The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments: DIY Draperies, Curtains, Valances, Swags, and Shades

By Linda Neubauer

Book Overview

The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments, Second Edition is the most comprehensive book of its kind on the market, offering the reader both inspiring location photography plus step-by-step instructions for making 50 different projects. Window treatments include several curtain styles, formal draperies, swags, valances, cornices, various Roman shades, and roller shades. Designed for the DIY home sewer, this book is also valued by professional workrooms and trade schools because it teaches professional methods for measuring, sewing, and installing window treatments. Now updated with new photography and the latest window treatment styles, this second edition is a must-have for any DIY home sewer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589236076
• ISBN13: 9781589236073
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Quarry Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Great ideas

I recently bought a new house with very large windows. I can't find store bought curtains, so I'm going to have to create my own designs. This book gave me several ideas that are new and unique -- things I'd never thought of. There are pages and pages of color photos to inspire you. Unfortunately, this is not a "how to" book but an idea book. Now, I have to figure out how to sew what I like!

Visually satisfying

The photos are superb, no doubt about it. To me the pictures that sometimes went with the instructions were not enough. I felt that if there were step by step sketches or pictures to the instructions, it would have gotten an excellent rating from me. Overall, I still would give the book 5 stars.

Great book!

This book is completely awesome. I don't need to purchase any other reference materials for ideas on how to do my windows. Love it, love it, love it!!!!

Overall very helpful

I am a novice sewing who was looking for good basic instruction. I found the pictures and instructions in the this book very helpful for creating easy, professional looking draperies and valances.

good stuff

Beautiful book. I loved the photographs and easy to read style. I am more motivated than ever to do the drapery projects that motivated me to find a book like this in the first place. Well done.