Low-Cost Interior Decorating with Discount Fabrics
Written by Administrator Thursday, 11 October 2007 11:32
When you’re on a tight budget but want to redecorate your home, you can still do so when you make the right choices. You can afford to decorate if you use discount drapery fabrics. Aside from decorating, these fabrics can be used for many other ideas. The weight of drapery fabric makes it ideal for slipcovers for furniture, throw pillows and duvet covers. There are indeed lots of creative ways to use discount fabric.
You can create pretty decorative pieces even without sewing. Folding the fabric in an accordion and then draping and feeding it through pretty sconces or rings on the wall will create a beautiful jabot curtain. Putting a tack in the middle of a drooping curtain will fix that in a jiffy. Adhesive strips are another no-sew way to create beautiful décor. This web-like fabric is ironed onto the back of a fabric and will hold two pieces of a fabric together, or adhere the fabric to another surface. Make sure to check first if the adhesive strips you use are washable or not. If you are using a non-washable fabric it may not matter, but if you want to be able to wash your curtains, it will.
If you do decide to sew, you really open up a world of possibilities. Novice sewers to experts can use a particular kind of sewing that makes good use of discount fabrics. Beginner sewers should use solid fabrics, or ones with a very simple, small design; using stripes and plaids are difficult to match pieces properly. You want your efforts to look professional, even if they are not. Using tone-on-tone fabrics, where the colors are the same on both the pattern and the background, will allow you to get a patterned appearance. Mistakes blend more easily into this kind of pattern.
You can also make pillows and table runners with your discount fabrics. The heaviness of these fabrics makes it perfect for these types of projects, not just draperies. A foam pillow with a drapery fabric slip over it will work great on your bed. If you want, you can put zippers for easier removal and cleaning. Drapery fabric also lends itself to spot cleaning, so you don\'t have to bring everything to the cleaners.
If you’re a beginner sewer, making table runners with discount fabrics will be easy for you. Just put a backing of plain material, add some fringe or beading on the ends of the cloth, and voila! You have a lovely decorative piece for your home. You can use drapery fabric to make simple duvet covers for your bed, and have the advantage of changing your bedroom décor without the expense of new bedspreads. If you use the same fabric, you can also make pillows and curtains to match. This is really an affordable technique that also allows you lots of leeway in decorating. You can find coordinating discount drapery fabrics to allow you to mix and match in your decorating scheme.
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