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Tablecloth Window Treatments
For an easy weekend project, turn old tablecloths into dignified window treatments.
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What You Need
- Tablecloths with finished edges, or fabric with bias binding or grosgrain ribbon for the edges
- Clear thread
- Sewing machine for buttonholes
- 1-1D8-inch button-cover forms and brown fabric to cover
- Brown thread
How to Make It
- We made these 84-inch panels from two 70-x-90-inch ribbon-edged, oblong linen tablecloths, using the 70-inch measurement as the width of each panel. If you use fabric and ribbon trim, adjust the instructions accordingly.
- To make one panel, cut the 90-inch measurement to 84 inches plus 1/2 inch for the seam allowance.
- Cut the small piece you just trimmed away so the piece with the banded edge is 3 1/2 inches deep. (This will be the top of your panel.) Reserve the excess for the tabs.
- Fold in what will be the inside vertical edge 3 inches and press.
- With clear thread, topstitch along the ribbon to hold.
- With the scrap fabric, make a total of 16 tabs to fit over a curtain rod of your choice.
- Starting at the inside edge of the curtain panel, pin the right side of the banded piece to the wrong side of the panel top, catching eight tabs (placed loop end down and in between the banded piece and the curtain panel) at even intervals.
- Stitch, and flip the banded piece over to the front of the curtain.
- Trim the excess on the outer edge of the top band to within 1/2 inch of the panel edge, and turn the edge to the inside to prevent fraying. Your tabs should now be at the top of the panel.
- Press and topstitch along the ribbon band.
- Cover eight buttons for the top and stitch them to the top band, centering them below the tabs.
- Using the inside top button as the first button, mark the positions for the buttons going down the vertical band on the panel. The distance between them should be the same as the distance between the tab buttons.
- Cover the buttons and sew them in place.
- Make the companion panel, following the instructions for turning back the vertical inside edge and constructing the tab top.
- Lay the two panels together to measure for the buttonholes. The buttonholes must be directly opposite the buttons.
- Using brown thread and your sewing machine, stitch the buttonholes. Unless you plan to button your panels, there's no need to cut open the buttonholes.
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