How to Use a Sari for Curtains

Display the decorative band on the end of the sari in your window treatment.

The beautiful colors and embroidered patterns of a sari look wonderful when sunlight streams through the fabric. Most saris have a decorated band on one end that is designed to hang loose down the wearer's back. This band can be best displayed by making a panel curtain which fits inside the window frame and is gathered onto a rod at both the top and bottom of the window treatment. The bottom tension rod holds the light-weight sari fabric in place. This window treatment looks like a piece of framed art.

Things You'll Need

• Tape measure
• Scissors
• Sewing machine
• Matching thread
• 2 tension rods, 1/2-inch-diameter

Instructions

1. Measure the height of the inside of the window frame. Cut the sari 3 inches longer than this length. Use the full width of the sari.

2. Iron down 1/2 inch on each end of the fabric. Iron up a 1-inch casing on each end of the fabric.

3. Stitch the casing up by sewing close to the folded edge of the fabric

4. Adjust the tension rods to fit tightly inside the top and bottom of the window frame.

5. Thread the rods through the casings on the fabric panel and hang the curtain inside the window frame.