I have recently completed a pair of 4 width curtains to be fitted on a 458.5cm track that sits against a wall on both sides. No return, no overlap bar.
I made up the curtains in a such a way that i thought was correct, but on hanging the curtains they had far too much fullness, and whilst the customer seems to be happy enough, i would not be surprised if the come back to me.
I believe my first error was to allow 3cm ease per width. I have since been told than on tracks there is no need to allow for ease, is that correct?
Secondly i allowed 5cm for a return, but allowed 10cm for overlap, as i felt aesthetically they would look more balanced with a space similar to the space i had allowed between pleats. Even though i stiffened the overlaps, the customer enquired as to whether they needed securing by a pinhook. I explained why i had done it and he was like 'ok', but again i am thinking i did that wrong, and if so, what overlap would you have given seeing that there is no overlap arm?
These were the calculations i ended up with;
track width 458.5 divided by 2 = 229.25 + 5cm return +10cm overlap + 12cm ease (3cm per width) = 256.25
548 (flat width) - 256.25 = 291.75 to pleat
291.75 divided by 20 (we allowed 5 pleats per width on this occasion) = 14.58cm per pleat
256.25 - 15cm (overlap + return) = 241.25 divided by 19 = 12.6 per space
I know it's a bit late to be asking these kind of questions, as they are up now, but if they do come back for correction it would be good to know what the new calculations should be, and if they don't, i would like to ensure i don't make the error again.
Thankyou,
V x
I made up the curtains in a such a way that i thought was correct, but on hanging the curtains they had far too much fullness, and whilst the customer seems to be happy enough, i would not be surprised if the come back to me.
I believe my first error was to allow 3cm ease per width. I have since been told than on tracks there is no need to allow for ease, is that correct?
Secondly i allowed 5cm for a return, but allowed 10cm for overlap, as i felt aesthetically they would look more balanced with a space similar to the space i had allowed between pleats. Even though i stiffened the overlaps, the customer enquired as to whether they needed securing by a pinhook. I explained why i had done it and he was like 'ok', but again i am thinking i did that wrong, and if so, what overlap would you have given seeing that there is no overlap arm?
These were the calculations i ended up with;
track width 458.5 divided by 2 = 229.25 + 5cm return +10cm overlap + 12cm ease (3cm per width) = 256.25
548 (flat width) - 256.25 = 291.75 to pleat
291.75 divided by 20 (we allowed 5 pleats per width on this occasion) = 14.58cm per pleat
256.25 - 15cm (overlap + return) = 241.25 divided by 19 = 12.6 per space
I know it's a bit late to be asking these kind of questions, as they are up now, but if they do come back for correction it would be good to know what the new calculations should be, and if they don't, i would like to ensure i don't make the error again.
Thankyou,
V x
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