How to Make Curtains: Measuring and Making the Perfect Window Coverings for Every Room in Your Home. A Storey BASICS® Title

This is fantastic for beginners or for a refresher on the basics. Short and sweet. If you’re wanting to learn how to make curtains or valences it provides all the essential information.

Very informative and easy to understand.

Very information. I'm a beginner and it's been very helpful. Would recommend.

I liked the book

This book is an extremely thorough with regards to the steps needed to choose, measure, and make curtains for a variety of windows and in a large number of styles.I was very impressed to see the amount of information provided. The book is broken into seven chapters:1) Window Dressings – Anatomy of a Window; Window Treatments defined2) From the Top Down – Fixtures and Hardware; Heading Styles3) Fabrics, Lengths, and Linings – Choosing Your Fabric; Classic Curtain Lengths; Types of Lining4) Measuring Up – Taking Accurate Measurements; Structural Elements of Curtains5) Calculating Yardage – Curtain Fullness; Curtain Width; Curtain Length; Matching Pattern Repeats6) A Few Basic Techniques – Terms and Tips; Adding Lining7) Sewing Your Curtains – Unlined Rod Pocket Curtains; Line Rod Pocket Curtains; Tab Top and Tie Top Curtains; Hidden Tab Curtains; Grommet Top Curtains; Instant No-Sew Curtains; Fabric TiebacksThe author has also included a metric conversion chart and standard equivalents. While it is something that I don't particularly need, I think it is a good and useful chart to have in the book for those who use the metric system instead of the imperial system of measurements.Where it is a little lacking is that the illustrations are all hand-drawn versus any photographs. I really appreciate the amount of work and the information provided in the hand-drawn charts. The information is all extremely useful and, for the most part, would have been impossible to include properly in a photograph. However, I would have liked to have seen some real life representations of curtains that were made utilizing the author's suggestions. I don't think that it makes the book any less great – it just could have made it even better.I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, Storey Publishing, LLC, via Netgalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

My Mom used to make our curtains when I grew up, and I was thinking of giving it a try myself but I had really no idea on how to get started. So when I saw this book I was immediately interested and was very happy that I got a copy through NetGalley in exchange for a review, which I am happy to provide. Let me just say right up front, I would have loved the book so much more if it had color photographs instead of the illustrations, I just respond so much better to color, however other than that it was a really informative book. You will not only get educated in the anatomy of any window, everything you need to know about fabric and lining, how to calculate yardage and measure a window, sewing and basic tips to make it a successful endeavor. This book pretty much covers everything you would need to know before getting started, I for one can't wait to give it a try.

This book is wonderful but does not have instructions for making pinch pleat curtains. The description says it includes pleats, so I thought it would, but doesn't.

Excellent for dealing with odd ball windows that vary in width for each one throughout a 125 yr . Farmhouse. Talks about things I had to learn through mistakes the first time around. Highly recommend it!