I don't really know HOW...I just looked at the curtains that I had bought....bought fabric and measured my windows. (I know all the people who sew out there are like "uh oh!" and I'll explain for the rest of us in a minute why...lol) and sewed away.
Ok...so my mistakes...
Measure the windows first (duh!)
Then buy fabric...
Then measure before cutting fabric
Then pin, pin, pin the edges.
Did I say pin the edges?
Pin the edges
Then sew.... oh a straight line is preferred... pins help
TADA!!
The above were my first. They came out perfect. The ones below, my second...not so perfect.
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My fabric was way tooo short (but oh so cute!) so I thought that I would solve that by splitting it the way that I did. However, I didn't think it through I cut them out as two seperate panels including what I had decided to make the valance. Which is fine for the panels but not for the valance.
UPDATED: I should add close-ups of the fabric so you can see it's cuteness...lol
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But still, all was not lost. My next mistake (yup, another) is that I thought "Heck, those lines on the other set of curtains were so easy. I probably don't need to measure or pin." and so I didn't.
Now for the shoulds...
My valance came out crooked. If I had thought it through I should have left that one piece. Even after I cut it, I should have either sewed it back together as one piece and then measured and pinned or I should have measured them exactly and pinned them to make sure they were sewn exactly the same.
Of course, if I wanted to be picky...I should have opened the fabric before I bought it and measured. But hey, the fabric was only $1 a yard! It was a steal!
If I wanted to be really picky, I should have had the measurements of the windows in my purse so I would have known exactly what I need but uh what's that saying about Hindsight...*giggle*
But...seems to me the great thing about sewing is that it can be undone.
So, for now the second curtains hang while I ponder exactly how to fix them. I want to make sure I think this through because I have this plan....