Curtain Tie Backs – How To Get Most Of Them At Zero Cost

Curtain tie backs and tassels

Speaking of curtain tie backs, they are quite popular when used as accessories for your curtains. Because of their decorative nature ,the curtain tie backs hold the curtains on the window and give support so the light can stream freely into your room.

Choosing curtain tie backs

If you are worried about your window appearance, you need to think good on the selection of curtain tie backs but more importantly you should keep an eye on the size.

In case you only have heavy curtains, some small tassel tie backs could be your worst choice because they could look dwarfed and bad because of the heavy weight of the curtain.

Awesome curtain tie backs with almost no money !

Even if you have more money than you could need, the possibility of making your own curtain tie backs after your taste, makes you think twice before putting money into tie backs. You can make your own tie backs with your own hands for cheaper and they will also look the way you want so you get the best out of two worlds.

Instead camouflaging the view and making it mediocre, you can achieve a nice framing of the scene and also match the tie backs with the drapery material.

If you are an adept of simplicity, start with a straight band of fabric. You can do whatever with it, stretch, fold, stitch it, you can let it

short or long, depending on the preference. Many curtains that you see in the houses have their tie backs made from straight bands that are folded over the gathered edge. The suggestion is to use these into informal places like bedrooms.

Folded bands are more used for formal draperies along with a nicely folded stitched edge. You can achieve stiffening with an interlining of buckram or even canvas.

So it goes like that , cut a fabric strip ( watch out for the material as you need to match it to your draperies or curtains, whatever you have installed on your window ). Try to make the strip from l4 -> 20 inch long in case of creating a usual tie back or if you want to let the drape loosely to the top corner of the window frame, take 30->40 inches of strip.

Wide wise, a good practice is to cut it a minimum of 8 inches wide because we want half an inch seam at each of the curtain/drape side.

Next comes folding which will be done lengthwise with running a cotton tape through the fold.

Next  comes stitching which is done along the edge 1/2 inch in after which we will pull the cotton tape.

After which the folding of the tube will be done smooth because we want the seam to follow nicely along the edge and we’ll press it flat.

Doing this, we skip to tucking in each of the unfinished ends around the metal ring and sew them with a stitch. Now we want to attach a cup hook in the window frame because we want it to hold that two rings. After you bring the tie back around from the very back of your curtain and hooking the other end, try to adjust the folds of the curtain tie backs nicely.

Before you even think on stitching, try placing the trimming in-between the edges. A good practice is to trim the faces toward the center of the tube.

In case you want to trim along both edges on a nicely straight curtain tie back, cut 2 strips of fabrics 3-4 1/2 inches to 7 inches wide. Get these 2 stripes together with the trimming in place to face toward the center of the tubes.

Before you place the hooks in your windows frames, try the curtain tie back. If everything is in place, the only thing left is to adjust the folds. If the material used is made of softer fabric, you should have more folds over the tie back.

See, curtain tie backs shouldn’t be an expensive piece of necessary equipment for your window curtains, you just have to be creative.