Make A Cornice Window Treatment Like A Professional Just follow the simple window treatments guide below to make a cornice window treatment like the professionals Not sure how to make window treatment cornice like a professional ? You have seen these window treatment styles but don't understand how they work ? Do you wont to save a small fortune by making a window topper like this for yourself ? If this is "you" then the answer to these questions and more are all answered here in this guide.. You can use these over curtains as in the image on the right . You can also use these over the top of window treatments roman shades or simply on their own to dress a window. The easy step by step instructions with photos start on the next page . www.easycurtainideas.com Tools and materials you will need to make a fabric covered window cornice • 1/4 inch thick plywood • 1 inch thick fiber wadding • Large pair of sharp fabric scissors • Back tacking strip • Staple gun and staples. • Spray adhesive. • Velcro tape. • Drapery fabric • Drapery lining fabric www.easycurtainideas.com Section 1: The drapery fabrics You will need a drapery fabric of your choice to cover the window treatment cornice . I strongly recommend you choose a plain fabric if this is your first time making a fabric covered window treatment cornice. The reason for this that if your cornice window treatment (including the sides) is wider than the width of your fabric. Then you can turn the fabric sideways (railroad the fabric) and use the length rather than the width. This way you can cover the cornice without having to join 2 widths of fabric. This obviously means no sewing is required, great if you can't use a sewing machine. I do this all the time even if it means the weave of the fabric runs in the opposite direction to the curtains. An example of this would be silk drapery fabric where the slub in the fabric would run across the curtain and down the pelmet. Even so it looks a whole lot better than seeing a fabric seam on the front of your pelmet. You will need Curtain lining fabric to cover the back of your cornice window treatment. This hides the plywood used to stiffen the pelmet. I again use the fabric lengthways to avoid the need for seams. It's not so much for the look this time but rather just to make life easier. Finally to make cornice window treatment you will need either a thick curtain interlining fabric or a sheet of polyester wadding (my personal favorite) to give the pelmet a softer padded look. www.easycurtainideas.com Section 2: Covering your cornice window treatment You will need to use a sheet of 1/4 inch (6mm) plywood to make the front and sides. Your local timer merchant should cut this to size for you. The extra cost is well worth the time and effort. The reason I use this kind of pelmet stiffener is because it is fairly cheap. It is very strong while also being fairly light. Finally it is also good for stapling the drapery fabrics to. When I make fabric covered window cornice I use a piece of scrap fabric to join the main section of plywood to the end return pieces. This simply holds everthing together while you work. www.easycurtainideas.com Now I have used a piece of fiber wadding to cover the front and sides as I make cornice window treatment (you can use heavy curtain interlining). I placed the plywood body onto the wadding and cut round it to get the shape. It is usually slightly larger than the plywood. Then I took the plywood outside and placed it down with the fabric strips facing down. Then using the spray adhesive I covered the cornice boards evenly. I then returned the plywood boards in doors and lay it on the table. Then taking care I placed the fiber wadding onto the adhesive and pressed it down to stick in place. The next step is to cut your drapery fabric ready for stapling onto the board. I have cut the fabric about 2 inches wider than the cornice board on all sides. In the image above you can see the cornice board covered with the fiber wadding lying on top of the drapery fabric. www.easycurtainideas.com In the image above you can see that the drapery fabric has been turned over and stapled down on all sides. You need to apply a little pressure to the fabric as you staple to keep it taught and flat. However don't pull your fabric too much as it will distort the look of the finished cornice Next at the bottom I have started to lay the curtain lining fabric just over the bottom edge of the pelmet. This will cover all the back of the cornice facia board hiding the wood and staples making it look more finished. www.easycurtainideas.com In the image above you can see how I have placed the back tacking strip over the edge of the curtain ling fabric. Then stapled it into place all the way from one end to the other. Also I have left some of the curtain lining fabric overlapping at the end. This was done deliberately so we can make cornice which are neatly finished at the ends. Next I have folded over the surplus lining fabric on both ends of the window treatment cornice. Then I folded the lining fabric up and over laying it covering all the back of the pelmet board. Next I used my scissors to cut off the surplus lining fabric. This is anything lying over the top of the pelmet board. I then stapled the top of the lining to the top of the board. Smothing the fabric out as I went a long. You only need to use a few staples widely spaced to hold it in place at this stage. Also don't worry about the edge of the lining fabric not looking neat as you will be covering it. www.easycurtainideas.com This image here shows the lining fabric folded over and smoothed down prior to being trimmed and staples down at the top. You can see how using the back tacking strip to make cornice window treatment creates a neat finish to the bottom edge of the lining fabric on the back of the pelmet board. Here we have the image of the finished pelmet facia board with a strip of velcro tape running along the top of the cornice locking in the lining fabric. I have also added a few staples down the sides to hold in the ling fabric on the ends. Don't worry about these as you won't see them when fitted over your window. www.easycurtainideas.com Section 3: Cornice top boards While at the timber merchant getting your plywood also get some plained smooth timber. I usually use a standard 6 inch by 1 inch plank of timber. This is if I'm going to hang curtains from under the fabric covered cornice. It gives enough space for the curtain rod or curtain track to fit underneath I usually paint this board on one side only in white emulsion paint. This is the side that will end up facing down into the room. It's not strictly necessary but I think it makes it look more finished. Don't paint the other side or the edges of the cornice board. The reason being is you won't see these when fitted. The long edge and ends of the board are to be covered by stapling on the opposite strip of velcro tape. www.easycurtainideas.com Above you can see how when you make pelmets this way the top of the cornice facia board wraps around the top board and sticks in place using the two sides of the velcro tape. This creates your finished window treatment cornice. I usually fit the top board over the window using small shelf brackets. Then attach the cornice facia afterwards. This makes it easier to hang curtains or shades before you cover it with the cornice facia. You can also attach a curtain track or shade fittings to the uderside of the top board rather than to the wall as long as the curtains or shade are not very heavy. If you are going to make a cornice to fit over a roman shade or just on their own. Then you can make the side returns smaller Rather than the 6 inches above you can make them as little as 4 inches. This will mean the cornice does not stand as proud from the wall over the window making it look right. Below are some images of other cornice window treatments made in the same way. Discover How Easy It Is To Make Beautiful Cornice Window Treatments "Using These, Easy To Follow Videos" These 5, step by step videos will help you to measure, make and install fabric covered cornice you can be proud to show off... regardless of your previous curtain making ability! See here for more info>> Cornice window treatments gallery So why not have go and make a fabric covered cornice to fit over your windows following this simple guide. 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