Quick and Easy Window Treatments: 15 Easy-Sew Projects that Build Skills, Too (Easy Singer Style)

An easy, get-started guide to creating your own curtains, drapes, and shades.Easy SINGER Style Quick and Easy Window Treatments teaches readers how to create simple, stylish window treatments for every room in the house. The author provides her own shortcuts and secrets for saving time while achieving professional-quality results. The 15 projects include lined and unlined curtains and drapes; straight, balloon, and shaped valences; and Roman shades-in a variety of casual and elegant fabrics and styles suited to every type of room setting.This is the third book in the Easy SINGER Style series, designed for beginning and brand-new sewers who are looking for quick and easy projects with a fresh, contemporary style. As with the other books in the series, the early chapters present all the basic information the reader needs to get started. Later chapters introduce specific construction techniques-and a choice of several projects showcasing those techniques. Readers

Madlyn Easley (Norwich, CT) has been professionally designing window treatments for twenty-five years. She and her company, Athena Trading Company, have created products for Country Curtains, Casual Curtains, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Linens & Things, Eddie Bauer, and others. Her work has been featured inside and on the covers of Spiegel, City Curtain, and many other home-furnishing catalogs.