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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Quick question......when measuring for curtains how much extra do I add on to account for the gathering??

Why don't they teach you these things ay school????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do double the amount..

if the window is 66inches across.. id make sure each curtain was 66inches.. not 33

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

Just checked ours out and one side covers the whole window if I pull it out straight so I'd say double it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on how thick the material is too. If it's very thick, 1.5x or if it's thin then you could do 3x the width.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Curtains are made with extra added on already i think

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

I was taught to double it........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I was taught to double it........"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You normally double it, however does depend on the type of curtain, is it tab top, eyelet or normal?

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"You normally double it, however does depend on the type of curtain, is it tab top, eyelet or normal?"

Well I bought some that were normal (pre made one's from b&m) made sure the drop was right but forgot about the width

Will prob go for normal if I can find them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If taking about nets then double it if taking about curtain curtains measure width of window and use that measurement , curtains will have the extra in for gathering.

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

going against the grain here but we were always told to only add half of the actual width .. therefore if the width is 500 mm mske it 750 mm

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By *rs and mr sanddancerCouple
over a year ago

Boldon


"You normally double it, however does depend on the type of curtain, is it tab top, eyelet or normal?

Well I bought some that were normal (pre made one's from b&m) made sure the drop was right but forgot about the width

Will prob go for normal if I can find them "

B&M don't give you any extra- I learnt that the hard way I had to buy new ones as even with no gather, they barely touched. They were also supposed to be lined but the lining is so thin to be useless - I've always made my own in the past but with everything going on i9n my life at the moment and a lack of good cheap materiel shops up here, I decided to buy - you get what you pay for!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd personally go for blinds myself!

Never heard any stories of blokes wiping their knobs on them!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I do double the amount..

if the window is 66inches across.. id make sure each curtain was 66inches.. not 33

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Ditto. That is the correct way of measuring them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'd personally go for blinds myself!

Never heard any stories of blokes wiping their knobs on them!! "

haha so practical

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Depends on how thick the material is too. If it's very thick, 1.5x or if it's thin then you could do 3x the width. "

If I got up earlier I would have said the same

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By *arambarMan
over a year ago

swindon

Last time I bought some curtains I done goofed and ended up with them being twice the width they needed to be. Luckily the woman at Dunelm Mill took pity on me and replaced them without any problem... and they were then in the sale so I got a refund and bought them at a cheaper price than I'd paid a couple of days earlier!

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By *orkieMan
over a year ago

Who knows

Is it hanging curtains for windows etc or beef curtains ??

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