Decorative tassels for curtains play an important role in the design of a room. It would seem that all the furniture is perfectly matched to curtains and wallpaper. Everything is new, beautiful, just the way I wanted. But still, something doesn’t add up, something is missing. It happens that there is no connection between interior elements.
The final and no less important component of interior decor are details. Small figurines, trinkets, pendants, tassels, vases, pictures and much more. They may seem like trifles, but when used correctly they will bring comfort, warmth, and a sense of completeness to the image and idea.
DIY curtain tassels
DIY curtain tassels
You can use tassels to decorate not only curtain ties, but the valbrequins themselves, and hang them separately, complementing the curtain composition. Read how to make such a catch from a twisted cord HERE:
They look just as beautiful on decorative pillows:
Diversity
Accessories made by yourself can be used as an excellent addition to the twisted cord that is used to pick up the drapery of curtains. You can buy a ready-made store product, but such accessories are quite expensive. But jewelry made by yourself will have an original look. You just need to have a sufficient amount of different yarn and a thin synthetic cord.
Such accessories are characterized by limitless variety. Of course, in the old days they were not decorated with Swarovski stones, but at that time placers of diamonds and polished diamonds were used for this purpose. Today, only exceptional people can afford such luxury, and “mere mortals” can decorate the curtains in their home using tassels made of long threads, beads or seed beads, decorated with various cheaper stones.
Even textiles cannot boast such a wide variety of colors as can be found in tassels. The thing is that when creating such a decoration with your own hands, you can use the interweaving of a huge number of threads of different colors and shades. You can choose accessories to match the color of the curtains or choose contrasting combinations that look bright against the background of lighter textiles.
In addition to such accessories, you can use other decorative elements:
- Flowers;
- Butterflies;
- Animal silhouettes.
tassels on decorative pillows
brushes on decorative pillows
However, this accessory is not cheap, and most importantly, it is not always possible to find the color that you need to decorate your work. Therefore, the only way out of this situation is to make curtain tassels with your own hands and get great pleasure from creativity.
And in this article I will tell you how to do this, using materials that you can easily find at home or buy in appropriate stores.
✄I hope my detailed master class on how to make curtain tassels with your own hands will be useful to you✄.
But first, I wanted to introduce you to the method of making brushes, which Burda magazine once offered us:
To make a brush head, you will need any ball, preferably a wooden one, with a hole (of decent width) in the middle, which must be braided with thread. You will get the head of the brush:
Then we make the brush itself from threads:
Your own designer
Today, even the textile industry cannot provide the variety that you will encounter when creating brushes with your own hands. After all, you can independently combine a variety of colors, shades and textures of materials. You can choose accessories in the same tone as the curtain, or you can make them contrasting, which will only emphasize the interior textiles.
You can also focus on the functionality of the room with the help of these universal accessories:
- Brushes can add a special coziness to a bedroom if they are matched to match the textiles.
- If you use accessories of extraordinary colors in the living room, it will be filled with the feeling of a cheerful holiday.
- With the help of such decorative elements, it is possible to highlight the texture of textiles by breaking up the print or creating a spectacular drapery on the curtains.
In order to facilitate the creation of these accessories, modern industry produces special blanks. By using them, you will achieve excellent results.
Important! They will be simply amazing if you use your imagination and decorate the curtain tassels with rhinestones, rings, beads and other additional elements.
DIY curtain tassels
DIY curtain tassels We
also braid the wooden ring that will wrap around the tassel below the head with threads:
Then we assemble all these parts into a single whole by inserting the brush inside the head and securing it on top with a cord:
We get these beautiful brushes:
Manufacturing
You can create a decoration for curtains with your own hands:
- You need to cut a rectangle out of cardboard. Its size will determine the size of the future product;
- Thick wool yarn should be wound around the cut frame, and then the turns of the thread should be tied very tightly at the top. At this time, the end of the thread should hang freely along the turns;
- Next, the turns are cut along the lower edge;
- The pendant is made of thick cord. You will need to weave several thin cords with which you need to cover the surface of the main brush;
- The wooden ring should be carefully wrapped with yarn, and the wooden ball should be sheathed with thin yarn, as in the next photo;
- The end of the thread is hidden under the previous turn;
- Thin cords are distributed around the main thread, and the remaining end of the thread is threaded through the entwined ball and ring;
- The hanging cord is threaded through the decorative element;
- The brush is tied to the end of the cord with the free end;
- The wooden part is moved towards the ball through the knot. Your brush is ready!
Let's sum it up
The brush is a bundle of threads tied with a cord. The lace is often decorated with various beads, bugles or seed beads. Such accessories can become part of the overall composition, or can be used as separate decorative elements.
curtain tassels
curtain tassels
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But if a wooden ring can be found from a round cornice (and then the question is, will it be the right size?), then where can I get a wooden ball?
I suggest you replace this ball with a ready-made one made from floss threads. The desired size of the ball can always be adjusted by unwinding the required number of threads and securing the tip of the thread with a needle with a knot:
Inside this ball there is a space into which you can insert a cord that will hold the brush itself. I fixed it all with hot glue.
And in order to add a skirt of thread, you need to glue either a plastic bottle cap, unused narrow tape, or half a spool of thread onto this ball using hot glue. Such spools remain from monofilament or lurex:
Useful decorating tips
Then you can show your imagination to the fullest:
- The head of our brush can be decorated with beads, rhinestones, stickers and even sequins.
- When creating a skirt, some use not only floss threads, but also silver or golden threads to create highlights. Or they insert strings of bugles and beads. It all depends on personal preference.
Important! Using a similar principle, tassels are made for the edge of the curtain and for the cushion on the sofa. In this case, it is better to make each brush small. You get beautiful jewelry at a low price, in which all your fantasies and wishes can be embodied.
how to make curtain tassels
how to make tassels for curtains
Making a tassel skirt:
We wind a thread cut from cardboard onto the stencil. We glue the upper edge of the wound thread on both sides with a cobweb on a piece of paper. We remove the paper, cut the bottom edge of the threads and glue the resulting brush skirt around either tape, cork or spool. Cover the joint with braid or fringe:
Decoration
Since such fittings serve as a decorative decoration for curtains, you should think about its design. In this case, beads, glass beads or rhinestones will come in handy. You can dilute the fringe with threads strung with decorative stones. Sometimes rhinestones are glued onto the brush base to make it colorful and festive. To do this, they are applied to the threads themselves using glue. In this matter, it is important not to overdo it, since an excessive amount of beads and glass beads can give a tasteless tone to the entire interior.
how to make curtain tassels
how to make tassels for curtains
I just wanted to add that to decorate a tassel you will need literally everything - braid, beads and sticker flowers. All this can be fixed to the brush with hot glue.
I have a lot of all sorts of trinkets, but I also bought a Chinese chandelier for 150 rubles with all sorts of pendants, glass balls and sticks. Precisely in order to use all these sparkles to decorate curtains. There are so many of them that this time I couldn’t resist and inserted one such decoration into the center of one of the tassels, simply gluing it from the bottom with hot glue:
In my master class: Lesson 10, I was just telling you how to make a decoration for a lambrequin - a garland of fabric leaves, to which I added a similar shiny pendant from the same set to the chandelier.
And it turned out very well.
What I mean is that in our creativity the most diverse and unexpected things can come into play. The most important thing is that it is beautiful and desirable - not expensive.
Choosing fringe
First the definition. Fringe is a decorative braid, one edge of which consists of hanging threads, tassels, knots, cords, etc. It can vary:
- In terms of thickness and, accordingly, weight. Heavier options are used for curtains, lighter ones for tulle or curtains.
- Invoice. Depending on the weave pattern, the braid can be wide, convex, or, conversely, thin and smooth.
- Color solution. There are monochromatic ones or in a combination of several colors, alternating along the length of the product, or there can be a motley mixture of several shades.
- The type of thread. Synthetic and natural ones are offered, with woven gold or silver threads and ribbons.
- According to the type of design of the decorative edge.
The offered modern selection of decorative braid allows you to choose options to suit any style. It was once upon a time that fringe was associated only with the east. But this is already in the past.
Conclusion
Fringe is one of the most popular and affordable methods of decorating curtains. It is recommended to select fittings to match the color of the main panels; contrasting options are used only in special cases. At the same time, a clear match of shades is not encouraged; there should be a slight discrepancy that will emphasize the color of the material. When decorating rectangular, simple-shaped fabrics, fringe is sewn only on the lower part of the curtains. Diagonal options with tiebacks will look more attractive with fittings also placed along the edge of the canvas.
