Step by step tutorial video on how to make Integral Roman Blind Returns, the little grown on flaps that to cover the end of the head rail / track header. It's a continuous shaped flap made using an extension of the face fabric are ideal for blinds fixed to the outside of the window recess where the ends of the headrail or batten may show. Instructions include 2 methods of making, each of which can be hand sewn or machine sewn and lined with curtain lining or with the front face fabric so.....

Piped scatter cushions are a good staple for any curtain maker or upholsterer but getting them just nice can be tricky and those pesky zips cause everyone stress. There are also many different methods to the making, the way the piping is cut, where and how you join the piping, how and when you overlock the components and what shape you cut the corners.

Step by step Instructions on how to pattern match patterned fabrics for curtains and drapery at the sewing machine without the need for any pinning, creasing or taping at the table first. Just take your fabric pieces to the sewing machine and away you go. Practice this method to achieve a professional, fast and efficient method to give you a perfect match every time.

Back to basics tutorial demonstrating how to make an Oxford style cushion cover complete with invisible zip. As usual there are many ways to make even this simple cushion and there are (usually) no right or wrong ways. In fact sometimes I might make Oxford cushions in a different way depending on the client's specification or the fabric type or pattern or even the availability or design of the fabric.

This is a shortened version of a full #tradeonly #videotutorial I made for the 'Trade Pro' tier of my #Patreon channel on how I make an #interlined #Romanblind from start to finish. I couldn't resist the opportunity whilst I was making up this lovely printed velvet from #TheMonkeyPuzzleTree. My go to method is to use a running #lockingstitch to keep all the layers together as I'm not a big fan of stab stitching and find this method takes pretty much the same length of time anyway and creates a s

I just found this footage from way back in 2017, edited in 2019 and then appeared to completely forget about. Anyway..... found it again now! This is a speeded up version of me making two simple #piped and #zipped scatter #cushions in a very pretty fabric from #VoyageFabrics. There are may ways to create a join in the piping. This one is a tapered overlapwhich is one of the quickest and easiest to do.

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This is just a tiny one minute trailer of a massive two hour detailed 2 part video tutorial on how to make piped and zipped velvet box cushions. Both parts are approximately one hour long and detail full instructions from preparing all the component parts right through to putting in the foam inner and zipping up!

This is a super easy hack to modify a standard feather cushion inner into a plump box shaped cushion suitable for squab seating or scatter cushions. I love a quick hack like this. Made to measure feather cushions of any type can be expensive especially box cushions but most people have a few standard scatter cushions knocking about or they are available for just a few pounds at most furnishings shops.

This is a trailer for an extensive two hour tutorial video that is a pretty accurate representation of the real time making of a lined and bonded interlined Roman blind. I make up Roman blinds using several different methods depending of fabric, linings, finish or whatever my customer may request of me. However, left to my own devices....

Creating a neat double turned #hem can be tricky without forming bulk and lumpiness at the #corners which can be problematic on some things like #napkins, #placemats, #tablecloths and sheets. Placemats are the best example as they look their best when they lay completely flat. A standard hem can form such a build up of layers at the corners that the placemat won't sit flat.

This is the free to view shortened and speeded up version of a full 1 hour detailed tutorial shot mostly in real time with me describing what and how I'm doing it. If you are in the trade and would like to view the full tutorial please visit the Patreon link below.

I love this style of Soft Box Scatter Cushion With Invisible Zip. The simplicity of the boxed sides creates a smart contemporary style especially when contrasting colours or varying textures are used. Here the client wanted two similar tones of taupe in a Prestigious Textiles tweed effect weave and a luscious velvet. There were two pairs of scatter cushions in all; One with the weave front....

These Oxford cushions have a contrast mitred edge instead of the usual standard plain edge in the same fabric but adding a contrast usually creates its own problems with bulky seams and a join across the back to accommodate the zip. Not this method though... no no... this method gives you a super sleek finish with no seams on the edge and a fantastic hidden zip that's very hard to spot.

High speed timelapse inside a professional trade workroom showing making up, start to finish, a huge 8 width Wave headed blackout lined curtain showing cutting the fabric, joining, turning and adding weights, hand sewing, adding the tape, counting millions of tape pockets, adding the curtain hooks and folding. Phew!

High speed timelapse inside a professional trade workroom showing making up, start to finish, a huge 8 width Wave headed blackout lined curtain showing cutting the fabric, joining, turning and adding weights, hand sewing, adding the tape, counting millions of tape pockets, adding the curtain hooks and folding. Phew!

This video, mostly timelapse, is of me making a huge lined, blackout and interlined Roman blind from a sweet Clark & Clark seagull printed fabric. The blind was commissioned by one of my trade customers to cover a set of patio doors and needed to be blackout and interlined. Normally I would use bonded blackout interlining and indeed that was what was ordered but the request came in very late and all I had in stock was standard interlining and blackout lining so that's what I used. The blind....