 3-5 for the remaining six tabs.
- Create the hem along the bottom of the curtain by pressing the bottom edge toward the back of the fabric 1/2″ and then another 1/2″, to hide the raw edges inside. Sew a 3/8″ seam.
- Repeat step 7 for the top edge of the curtain, but skip the sewing part for now.
- Fold the tabs in half and place the raw edges under the top hem, evenly spacing them along the top of the curtain. I do this by folding the main curtain piece in half to find the center. I place one tab on each outisde edge and then one in the middle. After pinning them in place, I evenly space two tabs between each outside tab and the middle. This is a great way to space out seven tabs. (Refer to the video if this sounded confusing!)
Notes
WHAT IF I NEED THE FABRIC TO BE WIDER?
- 44 inches, the width of my ticking stripe fabric, was perfect for the closet curtain in my boys’ room, but what if you need the panel to be quite a bit wider?
- For example, if you want to make a DIY ticking stripe shower curtain, you will need to about double it. A standard shower curtain is 72″ wide.
- Cut two pieces of ticking stripe fabric 36.5″ each. Line up the edge of a white stripe on one panel with the edge of a blue stripe on the other panel. Carefully pin down that line and sew in place with a half inch seam.
- Make sure that the blue stripe lines up with the quite stripe, as opposed to matching two white stripes. If the pattern looks continuous, the seam won’t be as obvious.
- Add ruffles to the bottom. This would be cute in a girls’ room or for a shower curtain.
- Make it extra wide by sewing two panels together.
- Add buttonholes to the top, instead of tabs.
- Make it tan, charcoal or black.
- Happy sewing!