The finishing touches can add opulence to your soft furnishings. Bows, rosettes, tails and trumpets can be added to tie backs, pelmets, valances, bed drapes and curtains to add that little extra personalisation.
A valance or pelmet added to the top of your curtains or blinds can not only hide an unsightly track but can enhance the finish of your window treatment.
Pelmets are made by padding a shaped buckram base layer, covering with fabric and attaching to a pelmet board to give a tailored look. We have instructions on making no sew pelmets as well as the traditional way of sewing them.
Valances like curtains are gathered across the width and hung from a rail or board to give a softer finish to your windows. A balloon valance, sometimes known as a cloud or pouf valance, is a simple unlined treatment for small windows or teamed up with café curtains.
A simple scarf valance is a length of fabric draped across the top of your window between hooks at each corner.
For a more formal look swags and tails are the ultimate window top treatment.
Tiebacks can be purely decorative as well as being used to hold your curtains back during the day. There are many designs and we have covered gathered, heading tape and traditional.
All these accessories can be made to match, coordinate or contrast with your colour scheme.
These free illustrated sewing instructions will enable you to make your own window drapes accessories.