lining drapes with blackout fabric

I've got some store bought drapes that I need to line with blackout fabric for my brother-in-law. It doesn't look like it'll be too bad of a project, but if anyone has tips on if the rubbery side should go against the drapes, or against the window, and if there's any better type of needle to use I'll take any tips. Thanks!

Reply to
Mieko
Loading thread data ...

When I lined ones for my DS, I put the rubbery side towards the window and the fabric side towards his curtains..no particular reason why I chose this, just personal preference, though I think that is actually the way you are supposed to do it.

L
Reply to
CNY/VAstitcher

I was noticing this just a couple of days ago in a hotel room. The whitish rubbery side was facing the wall and window. Maybe it is to keep the front-facing fabric from being abraded by the rubber? Maybe the whitish rubbery part doens't break down from the sunlight?

That said, the curtains still leaked a lot of light around the upper and lower portions where the pleats are. Seems like a valence, a longer drape, or a darker fabric color for the blackout would have been better; however, it may have gain some heat in the process.

B~

Reply to
B. Peg

I always make it up rubbery side to the fabric and use a 90 or 100 Jeans needle.

Reply to
Kate Dicey

Me, too. Seemed to me that the fabric out to the window makes for a nicer, more finished look, so that's what I did last year. Now to get back to that UFO: I still have one 10' x 5' pair plus two 4.5' x 5' pair. The big ones are so heavy and unmanageable that I cringe just thinking about doing that again.

Jean M.

Reply to
Jean D Mahavier

Wouldn't the rubber side be used to hold the blackout from slipping from the curtain during sewing? Just guessing. John who doesn't know anything about sewing except that needles hurt

Reply to
Midlant

I don't imagine this is the same stuff, but in the past, 1960s all the drapes were lined with a rubbery stuff, which was sewn in with the rubbery stuff to the window and wall, not toward the fabric.

Reply to
Kitty In Somerset, PA

InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.