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Good Evening Fellow campers,
How has everyones day been
Does anyone know of anywhere that do curtain fabric that wont break the bank
Ideally we are looking for orange hibiscus style, but its crazy money they want..
Any suggestions
Have a beer on me...

Hi,

We brought a sewing machine on ebay for £10 and the fabric was about £40.

We used the old curtains as templates and they were done in 2 days.

It was the 1st time we had used a sewing machine but it was easy.

When i say we i really mean my girlfriend

Yeh the problem isnt making them, its finding the material at a resonable price...
Like you the mrs is in charge of that sector..
You know what they are like
My job is the Engine,etc..
She gets all the easy jobs.

sorry i misread, good luck with your hunt

a lot of ppl order hibiscus from hawaii if you look on brick yard/vzi. i couldnt be arsed so settled for something else.

If you're on a budget, you can often get enough material in a big set of curtains from a charity shop. Thats the cheapest way I know to do it. Don't presume its all frumpy flowery patterns - they often have some excellent matrial - just a case of looking as stock changes daily.

Our last set were made from material sourced at the Birmingham rag Market can not remember the price but it was single figure £ per metre - good luck

Thanks for all the feedback so far people... it all hepls

If you can't find anything in charity shops it is worth buying new curtains from somewhere on the high street - with the added advantage that they will probably come lined so you don't have to buy that separately.

Also - are there any fabric places around where you live that stock the ends of ranges from the big fabric companies - they usually sell for around £5-7 metre? I know of a few around here - but that's Norfolk!!

Donna

ideally we are after orange hibiscus fabric... but after alot of searching they come at a high price

Ikea do some funky fabrics at reasonable prices....

thanks for that... will check them out..

Try fabric warehouse, we have one near here, but they have an online store. We usualy pay about £10 per meter and I reckon you would need probably 4 meters max.

Roxywagen x

Its worth buying [if you can find the right fabric] 2 kings size duvet sets [3 if you want a matching bed set] and cutting them up to make the curtains,,,you should have enough fabric to line them in the same fabric [looks much better from the outside] instead of buying lining,,, you can make some cushions and nice round bolsters with contrast piping and buttons, oh and some contrast piped tie backs and frilling on the front edge of the curtains.....out of the matching pillowcases,,,I really must remember that I'm retired from the soft furnishing business

thanks for that tip