Has anyone made their own curtains for their camper?
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Myvanway
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Depends on quaility of material realy.
Got 8 meters of fabric for ours, included front window and tie backs.
from vwcampercurtains.co.uk (£22 per meter)
Very good quality, used the ones that were in there as jigs.
Atthe last show we saw curtain sets for about £100 pounds, but not sure about the quality of the material and stitching! :|
If you are handy with a sewing machine choses some material, look at markets and on line, and give it a wirl!!
Least that way you know what you have got.
Got 8 meters of fabric for ours, included front window and tie backs.
from vwcampercurtains.co.uk (£22 per meter)
Very good quality, used the ones that were in there as jigs.
Atthe last show we saw curtain sets for about £100 pounds, but not sure about the quality of the material and stitching! :|
If you are handy with a sewing machine choses some material, look at markets and on line, and give it a wirl!!
Least that way you know what you have got.
OLIVE-BAY
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not me but my missus made them used 16 meters of heavy Burberry material total cost £39
she also made some lighter weight gingham ones for our late bay worked out about £29, so yeah cheaper and only takes her about an hour to knock a set up :shock: 8)
she also made some lighter weight gingham ones for our late bay worked out about £29, so yeah cheaper and only takes her about an hour to knock a set up :shock: 8)
faux
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I did all of mine and I can't remember for the life of me how much I used. It cost me about £35 and I'm happy with them.
Only pic I can find, :mrgreen:
Only pic I can find, :mrgreen:
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Good old mum is making mine ATM, £40 ish I think for material and lining?
Magiceddie88
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I just bought mine from the store, you know curtain toppers? I think they are called valences...
Great cause they come with slots for the rails, all lenths are about the lenth of a bays side windows and availible in different colors!
here's an example
http://www.target.com/s/curtain+val...7976&KID=679c2b7d-215f-8668-220e-00001304f5be
What I'd love to see is what you come up with for your slider door window?
Great cause they come with slots for the rails, all lenths are about the lenth of a bays side windows and availible in different colors!
here's an example
http://www.target.com/s/curtain+val...7976&KID=679c2b7d-215f-8668-220e-00001304f5be
What I'd love to see is what you come up with for your slider door window?
Haveacamper
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tempted to ask the mothership to do mine for me
by the time you are paying for the curtains, the lining etc you are looking at up to £140. thinking it may be a good option to make some. also, that way, if you dont really like them i wont have wasted £140 lol
NaFe
by the time you are paying for the curtains, the lining etc you are looking at up to £140. thinking it may be a good option to make some. also, that way, if you dont really like them i wont have wasted £140 lol
NaFe
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Magiceddie88 said:I just bought mine from the store, you know curtain toppers? I think they are called valences...
Great cause they come with slots for the rails, all lenths are about the lenth of a bays side windows and availible in different colors!
here's an example
http://www.target.com/s/curtain+val...7976&KID=679c2b7d-215f-8668-220e-00001304f5be
What I'd love to see is what you come up with for your slider door window?
my westies curtain rail goes over the sliding door if you know what I mean? if it helps I can nip out and take a pic if that'll help?
judge_smudge
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Likewise, Mrs Smudge has a made grand job of ours - think it was about £20 - £30 total cost of fabric, blue gingham / checked material
ProfessorWheeto
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I think this thread is a credit to the forum, when someone with the username "beef" starts a thread about "curtains" and there are only sensible replys and no one finds it at all amusing or makes smutty remarks.
Except for now. Sorry.
(and sorry to anyone who didn't understand and had to google beef curtains :lol: )
Except for now. Sorry.
(and sorry to anyone who didn't understand and had to google beef curtains :lol: )
Myvanway
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:lol:
ProfessorWheeto said:
I kept away from the keyboard and ozziedog is locked up....
lard
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lol - that didn't even twig
I got mine made - did make a set of curtains, my wife made them and we used magnets in the hems so they could just be put up/down easily, however, when my youngest became a toddler he would pull them down at the worst times!
So decided on putting in silent gliss - ordered professionly made curtains as (and don't tell my wife this!) there was no way we could match the quality of the workmanship, especially as they included blackout material - it would have been a lot of sewing and I would have had to do it as I like them to look factory rather than homemade (got in trouble for this comment!)
I do however have an aunt who is a marvel with patchwork quilts and makes them for people! She also made me some matching cushions, and I'm going to adapt leftover curtains for the cab into a walkthrough curtain so will still have a personal touch!
Can't believe I went on for 3 paragraphs about curtains...
Piccies:
My homemade curtains - loved this pattern, got it from dunelm mill
The curtains fitted (with blackout to the outside - I'd prefer curtain on both sides but that's just me - blackout is a must with our toddler)
My patchwork quilt to match interior - v.happy with this
I got mine made - did make a set of curtains, my wife made them and we used magnets in the hems so they could just be put up/down easily, however, when my youngest became a toddler he would pull them down at the worst times!
So decided on putting in silent gliss - ordered professionly made curtains as (and don't tell my wife this!) there was no way we could match the quality of the workmanship, especially as they included blackout material - it would have been a lot of sewing and I would have had to do it as I like them to look factory rather than homemade (got in trouble for this comment!)
I do however have an aunt who is a marvel with patchwork quilts and makes them for people! She also made me some matching cushions, and I'm going to adapt leftover curtains for the cab into a walkthrough curtain so will still have a personal touch!
Can't believe I went on for 3 paragraphs about curtains...
Piccies:
My homemade curtains - loved this pattern, got it from dunelm mill
The curtains fitted (with blackout to the outside - I'd prefer curtain on both sides but that's just me - blackout is a must with our toddler)
My patchwork quilt to match interior - v.happy with this
