Smocked curtain Smocking may be an unusual window
treatment but here it pulls the look of the whole room together.
Difficulty: for the experienced sewer Time: one week
You will need cotton voile or any preferred sheer fabric matching coloured machine thread embroidery needle dressmaker’s graph paper pencil and ruler dressmaker’s pen or pencil adhesive tape, such as masking tape curtain header tape
To calculate the fabric Measure your window, curtain rod and height from rod to floor to calculate the amount of fabric you require. A standard curtain drop is 230cm long, allow an extra 20cm for the hem and header; if you require longer curtains calculate the amount required per drop for the length. You will lose approximately half of the width of fabric for the smocking technique. Cotton voile is available in several widths, choose the width accordingly; otherwise you will have to make more drops to fit your window. For the curtains featured in the photo, fabric with a 280cm width was used; the width of the fabric was used to create the length of the curtain, and 350cm was used per drop to create the width of the curtain, to give a 160cm finished width after smocking.
To make
To smock It is a good idea to make a small practice sample of the smocking technique before you begin, so you can determine how to create the folds neatly at each dot and also how much thread must
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