I hem pencil pleat curtains without taking them off the rail. Guide for small people and ironing board owners alike. I don't enjoy taking the curtains on and off the rail often, so here are my easy tips for pinning and hemming long curtains without any arm strength or height required!
Finding the perfect length is tricky, but I use pegs for a flexible alternative to pinning up immediately. Next comes the exciting part. Entering the curtain fort. Ironing board (or kitchen chairs) required. Draping the curtains over them, sit with your back to the window, become one with the curtains and get pinning! I measure for every single pin and make sure the lining fabric is being well behaved too. A quick iron and we're ready to sew!
There are 100 ways you can attach the hem up... fabric glue, ironing strips, machine sewing, hand sewing... and I chose an easy hand sewing option. A simple whip stitch used to hem the old bottom edge to the lining fabric. She does the job. These curtains took 45 mins per side, so find a podcast, phone a friend and you'll be done in no time!
Finishing up the left and right side edges of the seam is important. I try hard to make this look professional and seamless... by doing a blind hem! This can be a little fiddly, but you open up the ends to look inside, and zig zag between the inside edges. When you pull the thread through, it zips itself up and the thread is invisible inside. Don't forget to finish your sewing with a few knots.
Now the bottom looks lovely, lets sort the top. Knowing how to hang pencil pleat curtains is a club. Welcome. The trick is with the three cords that run along the top inside tape. Pull these to length (half of the width of the window). Secure the thread to length with a slip knot and tuck the ends in. Once you know how to hang pencil pleat curtains, you will never be able to ignore badly hung pencil pleat curtains again. This is a heavy burden and I can only apologise.
May your curtains always hang proud,
Emma
00:00 Welcome
00:24 Curtains too long
01:09 Get the perfect length
02:08 Pin curtains while hanging
02:40 Iron the bottom
02:46 Hand sewing the hem
03:31 Blind hem
04:07 I don't cut the excess
04:26 Pencil pleat curtains
04:41 Pencil pleat curtains cords
05:01 Pencil pleat curtains hooks
05:09 Ta da!
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