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How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Introduction

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Easy and affordable, these stylish curtains make a big impact in any space. The painting canvas creates a slightly stiff drape, but hangs beautifully, and the use of grommets means no sewing is required!

Step 1

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Cutting template

Create a template for your chevron design using cardstock. Cut a 15" x 16-1/2" rectangle. Then create two triangles by dividing diagonally.

Step 2

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Make template

Align the two 16-1/2” edges and pin them together. This will give you half of the chevron design.

Step 3

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Scheme With Painter's Tape

Lay the drop cloth on a smooth, protected surface. Outline your pattern with painter's tape. Start with the template pointing toward the center, 12 inches from the top of the canvas. Place painter's tape just outside the top and bottom edge of your template. Flip the template over and repeat the taping on the other side. Continue flipping and taping until you've completed a full row of zigzags.

Stage 4

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Make sure each dash is evenly spaced

Start the next row of zigzags, 15 inches below the first. If you align the template two inches above your bottom line, you can find your first top line and continue from there. Repeat until you have three sets of zigzags.

Step 5

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Paint

Before you start painting, make sure the tape is firmly in place and the surface under the canvas is well protected. Optional:Add a small amount of water to the paint to make it go further and dry thinner. Use a foam roller to paint inside the three sets of zigzags. Make sure you're only painting between the largest rows of zigzags, skipping the thinnest rows.

Step 6

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Peel tape

Remove all the tape and let the canvas dry. Repeat the whole process with the other piece of canvas.

Step 7

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Create top hem

To attach the grommets, fold the top of the canvas down six inches and press with a hot iron.

Step 8

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Circular frames for buttonholes

Using the template that came with the grommets, mark eight circles 1-1/2" from the top of the fold and 6-1/4", with the first and last grommets one inch from the edge. Make sure to use an even amount of buttonholes.

Step 9

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Cut circles

Cut out the marked circles being careful to cut only inside your drawing.

Step 10

How To Make Seamless Chevron Shades With Draped Cloth

Insert eyelets

Place the clamp side at the back and the smooth side at the front, centered over the hole. Press the buttonhole together. Repeat for all eight buttonholes and the second curtain.

Step 11

Hang up and enjoy!

The light that filters through this bold design is truly beautiful. No one will believe you made these curtains out of drop cloth.