With more than 250 illustrations and photos, this handy guide helps readers design and create their own window treatments at affordable prices.
Date Published 1/1/1997
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Rated By: A reader
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Comments: One of the best books on window treatments This book is a very diverse look at window treatments with good instructions on how to make yourself. It has many ideas not found in other resources.
Rated By: A reader
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Comments: Best resource book for do it yourself window treatments This is the most comprehensive resource that I have ever found on window treatments. It covers all the aspects window treatments from start to finish. Provides many decorator tips that are easy to do to provide a professional look. If I had but one book for window treatments, this would be it.
Rated By: A reader
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Comments: One of the best window treatment book This book is excellent for those of you who are looking for a very stylish window treatments that are easy to do. Some of them require little or no sewing.
Rated By: Vasuki Narayan
From: Pleasanton, CA
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Comments: If you want to buy one window treatment book - this is it... This book has a great selection of window treatments and shows you how to make every one of them. The book covers panels and swags, cornices, rod pocket panels, valances, roman shades etc. The drapes range from formal to casual. Some of the drapes do not require sewing, and the ones that do use very simple techniques.
The two sections that I would have liked in this book are on scarf draping techniques and what to do about problem windows/doors. In spite of these omissions, this is a very good book.
Rated By: T Wilson
From: California
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Comments: THE best book for making your own window treatments! This book is absolutely awesome for ideas and instructions. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an expert at sewing, this book has step by step pictures so you can see exactly where you need to be in your project. I made a 12 feet long soft cornice that came out absolutely beautiful (with welting that I made and all!) and up until then, my sewing experience was in Jr. High sewing class.
All the projects have complete step by step instructions and photos. There are lots of great ideas for just about any type of treatment you could want. You'll be re-doing all of your windows!
This book is an absolute MUST for anyone interested in saving a lot of money and making their own window treatments. I have yet to find any other book that even compares to this one.
Rated By: Constance J. Hatt
From: Russellville, Arkansas
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Comments: Clear and Easy How-to Even though the exact window treatment I was looking for was not included in this book, there were enough examples and construction tips to complete my project. This book is pretty, with lovely pictures and good illustrations, as well as many step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow and adapt to suit anyone's particular needs and creativity. A very good reference for both the novice and the experienced seamstress or home decorating buff. I recommend this book.
Rated By: DAWN HURST
From: BETHEL SPRINGS, TN
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Comments: WINDOW TREATMENTS FOR DUMMIES THIS BOOK IS EXCELLANT, I HAVE JUST RECENTLY GOT INTO DECORATING AND OF COURSE I WANT THE EASY WAY I HAVENT DONE ANY PROJECTS OUT OF THIS BOOK YET BUT JUST BY LOOKING THRU IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE I CANT WAIT TO GET STARTED WITH SOME OF THESE IDEAS THAT I WOULD HAVE NOT EVEN THOUGHT OF
Rated By: Sallie
From: Phoenix, Arizona
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Comments: Worth every cent!!! I am not one to spend on a decorating magazine but this was a must!! Tons of Ideas that can be altered to accommodate the decor of the room your window is in. They show you all the how to's in simple steps. Not to mention all the color photos of the finished product! 220 pages of ideas that even the most challenged home decorator could appreciate!!
Buy it and if not at least go borrow it from the library!
Rated By: Marjorie Rose Daughtridge
From: Seven Lakes, NC
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Comments: A real disappointment I was hoping for a book to give me some great ideas for window treatments and this book is full of just plain tacky window treatments. It does make it very easy to make them, but who would want to? The fabrics are cheap-looking and who wants a window with ties connected to potted plants?
The book is also lacking some of the most basic design concepts that I really wanted like balloon valances or just plain old curtains that open along a rod. This was my first return to Amazon. I have no use for this book.
Rated By: Y. Leventhal
From: Oak Hill, VA
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Comments: Great book with great examples This is a great book with wonderful examples of various curtain/drape styles. The pictures show the exact steps one needs to take to complete a project--from measuring, cutting, sewing, hanging... If one is a beginner, one can follow the book step by step and end up with wonderful curtains. If one is an accomplished seamstress, one can really take off with various ideas from this book. This is a no-nonsense, solid and beautiful book.
Rated By: "camillecl"
From: New York, New York
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Comments: outdated The ideas in this book are almost laughable. The projects that are shown wouldn't even look good with different fabrics. If you are into lots of ruffles and pouffy things everywhere, then this is for you. If you are into simpler window treatments with exquisite fabrics that complement a room, this isn't for you.
Rated By: Mary Ann Jacobs "Mary Ann"
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Comments: A great book for beginners Having bought a new home in the fall, I was desperate for custom window treatment ideas and not interested in the local store offerings. Not having sewn for 25 years, I was cautious about getting in "over my head." This how-to book was full of "doable" ideas. I created shades for a guest bath and two bedrooms and am now working on the master bedroom. My ultimate goal is a newly constructed sunroom and even though the book doesn't seem to contain exactly what I am looking for, it provided me with great practice projects and something to show for it.
