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The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments: DIY Draperies, Curtains, Valances, Swags, and Shades

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The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments, Second Edition is the most comprehensive book of its kind on the market, offering the reader both inspiring location photography plus step-by-step instructions for making 50 different projects. Window treatments include several curtain styles, formal draperies, swags, valances, cornices, various Roman shades, and roller shades. Designed for the DIY home sewer, this book is also valued by professional workrooms and trade schools because it teaches professional methods for measuring, sewing, and installing window treatments. Now updated with new photography and the latest window treatment styles, this second edition is a must-have for any DIY home sewer. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books; 2nd ed. edition (May 1, 2011)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 73


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.7 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1 x 11 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #651,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #21 in Interior Window Design #1,245 in Sewing (Books) #1,416 in Home Decorating (Books)


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    • Great instructions
This book is great. It has pictures of everything and pictures throughout the steps which are very helpful. Book is very easy to follow and has great tips. Has every style of curtain I ever wanted to make. I bought one for me and a friend borrowed it and loved it and ever gave it back. So, I had to get another one for myself. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2014 by Luvmakeup1000
    • I like that this book gives actual instructions on how to ...
I like that this book gives actual instructions on how to construct different top treatments and curtain panels. It does require some basic sewing knowledge and at times the phrasing may be a bit confusing but with a bit of time and patience, anyone can follow on.
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2015 by Amazon Customer
    • Updated.
For beginners, to designers. Helpful sales tool.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2024 by Patricia Hekhuis
    • Complete Guide To Window Treatments.
A great book that gives suggestions and directions for many types of window curtains and treatments, along with directions and supplies needed. The book is large sized and around 300 pages filled with photos and directions. A great book for a D-I-Y person.
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017 by jad
    • A must for anyone sewing window treatments.
This book is beautifully illustrated. It is technically explained, yet easy to follow. I would consider this book a must for every seamstress wanting to construct professional looking window treatments.
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2012 by lyndep
    • Somewhat disappointed
Very disappointed, especially after all of the wonderful reviews. I am a competent seamstress, however, now that I am older, I want to make sure that everything I do is absolutely the best it can be, which is why I ordered this book. I wanted to achieve results even better than most professionals. Just a few of my thoughts on this book: Pros: It offers a variety of ideas one may not have previously considered (for example, it has numerous styles of valences you can make), and it explains how to do certain things, such as how to make pinch pleats, how to add grommets, making tabs, etc. It also gives ideas for products I previously did not know existed (styling tape). It has tons of color pictures. All very good things. Page 65 has a wonderful diagram of how the curtain will be constructed - I would have liked to see more diagrams like this throughout the book. Cons: I was not able to figure out, after searching throughout the book, where to match the lining for the curtains at the top of the curtain - do I start the lining at the top of the rod pocket, or at the heading seam? Also, how do I treat the lining? Do I turn it under, along with the decorator fabric at the sides? I know that the bottom will be shorter, but what is the industry standard for the turned-under bottom hem at the back of the curtain? Also, something very confusing: on page 125, the author lists bottom hem allowances. If you want your curtains to be 1/2" above the floor, the hem allowance is 8". However, if you want your curtain to brush the floor, the hem allowance is 8". Is this just a typo? These number should not be the same. Additionally, she stated that the hem allowance for puddling on the floor is 1" (is that a 1/2" turned-under hem?) - she does not explain how to determine the amount of pudding that you want, and that if you want a larger puddle, then you will need to determine this in the length (yes, this is common sense, but it wasn't really made clear here). Additionally, the organization is lacking. For making lined rod-pocket curtains, there is a section in the book for it, however, I find myself referencing the flat panel curtains, the rod pocket curtains, and the rod pocket valence sections. I don't know how one would have organized this differently without vast redundancy, but that's something the editors should have caught. (FYI, there is a "Basics" section - but it's in the back. Seriously, editors?) Something else I would have liked to see - a section on the different kinds of needles and thread you should use for different fabrics. I wanted to make both sheer curtains and heavy curtains - I know that I need to use different needle sizes, but this may not be clear for all people sewing. I also would have liked suggestions on which type of needle to use for the different applications. I'm sure this information is available somewhere online, but I would have liked to have seen it in this book so that I would have one place to reference. Overall, it's a good book for an overview, and it's probably one of the better ones out there, but I just expecting more from this book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2015 by Amazon Customer
    • Lots of ideas. I was debating on pleated drapes ...
Lots of ideas. I was debating on pleated drapes for two bedrooms but will be going with lined flat panel for at least one. The instructions are well written.
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2016 by RCK
    • Great book for those who sew!
Great book for those who sew!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2020 by L.B. Talley

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