pelmets

[Ailsa]

Hi everyone.

I am making silk interlined curtains with a 16inch drop pelmet and 60 inches wide. The pelmet is also 12 inches out from the wall, so that it is able to clear an unsightly bulky secondary glazed unit.

I have installed the pelmet shelf with velcro, and now I am beginning to worry that it will be enough to support the pelmet with velcro only.

The pelmet is being made out of hardboard and will be padded with wadding. I will not be able to nail the pelmet to the board as the nails or tacks will show on the finished padded pelmet.

Can anyone tell me if you thingk this method is enough to support.

Many thanks
Ailsa

[Louise]

Velcro is surprisingly strong when used along the whole length of a pelmet board.

If you have concerns, could you add tabs at intervals along the top edge of the pelmet that fold over the top of the board and add more velcro there too?

[Ailsa]

thanks Louise, sorry for the long delay in saying thanks. I can't put velcro at intervals because the pelmet shelf has been placed up against the ceiling.

anyway, I am about to hang the curtains and have decided to go ahead and tack a couple of small nails into the finished pelmet on the return sides of the pelmet. I will try to make them as neat as possible, but this way I will feel better about it staying put.  In spite of my worries, I have to say they look absolutely lovely - interlining curtains is definately the best way of finishing curtains.

[Helen May]

Hi Ailsa,
i often use gimp pins at the ends, they work fine and if you massage the top of the pin you can usually sort of make it disappear into the fabric. they are quite tiny, I think used mostly for upholstery work.
I have seen the John Lewis fitters do it in the past, just dont use too many. Kind regards , Helen May