How to hang curtains on curtain tape on hooks?

Today, special textile fabrics are very popular, allowing you to beautifully drape the curtains. If correctly to fix a fabric strip with laces that form loops, even the window opening itself will look original and beautiful. But to do this is difficult enough, so you should know how to properly hang curtains on the curtain tape. In this article, we will look at all the nuances of this process, get acquainted with the types and ways of forming folds.

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The main advantages of curtain tapes

The biggest advantage of ribbons for fixing curtains to the ledge is their cost. Moreover, the price of the paintings themselves does not affect this at all. Even cheap synthetic curtains can also be carefully draped, as are natural and expensive counterparts.

The following can also be attributed to the merits of these tapes:

1. You can use them with cornices of any kind - ceiling, wall, round, square. Curtain tape is completely invisible, so it is ideally combined with a thin fishing line, and with thick bars.
2. At any time, at your discretion, you can change the folds of curtains and curtains. No special knowledge to have is needed to figure out how to hang a tulle on a curtain tape, because it has several levels of hooks intended for a hook. But, nevertheless, you need to practice a little to make a beautiful drapery of different complexity.
3. They are combined with any interior. The main thing is to choose the right accessories, more precisely rings, hooks and cornices. With the tape you can hide any defects of the cornice itself, you just need to fix it a couple of centimeters below the top edge.
4. Even intensive washing does not adversely affect the ability of the tape, loops and laces to drape.

Important! The cost of tape depends on the number of cords and threads. On sale it is possible to find even buffer models which apply only for textiles of a certain type, otherwise it will not be possible to achieve the desired effect.

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Application features and varieties of

tapes Textile curtain strips are primarily intended for the formation of wrinkles on the webs, and help fix the fastenings on the curtain rod. There are deaf and transparent options for dense and thin tissues. Before answering the question of how to hang curtains on curtain tape on hooks, you need to consider what kind they are in general.

The amount of material depends on the type of folds that, in turn, affect the width and length of the tape, the level of the cords and the presence of pockets. And now more about the types of folds being created.

Tape for simple draping

With it you can make ordinary horizontal creases from light materials. To create a simple style, it is enough to buy curtains of transparent textile fabric with a small addition of polyester with several laces.

Important! Also these tapes are designed for fastening silk, tulle and organza. And as the eaves used strings and thin rods.

Cloth strips

Used to hold lambrequins and multi-layered fabrics. With their help, you can make folds of different sizes, and to make the curtains look more beautiful, it is better that they are 2.5-3 times larger than the cornice in width. The ribbon itself is quite wide, it can serve as the basis for the formation of more complex structures in different directions.

Important! It can be used for smooth heavy curtains to reveal all the magnificence of folds. And in order to hang the fabric correctly, it is necessary to manually fold before folding.

Waffle folds

They are distinguished by an even distribution of the material, without large formations. They are ideal for chintz, silk and flax. On a tape with such drapery it is not recommended to hang tulle. In particular, transparent and white tulle, as in this case the beauty of folds is completely lost.

Pencil or cylindrical folds

They are used to create circular folds on cornices with rings. The tape is wide and reaches 10 cm. At the same time, two loops are held by one ring or crochet.

To make the assemblies visible, you must evenly distribute the blind. And in order to avoid tugging the individual parts of the fabric, it is necessary to form folds even before fastening with clamps.

Flemish folds

The width of the ribbon is 8.5 cm. The designs are quite complicated, due to the tying of the cord into the received loops, but here the main thing is not to overtighten them. You need to understand how to collect tulle on a curtain tape of this kind, otherwise - you will not get the desired effect, in particular, if heavy materials are used.

Important! They are suitable for holding fabrics with prints that do not form any particular pattern.

Double pleated

To create such a drapery, a wide ribbon with two pockets fits, which allows to form several rows of folds in staggered order.

Important! With the help of ordinary strips, you can drape not only traditional curtains, but also French, Austrian, Roman curtains. Non-standard fixation and approach allow you to turn curtains into a real work of art on the curtain tape.

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How to choose the right ribbon?

To enable it to perform its main function, that is, to organize folds, it is necessary to select it in accordance with a variety of textiles. Consider what tapes to hang specific fabrics:

• Veil, light tulle, cotton fabric or organza, silk or chintz is better to hang with transparent narrow strips with two cords. The first - will form loops, and the second - to form the original folds.
• Massive materials are, of course, better to fix on wide strips with several rows of cords that can be manipulated to create different types of folds.
• The buf is created using a special braid.

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How much tape do you need?

Before you can hang curtains on curtain tape on hooks, you need to calculate the correct amount of strip. Its length will depend on the level of splendor of the assembly, that is, folds.

For example:

• In order to assemble a curtain with usual folds, you need to double its length - the figure obtained and will indicate how much tape you will need.
• For the draping of luxurious and festive folds, it will take three times as much tape as the width of the fabric itself.

Important! It is important to consider that the strip should cover the cornice completely or slightly protrude beyond its edges.

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How to prepare curtains?

To hang the curtains with the help of a tape, you need to sew up the canvas a little. In particular, this applies to highly crumbling materials. But you can not use a double seam with a bend, because in this case the edges will turn out to be too thick. Therefore:

• You can prevent unraveled edges with the help of special tools or overlock.
• Conventional thin materials can be safely stitched with a standard seam.

Now you need to cut the ribbon:

1. Move slightly away from the edge of the curtain, sweep the ribbon to it. In this case, you need to make sure that the lines are parallel and you should always bend the edges. Cords help you to orientate yourself in how many rows of folds you get.
2. Now you need to attach special hooks to the tape with clips so that they do not fall out of the hinges. It is necessary to evenly distribute the fasteners along the entire length of the blade, setting each behind the fabric cord and outward, while snapping the plastic.

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Collecting the folds

It's time to practice how to hang tulle on the curtain tape. To tighten the tape correctly, it is necessary to turn it over and gradually form folds:

• First hooks unbuttoned, one or more adjacent rows are caught, they are taken out and then the web is pulled together.
• Be sure to make sure that all hooks contain the same number of loops, otherwise - the curtain is not beautiful.
• How to form different folds, we have already considered above. You can also change the location of the hooks at your discretion, but you need to take into account the structure of the fabric.
• It remains only ready-made folds to hook on the rings that are available on the cornice.

In this article, we dismantled all the subtleties of decorating windows using curtains on curtain tape. Once again, work out the design of the windows, carefully measure everything, and for the first time slowly take care of your plans!