Making window quilts

suelizab

bump ..........

Bubbletea_2

Very glad I found this thread! With the news report today of a predicted horrific, freezing winter, my husband and I are definitely giving this a go!

moments_of_sanity

My DD's have wooden blinds in their room but always say they are quite chilly and don't keep the cold out at all so I have been and bought a mattress protector from Wilko's today that cost £9.50 for a king size one and a shower curtain for £1 from the pound shop. I am sure I can find some material or a duvet cover to give it a nicer look.

I have decided to hang them on expanding spring loaded poles so I need to make them light weight.

Chris25

I noticed on one of the links in the OP's first post that it recommends placing velcro strips across bottom of the curtains & against the wall to help prevent heat escaping.

I saw some magnetic shower-curtain strips yesterday in Sainsbury & think they might work - you place one magnetic strip in the curtain lining and the other, either on the wall or if you have a radiator under the window perhaps use that?


***ah, am reading this thread back-to-front and see magnetic strips have already been mentioned - not sure of the price in sainsburys but were in the clearance section***

suelizab

love this thread

pixie__girlie

have loved the ideas on this thread, thanks folks, i have a question though...

any ideas on how to hang a quite heavy duvet as my thermal curtain which i don't think will hang from a tension rod like a light weight curtain would... I'm so rubbish with DIY things : / sewing I can do, anything technical to do with fitting things in the house- not so much lol!

Butterfly_Brain

http://www.shtfblog.com/diy-window-quilt/

pixie__girlie

http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/Ag.%20Ext.%202007-Chelsie/PDF/e1645-1985-print2.pdf some more info, still mostly confusing for me though o.0

Doveling

..............bump!

suelizab

Bump, think this will help more people prepare for the snow and cold we are expecting this winter .