Linen curtains in the kitchen with his hands

Linen curtains again return lost ground. Today, natural materials are again in vogue, and it's time to decorate your own kitchen with stylish curtains - bought in the store or sewn with your hands on a photo from the Internet. Such curtains are characterized by high density and resistance to wear, so they last a really long time, through many washings.

Features linen fabrics

In addition to naturally occurring linen curtains have many other advantages:

• High weave density allows them to delay the dust from outside, without preventing air movement.
• On these curtains turn out crisp and smooth fabrics. In addition, they, unlike synthetic curtains, do not accumulate static electricity.
• Soft dispersion of sunshine - good linen shade the room, creating it is not gloom and more comfortable to the eye in natural light.
• Regulation of a microclimate - even our grandmothers knew that the thick curtains give warmth in winter and coolness in summer saving.
• Linen curtains have a dirt-repellent effect and therefore perfectly cleaned - an ideal option for the kitchen, where textiles have to wash more often. Also they are capable of holding and partially absorb harmful radiation and have antibacterial properties.

Choosing and Caring for cloth

Although the linen curtains are distinguished by high wear resistance, they require careful care. Wash them at a temperature not higher than +30.. + 40 ° C using soft means for delicate fabrics. Pressing the web in the centrifuge is undesirable, otherwise a great risk that it just sits after washing.

A serious drawback of flax as other natural fabrics is the complexity of ironing. To these curtains will always look impeccable as the photo on the web, you have to work hard. So do not leave after washing the curtains just otvisetsya - they definitely need to be ironed very hot iron, while they are still wet. And if you feel like messing around with such a capricious material, sew curtains with your own hands, you can choose nemnuschuyusya blended fabrics with the addition of Dacron.

Pure linen is not only difficult to maintain, but not cheap. This problem is solved, too - just buy a canvas with cotton. Its price is considerably lower fabric itself is a more light and airy, although its life is considerably reduced due to the lower resistance to wear.

We determine the design

If you have already watched some photos of natural shades, you probably noticed that the curtains made of linen rarely go to some pattern - here's the beauty lies in the simplicity of a noble plain paintings. Nevertheless, there are certain rules for color matching kitchen curtains to be followed. Linen should be different in tone from the background wall, or they simply will merge with it and will look not so impressive. The only exception - a bleached curtains that are perfect for any interior, regardless of its main palette.

Choosing linen for curtains, linen look muted natural shades of gray, brown or green colors - it will emphasize the natural origin of the tissue.

As for the length, it all depends on the room size and number of pieces of furniture in it. Linen curtains for the kitchen a large area can be very long - almost to the floor. But in a typical apartment, where a square meter is not enough, and the window is piled furniture set or refrigerator, it is better to do in their average length, just to cover the window sill.

Linen texture, you can choose a smooth, adding to its beautiful lace inserts or a relief - it in itself is interesting to look in the interior.

additional decorations

Ease of linen cloths to freely decorate them if necessary. For example, on a smooth surface of the fabric looks gorgeous any embroidery - made their own hands or through the special options on the sewing machine. Photos and patterns scheme is easy to find in the masters forums. In addition, flax perfect combination of natural lace, openwork and even application. Although the last option is not suited to every interior style.

Decorating linen curtains, it is important to show a sense of proportion, so as not to overload them superfluous decor. Also, designers recommend to opt out of lace and embroidery, if the curtains design presupposes a pelmet. Plan to hang in the kitchen layered draperies, complemented by a translucent tulle? Then he, too, must be sewn from natural fabrics - linen instantly "will give" synthetics that his background always looks cheap bad taste.

Sewing

First, you need to prepare to work fabric: rinse in warm water and dry it, then to him shrinkage is not pulled stitches. Cutting is performed after removing the measurements with the window opening, but most of linen curtains made in the form of direct paintings of simple silhouettes, as interior design photo.

Here the work to be at a minimum:

1. Cut from a roll of two identical lengthwise rectangle.
2. Finish the edges by ironing them.
3. At the top of each web from the inside sew textile tape - first with his hands "on the live thread", and then on the sewing machine.
4. Pat curtains completely and use the tape on the tape to form large soft folds.

Simple Linen curtains are ready - you can hang them on the ledge in the kitchen and supplemented, if desired, side picked up.

Very impressive look bleached linen curtains, which are attached to the ledge using a pair of drawstrings. It is better to initially use a thin and soft material with the addition of cotton to the ends of the ribbons, sewn by the hands, not bristled, and fell beautifully on the edge of the curtains. They are made from conventional strips of fabric that you want to stitch along a longitudinal line and at one end and twist with a pencil. Smoothed flat iron "belt" untreated side is sewn on the wrong side of the base web.

Roman curtains

Flax is great for sewing curtains Roman hands. Here it is necessary to cut out cloth strictly according to the size of the window or the part of it that you want to close. If the curtain is made entirely on the entire opening, it is better to do at 5-10 cm wider than the distance between the lights. The length is also selected on the dimensions of the window, but there will have to roughly determine the number of horizontal folds.

Typically for windows the height of 145 to 220 cm for Roman blinds form folds 7, and if the window above, 8. However, it is all at your discretion.

If linen fabric you are too thin, the curtains can make a double. To do this you need two identical patterns to sew three sides from the inside out, and then turn received the "bag" and again stitch it into two lines - near the side seam and a centimeter from him.

The procedure works:

1. Cloth finish the edges and neaten them from above, once stitched soft tape Velcro. The lower part of the blind bend, to make amends for an iron and hem in the manner of a narrow lateral pocket - it will then need to insert a rail-weighting.
2. Takeout from the bottom edge 10 and from the upper 5 cm - is the extreme fold lines. Remaining between the canvas should be divided into equal horizontal strips and make markings.
3. Each fold line on the reverse side curtains sew dense braid width of 25 mm, stitch its top and bottom. The resulting pocket to insert a wooden or plastic slats, which will play the role of the frame for lifting sections.
4. On the reverse side to the transverse strips of tape to sew their own hands the plastic rings with a diameter of 1-2 cm at the same distance from each other. There should be no less than three - in the center and at the edges of the web are indented from the edges of 2.5 cm.

Make sure the rings in vertical rows located strictly one above the other, then the fabric will be assembled in the correct folds, without losing shape.

instead of the cornice for Roman blinds, you can use a piece of wood. For its aesthetic worth obtyanut a cut of the same linen cloth, that we have chosen for curtains, securing it with a stapler. To the front side of the second half of the Velcro is attached - with the hooks. Now homemade curtain rod can be fixed to the wall or frame in any convenient way, and Roman blinds you then simply Prilep Velcro tape.

Most of the work is completed, it remains only to assemble the curtain on a string to get a simple lifting mechanism. To do this, you need to take three pieces of nylon cord and run them through a vertical series of rings. On the ledge should also sew rings or screw screws with hooks - working part cords must pass through them. After this, the ends of the strands over tighten one side and tied a knot. If desired, they can braid and even decorate the bottom of the brush, a large bead or suspension - look like in a photo ready curtains in the store.