Stitched pleats add a flat plushiness to the top of your window treatment but also maintain a managed structured fullness at the bottom.
How to hang inverted box pleat curtains.
They re great where you don t want so much billowy fabric represented in the bottom half of your room.
Get out your two l shape brackets and four dry wall screws.
Do this on both sides.
Hanging these box pleat curtains is so easy.
Because the pleat is sewn on the reverse side of the header you ll get a flat fronted look when the curtain is closed.
The difference is that with professional looking curtains you won t see any visible topstitching on the front and more of the work will be done by hand.
Many of our curtain tutorials have been at more of a diy level but for these inverted box pleat curtains we re going to take it up a notch.
Like the single pleat a reverse pleat gives you a very clean and crisp look.
Place your valance on top of both brackets make sure to.
Starting from the very end of the window trim measure 6 up and mark with a pencil.
When making stitched pleated draperies several steps are vital to keeping the pleats consistent.
The inverted box pleat basically forms an inverted pleat at the front of the curtain with all the extra fabric within the pleat contained behind.
How to make inverted boxpleat draperies.
Also known as an inverted or box pleat this is a popular choice for modern homes.