Pack of 28 Drapery Curtain Clip Rings
One of the first things I realized when I moved into my new apartment – a Brooklyn walk-up with big blessed windows – is that window treatments are EXPENSIVE. 've been researching ways to hack them, tips to make the process of dressing my windows less expensive. A few weeks ago, I experimented with duct tape. The tape curtains, which were made with a simple pocket, are perfect for my living room, where I rarely close them. But in my bedroom, I wanted something a little more flexible, for easy opening and closing morning and evening. Well, friends, I found the perfect solution and it costs $7 on Amazon.
The curtain clips in action on my panels, which were made from Josef Frank's Djungel fabric for Swedish design company Svenskt Tenn.Hadley Keller
Enter curtain clips. These little pieces of magic are pretty much what they sound like: metal clips that attach to your curtains and a ring that slides over your curtain rod. Unlike more traditional curtain rings, which have a sort of U-shaped pick that attaches to tape on the back of a finished curtain, the clip-on style can attach to, well, anything. While I had intending to sew my panels myself, once my sewing machine broke on me, I decided to do the next most affordable thing: take them to my dry cleaners to sew a simple hem. Once I had the panels hemmed, I just attached the clips on top and slipped the rings onto my curtain rod. As the fabric I used is not stiff, the curtains fall well without any kind of crease.
Even though I was using fabric that I had specially designed for curtains, the project got me thinking. Using curtain clips, you can basically turn anything into a curtain. An old tablecloth? Clip it !A light plaid? Sure! A sari? An unfinished piece of fabric, if you don't mind a fringed hem? Yes and yes! I have already placed another order for clips to make a small bathroom curtain with whatever scraps of fabric I can find. Upcycling has never been easier.
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