Fabric Calculator Help
How We Make Our Curtains
There are many different ways to make a pair of curtains and any two experts will give you differing methods of how to do it best. For that reason, we take care of this for you without getting you involved in the details of how your curtains will be made. However, if you’re an expert and you want to know exactly how we’re making your curtains, read on.
Leading edges & returns
Leading edges and returns are taken into account in the fabric requirements calculation as additional width. This is to make sure that your curtains meet properly in the middle if your poles or tracks stand out significantly from the wall or have a significant overlap in the middle.
For curtain poles, we make each leading edge and return 6cm to give a total additional width of 24 cm in the case of a pair of curtains or 12cm in the case of a single curtain. For tracks leadings edges and returns are 8cm each to give a total of 32 cm additional width for a pair and 16cm for a single curtain.
Fullness
Our fabric calculator allows you to choose exactly how full you’d like your finished curtains to be and, if you’re ordering online, you can choose the extra fullness option to give your curtains a more sumptuous look. The fabric calculator starts by using our standard fullness and you can either increase this or, in some cases, reduce it. Our standard and extra fullness by heading type are as follows:
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Heading
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Standard Fullness
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Extra Fullness
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Gathered Pleat
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1.8
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2.0
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Pencil Pleat
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2.0
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2.5
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Double Pleat
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1.8
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2.0
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Triple Pleat
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2.0
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2.5
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Inverted Pleat
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2.25
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2.5
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Tab Top
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1.25
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1.5
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Eyelet
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1.5
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1.75
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Turnings (Top And Bottom Hems)
The amount of fabric we require for turnings varies slightly according to heading type and fabric. As a guide, they vary form 23cm for simple gathered headings up to 36 cm for deep 6 inch pleated headings. Most pleated headings require 33cms. Very heavy fabrics (especially velvets) require 3cm less than standard weight fabrics.