Making Double Pinch Pleat Lined Velvet Curtains / Drapes

Full start to finish making process of custom made hand sewn lined curtains with unusually short buckram headed double pinch pleats. Made in the most beautiful cotton silk effect mustard colour velvet fabric and cotton sateen linings. See the full process including me discussing the fabric itself and the direction of the velvet pile, potential faults in the piece of fabric, the cutting process, machining the widths, hand sewing the linings in place including adding weights and inserting the buckram right through to making the double French pleats. 🕑 TIMESTAMPS 🕑 00:11 - Unboxing the velvet 03:11 - Fabric fault discovery 05:25 - Pile direction 07:02 - Cutting the velvet 08:18 - Machine joining the velvet widths 08:52 - Pressing the velvet seams open 09:15 - Measuring and pinning the double hem & adding lead penny weights 09:44 - Turning side hem, mitred corner and adding weight and hand sewing mitre 10:56 - Hand herringbone stitching double velvet hem 12:15 - Measuring and cutting linings 12:47 - Machine seaming & hemming lining widths 14:02 - Pressing lining hems & seams 14:25 - Turning velvet side hems & locking in linings 15:00 - Adding bar tacks to hem 15:08 - Turning & slip stitching lining side hems 16:45 - Adding buckram to heading 17:18 - Slip stitching heading closed 18:34 - Calculating pleat spacings and pinning out on heading 18:54 - Machine stitching pleats 19:29 - Folding double pinch pleats 19:40 - Stitching bottom of pinch pleats 21:04 - Close up of finished double pinch pleats 21:19 - Finished curtains hung in situ #CurtainMakingTutorial #HowToMakeCurtains #HowToSewVelvet To enable me to keep bringing you great tutorials please support my channel : SUBSCRIBE | CLICK THE NOTIFICATION BELL | LIKE | SHARE | COMMENT © Justine Bennett | Windmill Curtain Room (formerly The Windmill Workroom) | No usage of any content shall be granted without express prior permission. For permission email [email protected]