I am re-doing a set of store bought curtains for my daycare provider to fit some different windows.
The curtains are 83" long (width doesn't matter for this as I am redoing them into shorter curtains).
So, they are 83" long including a top hem (to insert the curtain rod) of 2.1/4" and including a bottom hem of 1". both hems are folded under 1/4 inch but I counted this in the 83" and I measured twice.
So.... I thought if I measure up 40.5" from the bottom fold of the hem that would make exactly half the length, and I could chop it off and add the appropriate hems.
But... for some reason when I hold my tape measure where I want to cut it, the other half seems so short that it just doesn't seem right. Where could I be going wrong with my math? It seems pretty elementary to me. Is it perhaps my eyes that are messed up?
Thanks in advance!