Tutorial: DIY Gathered Curtains

I found my inspiration from one of my favorite blogs: Jones Design Company. She gathered her living room curtains and posted an awesome tutorial on it {I just went back to her blog to give you a direct link, but I can't find it! She has made some new changes to her site, you should go check it out! Click here!}

I decided to gather my curtains to give them a more finished touch. I made the curtains out of flannel sheets, so this touch was needed.

Here's how I did it:

However many inches I wanted sticking up past the gather was how many inches I hemmed it. In my case, it was 5 inches.

Then, because I wanted to do as little sewing as possible, I Liquid Stitch-ed it down. Took me all of 2 minutes. I also made sure I ironed a good, crisp seam where I had folded it down. {For all you seamstresses out there, please pardon my lack of knowledge on the proper terms!}

I did borrow a sewing machine for this project though. First, sew along the top edge. Nothing fancy. Then, sew along the bottom edge. Simple as that!

Then, ya scrunch {pull the strings} to the scrunchy-ness you desire. Tie a knot in the strings once it's where you want it, and cut off the excess. How easy is that? 

The next picture is a horrible shot, but I'm going to show it to you anyways so you can see how I attached the curtains to the rings.

So, that wraps it up! 

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