Curtains arch for the kitchen - the choice of ready-made and sewing (photo, master class)

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Advantages and disadvantages
Choose a beautiful and practical material
Rules for choosing colors and design
How to sew a curtain arch with their own hands
How to fix the curtain arch

The design of the kitchen in today's fashionable variations of country style requires a “rustic” style of curtains. It can be curtains cafe, curtains with lambrequins or beautiful curtains arches.

Advantages and disadvantages

Curtains-arches, as their name implies, have an arched form in the form of an arch, that is, they represent a single fabric sheet with the ends hanging down to the window sill, and the shortened central part.

Due to its length and shape, these curtains are not only beautiful, but also very comfortable, especially for small kitchen: they do not prevent the passage of natural light from the window and the heat from the battery, and also allow you to use window sill as an additional working (or decorative) surface. In addition, unlike the long traditional curtains, they visually “do not reduce” the space, but, on the contrary, make it easier.

Of the minuses of this type of curtains are the following characteristics:

Arched curtains do not hide batteries and pipes;
Because of their short length, they cannot be hung near the stove;
No combination with roller blinds or jalousie, curtains, arches, and especially tulle arch, can not obscure the room;
This style of curtains is not suitable for modern styles: modern, minimalism, hi-tech, loft.

The design of the kitchen with a curtain-arch is the perfect solution for classical and rustic styles: Provence, Chebbi chic, rustic, Russian and Scandinavian country music.

Arched curtains can be even or gather in folds. Also possible with the use of decorative cords. Ruffles, laces, fringe, located in the lower part of the product are used as decorations.

For a dark kitchen or narrow, small windows, not curtains, but arched pelmets, such as in the photo below, will do.

Choose a beautiful and practical material

Arched curtains can be purchased off-the-shelf, ordered from an atelier or sewn with your own hands, in any case it is important to choose the right fabric and its design.

In terms of practicality, blended fabrics with synthetic fibers or fully synthetic, for example, from viscose, are more suitable for the kitchen. They hold their shape better, burn less and are easier to wash.

Most often for the manufacture of arched curtains use:

Flax - durable, beautiful, easy to maintain, pleasant to the touch, hypoallergenic material, but the folds will be quite bulky due to its density and gravity;

Tulle is a classic and popular solution, especially recommended for kitchens located on the north side;

The grid can have patterns, be decorated with fringe or lace, the density of weaving is very different, and therefore the folds of this curtain can be both thick and soft, and lush;

Organza - skips and beautifully softens the lighting, drapes well, but requires careful maintenance.In addition, remember that this material has a slight luster, and therefore the design and color of the fabric should not be intrusive and restrained.

And for the manufacture of ruches and grabs, a fabric should be chosen that is identical or as close as possible in composition and density with the base material - this will make the finished product more harmonious.

Rules for choosing colors and design

Before you sew arch-curtains with your own hands, you need to choose the tone of the materials - the main and the additional. As already noted earlier, it is imperative to bear in mind that the arch must be an easy curtain, it must be removed from soft, well draped fabrics. But how to choose a color and design suitable for an interior?

To design the kitchen according to all the rules of harmony and style, you need to keep in mind some of the rules of window decoration.

If your kitchen has low ceilings, then choose curtains with a vertical pattern or stripes;
The color of window textiles can repeat the color of kitchen textiles, such as tablecloths, towels, upholstery;

Also, when choosing a color, you can focus on the color of the finish or furniture, as shown in the following photo;

For a dark kitchen located on the north side, warm shades are suitable - yellow, orange, beige, cream;

The design of the kitchen in a rustic style requires vegetative ornaments, floral motifs, traditional cages, peas and pastoral designs on the curtain fabric;

Council Don't know which color to choose? Choose a universal and win-win option - white or beige.

More information about the combination of colors in the kitchen can be found. here

How to sew a curtain arch with their own hands

To sew an arch for the kitchen with your own hands, you need a length of suitable material about 100 cm wide (of course, here you need to take into account the dimensions of the window opening).

We prefer loose soft fabric with additives in the form of synthetic fibers.

After the fabric is selected, a pattern is made. We offer you an excellent instruction and a drawing from the second issue of the Soviet journal “Peasant Woman” of the distant 1983. This pattern and master class are still relevant, because really everything new is just forgotten old.

The cut is folded in half.
The width of the window is measured and the resulting value is divided by three.
A semicircle is drawn from the highest point on the fold, so that its radius corresponds to the third part of the width of the window.
Semicircle is cut.
Cut line aligned to straight.
The edge is processed, and the curtain tape or velcro is sewn on - this is how the design of the upper edge of the curtain ends.
It is necessary to determine the length of the curtain. For this, the window height is multiplied by 2, after which two radii are added to it (measured earlier). The resulting value - the length of the product from the window sill and to the eaves, it must necessarily take into account your pattern.

Attention! If the uniformity of the ends of the product is important, then the canvas folds back. Where the edges are joined, 250 mm is marked up - and the detected point is connected to the bottom edge of the bend. The result is a diagonal connecting the ends of the product folded in half, and the edge is cut off along this one.

The finished product unfolds, after which a fringe, braid or other suitable decor is sewn to it.

And here is the old source of instructions and patterns for sewing arched curtains with your own hands.

How to sew arched curtains do it yourself

How to fix the curtain arch

It is possible to sew the curtain of the arch type for any type of cornice. The cornice can be chosen even the thinnest, and to fix it either above the window opening, or on the ceiling. And the only restriction to fasteners is eyelets.

If you decide to sew a curtain with hanging loops, you will need a curtain rail, and for a curtain with a braid you will need a rail construction with hooks. A good option would be and mount in the window opening - in this case, the eaves are attached to the sash, and the curtain is hung with Velcro.

Tips:

Curtain with Velcro will be very convenient in case you plan to frequently wash kitchen textiles.
It is better to install the cornice as high as possible and closer to the ceiling in the “low” kitchen.