SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Sewing machine
- Rotary cutter & board (or scissors)
- Quilters rule
- Sewing notions
- Water soluble marker
- Liquid Stitch adhesive
- Clothespins
- Iron
- Tension rod
- Fabric, print
- Liner, lightweight muslin or cotton fabric, same as print fabric
DIRECTIONS:
- Valance for inside window frame, mounted with a tension rod.
- Measure the height and width of the window.
- Width of fabric: add 4" to width of opening
- Length of fabric to cover the top 1/4 of window opening: 3/4 of overall height + 4 1/2"
- Liner: 2" less in width and 1 1/2" less in length from fabric size
- Lay fabric WSD.
- On top edge, mark a line 1" down and 5" down from raw edge. Fold the fabric to the 1" mark. Fold again to the 5" mark. Press. This will be a 2" pocket for the tension rod.
- On the sides and bottom edges mark a line 3" in from raw edges. Double fold the fabric to the 3" mark.
- Open out the pressed edges.
- With fabric WS up, lay liner on top, 1" up from bottom edge of fabric and 1" in from either side of fabric. Refold pressed edges of bottom and sew close to the fold. Repeat for side edges. Repeat for top edge to create the pocket.
- Lay the fabric RS up. Leave a section of the panel flat below the pocket. Fold and pin wide pleats on one side of the panel. When pleats are in desired locations, place pins toward the outer edges of the fabric to mark the locations. Open out the fabric and measure the distance between pleats. Mark the same locations on the opposite side of the fabric. Pin pleats. Sew pleats in place from edge of fabric 1" in (over hem).
- Press the top loop of the pleats toward the 1" stitching. Adjust the new folds to layer down the sides of the panel. Keep the folded edges flush. Fold under the bottom edge. Place a small amount of Liquid Stitch under folds of pleats and clamp with a clothespin to secure in place until glue is dry.
- Adjust length of tension rod to fit in window.
- Slide rod through pocket and hang.
- Adjust folds of center drape of panel.