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Show Woman's World Cheerful Curtains for Kilclien Are Made from Chintz Goods i3u lrlta J4aleu a ARE your kitchen curtains weary after year-long use? Is the material ma-terial too heavy to be suitable for warmer days ahead? H you have either of these problems prob-lems and cannot find a nice material mate-rial for curtains, perhaps you have an old chintz bedspread or drapery material tucked away in an old trunk in the attic. This Is ideal for sewing gay attractive framing for kitchen windows. A single-sized bedspread will 7 usually yield at least two pair of v one or two piece curtains for kitchen windows. Yes, this includes ruffle from the same material, too. Of course, if you prefer to make the curtains look just a little bit more tailored, then you might consider con-sider trimming the edges with a contrasting con-trasting colored piping, particularly If the pattern of the material is well-covered with a floral design. Your best pattern for kitchen windows win-dows is to cut a tissue paper facsimile fac-simile of the curtains you now use. I am assuming they are the correct cor-rect length and fit properly. The important thing in windows is to have sufficient fullness so the curtains cur-tains do not look skimpy. If your home, and particularly the kitchen is done in a very early American motif or is strictly mod- ern, you might forego some of the ' fullness for an effect of simplicity or good tailoring. Then you will plan to clothe the windows differently: avoid the ruffle, settle for bric-a-brac or a contrasting band around the edge, and let the curtain fall in soft folds rather than in a gathered effect ef-fect Correct Measurements For Curtains Curtains are generally measured and If necessary straighten the fabric. fab-ric. Watch this closely when working work-ing with a printed fabric. Some women prefer leaving the selvage on the curtain to save sewing sew-ing a side, but it is advisable to cut it off and finish the material. The selvage edge may shrink and give the curtains, and naturally the room, a rather bizarre appearance. If the selvage is removed, make a hem on the fabric. If plain stitching is not desired for the hem, the material may be hemstitched or darned with colored col-ored stitches, featherstitched or even bound In harmonizing or con- from the rod to the sill. If you do not have curtains that fit well, it is well to make the measurement and ee that you have ample fullness and length. If you are using a piece of old material as suggested, and it has trasting colors. Casings at the top of the curtain usually depend upon the size of the rod. This may require from one and one-half to two Inches. If you are worried about shrinkage, place a tuck across the curtain on the inside in-side below the casing. Use a long stitch on the machine for this or baste in place. If you have decided upon ruffles for your curtains, then measure one of the long sides and the bottom and make the ruffle two and one-half one-half times this length. Use long stitches on the machine first, then gather to fit the curtain, the ruffle going to the inside of the curtain and at the bottom. If you have tie-backs tie-backs for the curtains, here again, use two and one-half times the length of the tie for making the ruffle. ruf-fle. For placing the ruffle on the curtain cur-tain stitch in place and finish with a french seam. For the tie backs, however, tuck the ruffle in-between the material (tiebacks are made of a wide piece of material folded) and stitch once or twice on the edge, depending upon the fabric. If you have a worn-out bed spread. ... 1 been washed, you will not have to allow the two Inches per yard of shrinkage as is done In new material, mate-rial, but you will have to make allowances al-lowances for the following: bottom hem, which is two inches plus a one-quarter inch turn; top heading head-ing which is one and one-half inches and casing which is one inch plus one-quarter Inch for turning. If you are making sash curtains two piece or half curtains, as they are sometimes called measure from the center rod to the bottom of the sill for the lower half. For the tipper half, measure from the top rod to one and one-half to two Inches below the center rod. If desired, the two parts may be in different materials and colors. Procedure Given for Making Curtains It is very important to have all edges absolutely straight before starting to sew on the curtains, as Sew some kitchen curtains. they hang within plain sight of everyone ev-eryone and can give a slightly askew appearance to the room if they are lopsided. Straighten the ends of the fabric by tearing or pulling pull-ing a thread. Measure from this end fe |