Greek curtains: types and sewing their own hands

Elegant and laconic Greek curtains had just come into fashion. The kitchen interior is decorated according to the strict canons of classic or antique, they play the role of a light touch, a much-needed heavy-handed atmosphere. And in some Mediterranean design, where so many memories of the hot sun and heat waves, without them, and do not do.

Design features and combining curtains

curtains Greek style (Pictured) is not very diverse in form and design, because their basic features - simplicity and practicality. With this cloth well with shutters, transparent curtains, roll models. It all depends on what option you choose curtains for the kitchen design. Consider the main types of them.

Twin sliding curtains

It looks great in and of themselves. Their vertical folds mimic the pattern of Greek scape, therefore complement the curtains can only be transparent curtains with a soft drape.

independent fabric

It may be straight, but it is better to collect them too rhythmic folds. Several long curtains create a feeling of colonnades, especially against the background of a large window to the floor. Look how original they look at the photos.

blinds

Made of polyester plain fabric or with a restrained design in the spirit of ancient Greek painting, these models "companions" do not like. They are beautiful and at the same time practical, as the blinds, so it makes no sense to complement their more than ever.

Roman curtains

The same simple rectangular cloth, folding up or to the side. The interior of the kitchen, they also look great alone.

If the Greek curtains seem insufficiently dense to protect the southern window blinds complement them better.

But slats must be made of natural and even deliberately coarse materials: bamboo, matting, wood. Otherwise, the atmosphere of ancient Greece shatter. Over the narrow pair of curtains look good small pelmets from the same cloth as simple perekidy, as in the photo. They decorate the curtains and will look capitals on the columns, adding elegance to them. The main thing is not to allow the decor too much pomp, otherwise the overall impression would be "heavy".

Mount Type designers for Greek curtain regulate rather strictly. And if a roll, Roman and other models, working on the principle of the blinds, questions asked, by separate webs must meet strict requirements. There are allowed only eyelets, rings with hooks or loops for cornices.

Decor

Greek curtains very tight, but it is quite heavy. This effect is easy to achieve if sew them from natural tissue of a simple plain weave cotton, linen, jute. Such materials are well retain the sun's rays, but do not interfere with air circulation.

Since the Greek style - "native" from ancient times, curtain fabrics should be natural, not only by birth, but also in color.

When this is not necessarily limited to boring white or gray sand range. Here it is appropriate saturated colors: dark blue, brick, olive, bright red, and even black. However, if your kitchen lacks lightness, these colors should be left to the contrast of the ornament, and the paintings themselves choose from a range of pastel.

Greek curtains have their own "handwriting" - a laconic recognizable patterns:

• broken lines meander;
• graceful palmette plant;
• Cretan wave.

Patterns of patterns allow to emphasize the symmetry and simplicity of lines of curtains. But do not get carried away by them. A single band with a two-color pattern on each of the panels to a conventional mean curtains have become Greek - pattern taste and elegance.

Keep in mind that the windows with curtains in the Greek style, demanding the surrounding interior. In the kitchen only natural materials and textures should be used. It would be nice if the shade or drawing curtains to be repeated, and other furnishings.

We sew curtains themselves

Having dealt with the peculiarities of the Greek curtains and examined the photo, you can make such an elegant accessories for the kitchen with his hands. Nothing complicated about it - silhouette for sewing the easiest and accessories you need at a minimum. All that is required is to make measurements of the window to buy the fabric and cut. You do not need even a pattern - a panel of rectangular shape requires only edging.

To sew their own hands the real Greek drapes on cut fabric must be stitched fixing tape of non-elastic material (stripped x / b, and preferably polyester). For this purpose, the upper edge of the workpiece tuck on the wrong side of 2-3 centimeters and smooth down iron. Top superposed tape bending the side edges, baste and sew it to the substrate.

You will need to buy a large braid with a typical Greek ornamentation and symmetrically to sew it to both panels. Also in the store sewing accessories you can find eyelets with the same pattern, so that even in these parts felt antique style. Just choose the color of brass, gold or aged bronze - plastic or shiny stainless steel there will be out of place.

The final touch - the formation of large rhythmic folds. But it was not necessary to correct the curtains regularly with his own hands, it is better to make them at the level of the fixing tape.

Roman form of Greek curtains

Own hands to sew curtains, blinds a little harder. The raw materials are the same: a natural fabric and decorative tapes. Plus, it takes a few thin tubes or strips to keep the shape horizontal folds, as well as strong cords with rings.

The procedure works:

1. To carve out his own hands rectangular fabric slightly larger than the window opening.
2. Finish the edges and sew from the wrong side cross pockets at regular intervals. This will require wide strips usual braid.
3. Immediately decorate the front of the ribbons with ornaments - will have more clean design.
4. Harvested rails lock in "pockets", and each of them with their hands to sew 2-3 metal or plastic rings.
5. Skip through the resulting loops cords, tied for the lowest lath nodes. By the way, you can decorate pretty tassels.
6. The upper ends of the cords are passed through a whole series of rings attachment tab to be on the one hand - as in conventional blinds.

After this will fix the finished curtain over a window in any convenient manner: Velcro, hooks or via vraspor the side holders. Matter which option you choose depends only design the mounting bracket.