Hard lambrequin do it yourself. Patterns of hard lambrequins

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Dreaming of new DIY curtains? Can't choose a model? Do you need to close the fastening elements of the curtains to the eaves or the defects of the window opening? Sew a hard lambrequin. Make it really at home. The necessary materials are available, and the technology is not so complicated. Even a beginner can master it.

Types of lambrequins. Benefits of hard

There are several options for this decorative element of curtains:

• simple;
• hard;
• soft;
• combined.

The first is a strip of fabric pleated on a curtain tape or by hand. A hard lambrequin has a fabric front side and a dense non-woven back or inside.

Soft consists of a certain number of alternating sequentially complex elements with folds - swags, de jabot, chill molds. Combined - a combination of the two previous options.

The advantage of a hard lambrequin is that with a fairly simple sewing technology, a very beautiful, spectacular decorative product is obtained. This effect is due tothe ability to make a complex curly bottom, which will be fixed.

What is bando

A do-it-yourself hard lambrequin is made on the basis of a dense non-woven material. You can use the following:

• bando;
• non-woven;
• doublerin;
• proclamin;
• wood frame.

The first one works best. Bando can be self-adhesive, hot-melt, with one or two adhesive sides. May vary in density. It is convenient and easy to work with him. Compared to a wooden frame, it is light in weight, and the pelmet is easily attached to the cornice with a regular Velcro tape.

How to sew a hard pelmet

So, you have decided to decorate your interior with this decorative element. The order of work will be as follows:

1. Take basic measurements.
2. Draw a diagram of what you want to see.
3. Prepare materials as needed.
4. Make a pattern on paper and cut it out.
5. Put it on the bandeau, circle without allowances and cut out.
6. Apply the non-woven fabric template with the adhesive side inside out of the fabric, which is best placed on a table or ironing board. From above, leave an allowance equal to 2 cm, from all the rest, 1.5 cm is enough. For the best gluing, it is worth turning the product over and ironing along the front side.
7. Make bandeau lining from the same fabric. To do this, fold the flap with the right sides inward so that the fold line runs no closer than 5 mm to the veryprotruding element of the bottom edge.
8. Pinch both layers with pins along the allowances so as not to damage the adhesive base.
9. Sew the side seams and the bottom edge 3mm from the bandeau. The value depends on the thickness of the nonwoven material. Leave the top edge off.
10. Cut off excess fabric, leaving 0.5 to 1cm to seam.
11. On the arched parts, carefully make notches with scissors, cut the corners so as not to damage the stitching.
12. Turn the product right side out through the top edge.
13. Sew the finishing stitch along the outline.
14. Allows the top edge, iron inward.
15. From the wrong side of the lambrequin, sew a Velcro tape, the counterpart of which is glued to the eaves.

Following all the steps in sequence, you can make a beautiful hard lambrequin (photo above) of any shape.

Product diagram

Before you start sewing or even making a pattern, draw, or rather draw to scale, a diagram of your curtains with a hard lambrequin. It will allow you to see how the element will look, and will also help with building the template in size.

It is better to make a diagram on a scale of 1:10, when in 1 cm on a sheet you will have 10 cm of real ones. In this case, when building a pattern, you can easily find out the length of any element.

Patterns: we do it ourselves and use ready-made

To sew a hard lambrequin with your own hands, you will need a template that will cut out the details from the gang.

If you are going to make a simple-shaped pelmet, it is easier to build a pattern yourself on a 1:1 scale.

Using ready-made options makes sense in case of repetition of some module or a very complex asymmetric shape, which, due to lack of skills, cannot be drawn by yourself.

If you decide to make a pattern with your own hands, prepare the following materials:

• a long strip of paper corresponding to the dimensions of the lambrequin. You can use unnecessary wallpaper, graph paper, drawing paper, glue the format from office paper for a printer or newspapers. The last option is not very good, since the paper is too thin, and according to the template, you will have to trace the outline of the product on the gang.
• pencil;
• ruler;
• angle;
• compass if you have arcs or semicircles;
• scissors or knife.

You need to build a pattern like this:

1. Draw a rectangle corresponding to the maximum dimensions of the lambrequin in width and height, respectively.
2. Build an axis of symmetry if the shape is like this.
3. From the completed center line, set aside the required distances to the left and right and line up the figures.

If you previously made the diagram to scale, then you can simply measure from the lower left corner of the length that you take from the diagram, multiplied by the scale factor. For example, on the sketch you have 3cm, with a scale of 1:10 on the pattern it will be 30cm.

If your bottom edge is made in the form of repeating curly modules, it is enoughbuild one on another sheet, but here just circle it a few times.

Having mastered the creation of a pattern of hard lambrequins, you will be able to make patterns of any complexity on your own. You don't have to look through a lot of images on the Internet, wasting your time. An idea came up, they took it and implemented it first in the pattern, then in the material.

Decorative trim

Any curtains that have a hard lambrequin (photo below) look stylish and very original due to the shape of the part. However, additional decoration will also come in handy. You can decorate the edges of the finished product as follows:

• fringed;
• braid;
• string;
• glass beads.

Usually, this is done from below. The surface of the part can also be decorated with a sewn pattern from the items listed above, or use other objects such as:

• bows;
• flowers;
• butterflies and dragonflies;
• beads;
• eyelets;
• sequins.

The choice of decor is determined by the fabric, shape and model of the lambrequin. If it is sewn from several multi-colored parts of complex shape or the fabric has a contrasting bright pattern, additional decor is not required.

How to make an openwork pattern

If you do not like to overload the space with dense fabrics, but at the same time want to do something original, make an openwork hard lambrequin with your own hands. The working principle and technology are the same as thoseas described above. The difference lies in the template used. In this case, it is not just a rectangle with a curly edge, but a cut-out decorative pattern.

If you can draw, you can easily design an ornament yourself. You can also find any vector (contour) image on the Internet. If the file is in this format with the.cdr,.ai,.eps extension, you will simply scale it without quality loss in the appropriate editor. For such a service, you can contact an advertising agency that offers large-format printing. In the same place, a template will be made for you on a scale of 1: 1.

Industrially, openwork lambrequins are made on special laser cutting equipment, when the pattern is made immediately from a two-layer base. You will have to do all the operations manually.

So, you have learned how a hard lambrequin is made. It's easy if you follow the sequence of steps. Having correctly calculated the dimensions, you can easily build a pattern yourself or modify any ready-made template. Design, sew, decorate your interior.