Svagi with own hands: patterns and a detailed master-class

Do you want to make a beautiful lambrequin, but do not know which form to choose? Make a marriage with your own hands. Patterns can be taken ready or built independently in size. A semi-circle with folds is a classic that never goes out of style. Salons of curtains offer such products, but it is not always possible to choose the right model, but sometimes it's too expensive to order. If you are interested in how to make svagi with your own hands, read on.

Types of products and their basic parameters

This element of lambrequin is a semicircle with folds. The svag consists of the middle, two shoulders and has a depth. The shoulder is located along the cornice, and the depth is understood as the distance to which the tissue is lowered from the upper line down.

Swags are of the following types:

• Symmetrical;
• Asymmetrical;
• With a vertical shoulder;
• Mechanical;
• With a sag;
• Passing in the de jabot.

A simple symmetrical svag can be tried even without a pattern, and a mechanical fold is obtained with the help of a curtain (mounting) tape.

Sequencing

Whichever version of the product you choose, usually sewing a svag with your own hands consists of the following stages:

1. Choosing the right model and drawing up a schema.
2. Making measurements and calculating the dimensions of the svag and the amount of material.
3. Building a pattern or scaling a ready-made template.
4. The location of the part on the fabric (this is always done diagonally) and cut.
5. Creation of folds.
6. Stitching, edge processing, sewing curtain tapes or Velcro for fixing to the cornice.

The work at each stage may be somewhat different, but in general the circuit always remains approximately the same.

Sizing

To make a svagi yourself (patterns on a ready-made template or self-constructing), you need to correctly determine all the parameters of the product. The calculation can be carried out using equations or a drawing on a scale.

If you have a lambrequin (svag), you need to know:

• Length of the cornice;
• Half the length of the lower sag (arc of the hanging edge);
• The depth, that is, the distance to which it "hangs" from the upper line.

All this needs to be simply measured by a window or a scale scheme.

If lambrequin will consist of several svag, you will have to make some calculations. Suppose the length of the cornice is 3.6 m, and you want to arrange 4 svagas, which overlap the neighboring one-third. This is the minimum value of the intersection. If you do without them, you need to divide 3.6 m by 4. In the case of overlapping parts, there are three overlaps of 1/3, that is, in fact, this is the size of one svag, so the length of the eaves is divided by 3. The size of the element is 1 , 2 m.

For symmetrical svags a pattern of half of the product is built, which is superimposed on the fabric folded in half. For the asymmetric, a single workpiece is performed, but the dimensions of each part, if several, must be calculated in advance.

The scheme

It's worth taking the rule of doing sketches of future lambrequins. This helps to choose the best way of arranging the elements and their proportions in accordance with the size of the window, the cornice, the curtains. Scheme is better performed on a scale, for example, 1:10. In this case, a three-meter long lambrequin on paper will equal 30 cm.

If you adhere to this rule, you will not be difficult to know any size of the constituent element of lambrequin. To do this, you just need to measure it with a ruler or count the number of cells in millimeter paper and multiply by the scale value.

You can perform all the builds on the computer in a graphics editor or a specialized program NanoCad, which allows you to get drawings, patterns of curtains and their components with dimensioning.

How to make a swag without a pattern

Do you want to make a round lambrequin? It is not difficult to make svagi with your own hands. For beginners, you can offer this option:

1. The square of the light fabric (organza, veil) fold along the diagonal and mark the fold of the middle.
2. Take the rail, on which note the width of the svaga, middle and shoulders. Hang the cloth, observing the angle of forty-five degrees. To see the center, hang the weighting.
3. Carefully form and fasten the first crease with pins. Make a "cushion" about 10-15 cm in size.
4. Do all the other folds, keeping the symmetry and the same distance between them.
5. Cut off excess fabric and often pin the upper edge with the pins along the crease line.
6. Treat the bottom with an oblique bake or in another way.
7. From above, sew a velcro or curtain tape.

Get a smooth folds for the first time, perhaps it will not be so easy, but it's worth training.

How to build a pattern

If you do not want to cut a lot of excess fabric, it's worth using a different method to sew the svagi yourself. Patterns help to cut out the finished part and already from it to form folds.

The following constructions are executed:

1. Mark the point and draw a right angle from it.
2. Set the distance equal to half the middle of the svag to the right, adding 3 cm to the treatment.
3. Down measure the depth of the product multiplied by a factor that is 2 for hard, hardly draped fabrics and 2.5 for soft, easily draped.
4. From the starting point, draw an arc of a circle with the radius of the vertical segment obtained in the previous step.
5. From the bottom point, set aside an arc equal to half the lower sag with the addition of 3 cm for processing. With the resulting mark, close the outline.

This is how the workpiece is made, for example, for a mechanical symmetrical svag.

Use the ready template

If you are new to this business, to properly sew a svag with your own hands, it is better to take patterns ready. Now, computer technology has greatly simplified the search and work. You can like the option to print to the desired scale on the printer. There are two ways:

1. Make a pattern in parts on landscape sheets of home printing equipment.
2. Order in a company that provides services for making large-format images.

In the first case, you will do everything without leaving home, but you will need to glue the sheets with scotch tape. In the second variant, you will not have to connect anything, but you will have to spend additional money.

How to cut a swag with your own hands

So, you chose a template or built it yourself, cut out of paper. Now the most important thing is to correctly arrange the details on the fabric. This is done diagonally. On the pattern, as a rule, the direction of the share thread should be indicated by an arrow. So, do the following:

1. Fold the fabric diagonally in the shape of a scarf.
2. Attach a pattern to the fold line.
3. Pin it with pins.
4. Circle the edges with chalk or sink, do not forget about the allowances in the right places.
5. Cut out the workpiece.

Work is done. Now you know how to cut the svag with your own hands. You can begin to form folds and the sewing process.

Svag with own hands: a master class

In the previous sections, examples of equilateral symmetric products were given, below you will read the technology of manufacturing an asymmetric version and with a perpendicular arm. These species are also often used and look exquisite and effective.

To make an asymmetric svag with their own hands, you will need to build or find the appropriate pattern. Then the sequence of actions will be as follows:

1. Dissolve the parts in the right amount.
2. Place the workpiece on the assembly rail, on which the necessary dimensions of the product are pre-marked. Secure both ends of the fabric with pins.
3. Begin to form the folds from the first from the middle, pinning each pin. Try to get equal elements. If necessary, you can correct the work.
4. When the result suits you, cut off excess fabric from the bottom edge.
5. Walk with a filigree thread along the wide side of the folds, then along the narrow side.
6. Remove the svag from the stick, trim the excess from the top edge, leaving for processing the seam 2-3 cm.
7. The middle and the bottom of the svaga are treated with an oblique blind.
8. On the machine go through the seams in each side of the folds.

The product is ready for assembly.

There is another version of this decoration - with a perpendicular shoulder. How to sew svagi with your own hands of this kind is described below.

This element is different in that the folds are not collected on the eaves line, but remain positioned along a vertical line perpendicular to it. Very nice looks lambrequin of several such svagov, arranged in series.

The principle of operation corresponds to the previous one. The difference is in the pattern of the product and the way it is assembled. The folds are formed not on a stick, but on a surface on which it is convenient to fix their vertically arranged edges. When they are formed, pass from both sides with a filing thread, remove from the surface and weave.

So do with each svag, then connect them one to the other and stitch it in ready-made lambrequin.

So, you've learned a few ways that you can make a marriage with your own hands. Patterns are better to use ready, but it's easy to build them yourself. Always try to carry out the scheme and preliminary calculations, as well as use templates that already have folds.