INTERIOR DESIGN | Customize Your Drapes | NO SEW Curtain Design

Hello, I'm Jennifer with Jennifer Decorates. This video is going to be quick and easy. I'm going to show you how you can customize some ready-made drapery panels, so stay tuned. So, I have two panels in actually in my entryway and I loved it when I saw pictures on Pinterest and Instagram of these photos that it's all white. It's just white linen and it was gorgeous. I don't know, it just didn't translate in my house very well and I thought, oh, they just look a little too plain. So, what I thought I would do is I'm going to add some, it's called tape, but it's decorative tape. This is the tape I chose. Beautiful. It's kind of almost a charcoal gray and what I'm going to do is I'm just going to add it to the outside edges. I'm going to come in about a half of an inch, but I'm not going to sew them. I'm going to glue them on. So, at the fabric store, I found this. It's called Fabric Fuse and it's supposed to be a quick bond fabric adhesive. So, we're going to give it a go and see if this works. I have my curtain down and laid on the floor and ready to go. Now, some of you might be wondering how come, how come you just don't hot glue it on there and, you know, maybe you could and maybe it would turn out okay. I guess I'm just worried that the glue will be too thick, the hot glue will be, and it'll be kind of bumpy. Now, having said that, I'm going to start by gluing on the back where these hooks are. I'm going to glue this first piece here and I'm actually going to hot glue this piece so it stays in place and it gets done quickly. Now, see that's not going to show on the back so I'm not worried about that. It's above the window as well. I just left that tape on there. Now, all I'm going to do is apply the glue and I'm just going to apply it on the outside edges and I'm really going to only go in, I said a half inch, but I think I'm just going to do a fourth. Now, you could, if you wanted to, measure all the way down your curtain and mark a little line to make sure you're, you've got it straight. I'm just going to go for it. Okay, I'll let that sit for a minute and then move on down. See, already it looks so much better. It's come alive. I love it. Now, it says it's supposed to dry quickly, fairly quickly, so as I'm moving my way down, I decided to get some heavy books to just place on top just to make sure it doesn't move as I keep going all the way down the curtain. I am tickled pink with the way this turned out. It added just the right color, just the right texture, gave it a custom look without being custom, and without the price tag. So, if you want to know how to figure out how much tape you need, so what you do is, how long is your drapery panel? So, say it's a 96 inch drapery panel. Well, there's 36 inches in a yard, so what you'll do is, you'll divide 36 into 96 and you'll get 2.66. Go ahead and bump that up to three, so you have a little extra of the tape to go over the top and a little extra to go over the bottom. So, three yards will do one panel at 96 inches. My total cost of this tape was $66, and you can apply it to any ready-made panel. I have some favorite places where I actually purchase linen drapery panels that are ready to made, ready to go. I'll put that link below, but what a great way to make your drapes look custom. Be sure to subscribe to my channel. I'm going to have some more videos out later, and I hope you guys have a fabulous day!