Cushions and Curtains - Hardcover

Openshaw, Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861263511 ISBN 13: 9781861263513

Publisher: Crowood Press, 2001

Cushions and Curtains takes you through all the steps of learning to make these home accessories. Advancing through the basics of understanding fabrics and introducing the necessary equipment, it guides you through 12 projects, giving you the confidence and skill to make cushions and curtains with a professional finish. Cushions and Curtains will teach you how to choose fabrics, calculate the quantity of material needed, and use a sewing machine to best effect; make square, round, boxed, and piped cushions with zippers; create classic lined curtains finished with valences, pelmets, and tie-backs before progressing to interlined curtains and Roman blinds. Lavishly illustrated in color throughout, this is a complete handbook for beginners and a fresh source of ideas for those more experienced.

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From Library Journal:

Needlecrafts teacher Openshaw here provides directions for constructing basic cushions, pillows, curtains, valances, pelmets, tiebacks, and blinds for the home. Her meticulously detailed instructions at first appear a bit overly complicated, but that is the fault of the layout, which would have benefited from a greater separation between the projects and the better-labeled figures. Amateur sewers will be well guided by this book, making it a good choice for public libraries.

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