I’m back with a project that is so easy, anyone can do it. Curtain panels made with heat bonded hem tape. This is a great project because it allows you to use almost any type of fabric you like, and make them as long as you need. The best part – you don’t need a sewing machine.

To make a hem, you’ll want to fold the fabric over the tape and iron it. For the bottom hem, I repeated this, so it’s folded over and heat bonded twice, which just gives a stronger hem. For the top, I only folded it over once.



Since I used a fabric that didn’t have a definite selvedge, it looks like it’s self-finished, I didn’t need to hem the edges. If you do need to hem the edges, you can repeat this process for the sides.
Now that my panels are finished, all I needed to do was attach curtain ring clips to the top at equal intervals and hang them up!


My total cost for this project, including fabric (I used five and a half yards total, cut in half), hem tape, curtain rod and rings was under $75.00. And I love my new curtains!



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ok that is just cool. i love non-sewing solutions!
Great project! Love it. I have a sewing machine, but why use it now!
I’m an elementary school teacher who was recently moved to an ugly old portable classroom. I can’t wait to make these easy curtains and cheer up my new classroom!