height 42 inches by width 92 inches. want it as a net curtain
2007-02-04 21:34:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
The correct way to calculate the amount of material you will need is 1.5 x the width. This will allow a good gather, but no too much.
So 92inches x 1.5 = 138inches in total required, as a whole for net curtaining or cut into 2 for the curatins, so each curtain needs to be 69 inches wide.
2007-02-04 23:01:00 · answer #1 · answered by Need_to_know 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A good rule of thumb with curtains is that they need to be twice the width of the window. So yours will be 184 inches wide. However, fabrics come in different widths, so you'll need to calculate how many lengths of 42 inches (plus allowances for hems at top and bottom) you need to buy (you may have to buy, say, 4 lengths to make two pairs of curtains, or one large curtain). Hope this makes sense!
2007-02-05 05:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by Roxy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
general rule is 1.5 times the width of the window to give the right amount of gather
2007-02-05 05:42:08 · answer #3 · answered by tomski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should buy twice the width.
2007-02-05 05:37:44 · answer #4 · answered by heebygeeby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋