Finding the right frame for a window is an important step in the process of creating a harmonious look for any interior. For this purpose, various types of textile curtains are used. An unusually stylish window decoration is a lambrequin. Lambrequins are located at the very top of the curtains, covering them and giving the entire curtain ensemble a finished look. The most beautiful and complex are soft lambrequins, consisting of several draped parts - a semicircular swag, jabots hanging along its edges and a bar on which they are attached.
Instructions
Step 1
Make a preliminary sketch of a lambrequin consisting of one swag and two jabots. Based on the dimensions of the window and the sketch of the product, determine the width and height of the lambrequin in the finished form. The height of the swag lambrequin (or its sag) should not exceed 1/5 - 1/6 of the distance between the floor and the curtain rod. The width of the lambrequin is equal to the length of the cornice. When connected into one finished product, the parts of the swag and jabots overlap. Determine the width of this overlap. This value will be the finished width of the jabot.
Step 2
The most difficult stage in making a lambrequin is cutting a swag. Its upper - straight - the edge consists of three parts: a flat central section and two side, draped in folds, sections (shoulders). To get a swag pattern without a drawing, use a large piece of mock fabric. On a wide cloth-covered table or ironing board, mark with a pencil or a non-staining marker the dimensions of the finished swag: the finished length (on which mark the central part without folds), the height or sag of the swag, and also draw its approximate shape.
Step 3
Place a large piece of fabric on top, aligning the hem and the line marked on the table, leaving plenty of fabric around the edges. Secure the center piece of the future swag. From the ends of this segment, draw diverging oblique lines on the fabric with a pencil (you get something like a trapezoid). The angle of inclination of these lines is determined individually, in the process of forming a swag. Along these lines, lay deep folds 8-12 cm wide (fold lines are perpendicular to the sides of the trapezoid). Focusing on the lines outlined on the table, give the fabric the desired shape, fixing the folds with pins.
Step 4
Then draw a straight line of the upper cut of the svag on the fabric, mark all the control points for combining the folds on it, draw a smooth curved line of the lower cut. Cut the fabric along the resulting lines. Remove the pins and lay the resulting piece flat on the table: this is a swag pattern. Use it to cut this piece out of the main fabric.
Step 5
You can also cut out a swag using a pattern built using the special calculations shown in the figure. In this case, fold the piece of fabric diagonally and attach the constructed pattern to its fold, aligning the fold lines of the fabric and the pattern. Cut out a swag by making a seam allowance of 1.5-2 cm on the side that will be attached to the bar. The outer (rounded) edge of the swag is processed with an oblique inlay, braid or fringe, therefore, no allowances for edge processing are needed.
Step 6
Cut out a jabot in the shape of a right-angled triangle, the width of the upper part of which is equal to the width of the jabot when finished, multiplied by 3.5 times. This margin of width is then folded away. The height of the jabot is determined at your discretion, based on the intended proportions of the finished lambrequin. It can also be quadrangular, with sides of different lengths.
Step 7
The bar for fastening all the details of the lambrequin is a strip of fabric. Its length is equal to the width of the finished lambrequin plus seam allowances. The width of the plank is equal to the doubled width of the curtain tape plus 1 cm. The plank of dense fabric is reinforced with doublerin. The transparent fabric is not duplicated, but is used folded in half. The width of the sheer plank is equal to the width of the curtain tape, multiplied by four, plus 2 cm.
