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Making window quilts

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  • Seakay
    Seakay Posts: 4,267 Forumite
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    ooh that sounds interesting, how did you use two tension rods and how did you make a faux blind?
  • sandieb
    sandieb Posts: 728 Forumite
    Seakay wrote: »
    ooh that sounds interesting, how did you use two tension rods and how did you make a faux blind?

    Similar to this

    http://www.impartinggrace.com/2011/05/faux-roman-shade-tutorial.html
  • Sorry, made a reply to a post without realising it was an old one :o
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  • Lleucu
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    Great thread. I plan to recover an old roman blind from Argos as per this thread but line with an old light fleece blanket. Your thread has inspired me to get on with it. After Christmas project but I will probably machine it rather than glue it. :j

    I have lined most of our curtains with cheap fleece blankets already really makes a huge difference.

    There are some lovely window quilts online but I dont think my quilting skills are up to Cathedral or similar.
  • Am about to attempt my first window quilt - thank you so much.
  • Beckyy
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    I'm hoping to make my current curtains into window quilts. I've just ordered a pack of space blankets, and am just looking for some good lining and another layer to put in.

    I'm also putting in eyelets, so have ordered some tape and eyelets for that.

    I don't have a sewing machine, so it's going to keep me very busy. Hopefully they'll come out okay!
  • Beckyy
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    edited 23 January 2013 at 3:25PM
    Do you think this would be adequate padding/wadding: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-Double-BROWN-Fleece-Blanket-Sofa-Bed-Throw-225x254cm-/190608574264?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Cushions_Throws_LE&hash=item2c61280738 ?

    I don't want anything too bulky, so was hoping that this would add some extra warmth without making it really thick.

    Curtain > Space Blanket > Fleece Throw > Lining?
  • sandieb
    sandieb Posts: 728 Forumite
    Beckyy wrote: »
    Do you think this would be adequate padding/wadding: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-Double-BROWN-Fleece-Blanket-Sofa-Bed-Throw-225x254cm-/190608574264?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Cushions_Throws_LE&hash=item2c61280738 ?

    I don't want anything too bulky, so was hoping that this would add some extra warmth without making it really thick.

    Curtain > Space Blanket > Fleece Throw > Lining?

    I used these for my window quilts (after trimming off the top part - very light weight and effective) and possibly cheaper?

    http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/mattress-protectors+toppers/wilko-luxury-mattress-protector-quilted-double/invt/0243587/
  • chipp
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    It took me several weeks but I have finally finished making some of these for my front door and the windows to either side and what a difference it's made to the temperature in my hall! And far from looking diy or bodged, I think they are quite stylish.

    I'm probably an average seamstress. I have a sewing machine (inherited) but I can't remember the last time I used it. After getting the feel of things by making a sample piece using sample magnetic strip and offcuts of the materials I was intending to use, I made the simplest panel first and learned as I went along.

    I used mylar (space blanket) as the vapour layer on the two tall narrow side panels but found it quite difficult to sew in a straight line, also I needed to use quite a long stitch otherwise the mylar tore along the stitching line. The door panel I made as a roman blind and I didn't think mylar would stand up to the daily pulling up and down so I used a second-hand polyester shower curtain as the vapour layer.

    My layers, in order, are facing fabric (recycled curtain material), fleece blanket, mylar or shower curtain, recycled cotton sheet. The half-inch wide magnetic strip is inside a pocket with just a single layer of cotton sheet between it and the mag strip it has to stick to.

    The biggest expense was the magnetic strip, which I sourced online. I bought the fleece blanket locally but it wasn't expensive. I already had the curtain material and sheet and picked up the mylar on freegle. The cord guide rings for the roman blind were salvaged from another blind and the cord itself was from a retractable indoor washing line that had stopped retracting (although if I'd had to buy cord, it was only 25p per metre at my local haberdashers, significantly cheaper than the pre-packs at the diy store). The roman blind is velcroed at the top (the others are mag strip all round) and I also had to buy a pretty cleat and a hook and battens/rods to go inside the roman blind.

    If I was doing it again I would use something more impervious to light than the shower curtain, as the mylar-interlined blinds are completely light-proof whereas the door blind isn't. And when I take them down for the summer I will paint the magnetic strip to match the door frame (I've already experimented with sample pieces and there's no significant loss of magnetism). But all in all, a good result.

    To anyone who's thinking about it I would say give it a go.

    :)
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  • As you say chipp the differenceit makes really is amazing.
    I used to always be checking the radiator in the hallway near the door to check that it was still working!
    Never done that once since I had the quilt at the door.
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