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Box pleat curtain tutorial.
6 30 it should say lining width face fabric width 6 inches instead of 3 inches.
My window is 46 wide.
For my curtain i only wanted 1 pleat.
I altered her tutorial just a bit and made my own box pleat curtain.
If you are mounting your curtain on a 1 4 board you need to add 5 for the ends of the board and 8 for the pleat in the middle.
She does a great job describing how to measure how much fabric you will need with the addition of the pleats hems etc.
We factored in 8 per pleat an additional 3 on each side for the depth of the board to wrap around the return or the side of the board 1 2 for the 1 4 hem on each side and about a 1 2 for each end to wrap around the back of the board equaling 65 5 total in length.
For the box pleat curtain example the window measured 50.
Pin your pleats so they measure 8 inches and top stitch 8 inches down on both sides of each pleat making sure to back tack at the bottom.
Get the fabric supplies you need at onlinefabricstore.
Return leading edge 4 for sewing the sides.
As a starting place for the amount of fabric needed for the pleats you can multiply the distance you want the curtain panel to cover by about 2 or 3 depending on how full you want the curtains.
So this is how i did my math.
For each pleat you need to add 8 inches of fabric.
Once you have cut your fabric lay the ride side of your drapery fabric down on top of your lining.