New Curtains

[Big C]

My wife came up with a great idea for our curtains on how to fit them to the curvature of the walls.

[Aage]

The bar? Nice! Great idea.

[joni78]

Originally Posted by Aage

The bar? Nice! Great idea.

Thank you. Yes, I was going to use the bar on the bottom with cafe rings, but the windows on the left had no room at the bottom and the curtains would have been above the window sill. Also the gap was letting light in at RV Parks and shining right in my face! :-)

[Aage]

Yes, it's a neat way to do it, and will work with the curtains open as well as when they are closed. Cool!

[joni78]

True. I have opened them and there's no need for tie backs. The window locks work well for this....now that was just dumb luck. LOL

[rogerdodger]

I like it, what did you cover the bar with?

[joni78]

Nothing...it's just a plain black curtain rod....from Target

[rogerdodger]

Originally Posted by joni78

Nothing...it's just a plain black curtain rod....from Target

Great idea, looks good, Thank you.

[cnballen]

Just beginning to look a curtains for our 1971 31' Int'l. (big but fun restoration job). Think I've found the perfect solution in looking at your windows. What more can you tell me about material, hardware, difficulty in sewing (I'm challenged). We live in SE AZ, I've got about 3 months to go from bare/NO window coverings or hardware, to looking like yours. Thanks, Nancy

[joni78]

Nancy~ Very easy to sew. Just fold 5/8 inch & straight stitch all sides., (which I just folded once and basted.) I bought the slides for the original track. These have a short elastic in them. Measured spacing and basted the elastics to the wrong side of curtains. Than I Sewed 1 1/2 inch gross grain ribbon to the back side, sandwiching the elastic between it and the curtain. This added a little rigidity as well as hiding the white elastic. I did the side seams next and last, the bottom hem line. Be sure to measure the curve of the window as the length of the curtain will be an inch or so shorter after installing the bar. Or measure for bottom hem after the bar is installed & hang the curtain, may be easier.
The bar is just a cheap curtain rod from Target. The kind for the cafe rings. Place the rod between the large window and the small lower ones, so it isn't visible from outside.... I'm going to had stitch a lining on the side facing out to keep this dark color from fading, if we ever stop camping long enough!!! lol

[cnballen]

Where did you buy the new tabs & (if you don't mind) how much do they cost? I have material, someone to sew, now I get to worry about hanging them from the overhead rail. Probably need about 84 tabs, good fortune the front window still has the original hardware. Nancy

[joni78]

Nancy,
Sorry I didn't see your post sooner....Spring and we run a garden center...busy...busy...
I got our slides from Vintage Trailer Supply - parts and supplies for vintage travel trailers and campers!. Make sure which you need. Our 75 needed both the T and G slides.They are sold in 25 or 50 count bags. Can't remember, but I think they were under $10 a bag.

[2vets]

We had the same problem with the curtains swinging outwards on the bottom. We decided to glue some small rare earth magnets to the screens, and using leftover old game pieces made our own magnets. We placed the magnets on three positions on the screen to be able to keep the curtains close to the wall.