Using Polar Fleece for Curtains

RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post by OhioGirl (39) | (11/12/2008) Contact Would some of you please post a photo of how you attached it to the window if there are no drapery hooks? Thanks! These are great ideas! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post by katluvsbears (25) | (02/02/2008) Contact I just read in mother earth news-you can take bubble wrap the size of your window-spray the window with water and place the bubble wrap on wet window. It'll stay put. Leave up all winter, take down in summer reuse next year. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post By Phyllis (Guest Post) (02/01/2008) For inexpensive polar fleece check at the dollar stores for blankets. Also banana clips make great tie backs for any curtain and they come in so many sizes and colors. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post by trashcrafter (16) | (10/22/2005) Profile | Contact That is a good idea. I went a cheaper way a few years back. I bought 2 clear shower curtaints and hooked them on the back of the drapes using the drapery hook already there. It did make a very big difference, and still let in some light. This was in a downstairs room and the drapes were made with a light weight open weave fabric because we wanted more light in the room. It worked so well I hand stiched them to the back of the drape to make it easier to laundry. I'm sure if you used the fleece and the clear shower curtian one would real save. The shower curtians were less than $2. each, so it is a good way to keep out the drafts in like college dorms, or rentals. trashcrafter in Washington state Report Spam or Abuse RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post by mamascott (15) | (10/06/2005) Profile | Contact I have been doing somthing very similar to this for a few years now. My house is an old house and it has the old windows in it. So, I always hang blankets under my curtains during the winter. We do this in all of the rooms, it really does make a difference. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post By Patt (Guest Post) (10/06/2005) Try using light colored fleece so that it won't be so dark in the winter. Also you might consider making window quilts, and use pulleys so that they can be drawn up easily. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post By Joandogs (Guest Post) (10/05/2005) A friend gave me several pieces of Polar Fleece and I too made curtains for the north and west facing windows. Have replacement doouble pane windows, but found that the fleece kept rooms comfortable. Made a curtain for my Velux window-wide binding tape about 2 inched from the top and a hem on the bottom. Use tension rods to hold it up. Keeps bedroom cool in summer/10 degrees warmer in the winter than without the curtain. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Using Polar Fleece for Curtains Post by Anonymous (130) | (10/04/2005) Contact I have the exact same sliding door with the single pane glass, only mine has this added feature: it doesn't fit tight so all the hot/cold air blows in all year long! Sometimes, in a strong wind I even get rain. I sealed up the whole thing with a clear plastic drop sheet, push pins all around the door frame holding it tight and heavy things to weigh down the bottom on the floor. Then I put up thermal lined drapes. The fleece sounds like a great idea and I might put that up under the drapes as well. I get to watch the drapes move every time the wind blows on the plastic but it has worked well. Thank goodness I live in the southernmost part of Canada. Thanks for the tip Susan! http://www.teapotcottage.com Report Spam or Abuse