How To Hang Pinch Pleat Curtains On Track
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Pinch pleated curtains can hang on either a track or a rod with rings like in this pictures above.
How to hang pinch pleat curtains on track. Lay the top of the curtain face down on a clean flat surface. Once all the hooks are in place you are now ready to hang your curtains. The type of hooks you can use either slip in next to the pleats or have a spike that you pierce through the pleat at the back. Because of their many pleats pinch pleat curtains create a beautiful full curtain panel that can add sophistication to any room.
If hanging from curtain track you want the curtain sit in front of the track. Drape the bottom of the curtain over your forearm while you attach the hooks. Tab top curtains thread the rod through the tab loops. Attach each hook to their designated ring.
To hang your pencil pleat curtains on a track just attach the curtain hooks sold with every curtain. Eyelet curtains thread the rod back and forth into the eyelets at the top of the curtain. Use a ladder or stool to hang the curtains if you cannot reach the pole or track. Then all you do is insert the hooks into the rings or gliders on your curtain rod or track.
Measure from the bottom of the ring on the track or rod to the floor. They re fairly easy to hang as long as you re willing to measure when you insert the pin hooks into the back of the curtain. Gather the curtain so that it takes up half of the track s length for 2 curtains or the full length for 1 curtain pull on the 3 gathering cords at the same time to gather the head of the curtain. Make sure that the hook pierces both the immediate material and the inner stiffening material.
Insert the hook into the curtain slightly to one side of the pinch pleat see photo above. If hanging from curtain poles you want the curtain to hang under the pole itself. Your forearm will support the curtain s weight while you hang it. Hanging curtains on a rod is simple but it differs depending on the type of curtains.
Then with the lined side of the curtain facing you slide the sharp point of the pin hook up and under the stitches in the back of the pleat until the point is hidden and only the hook end is visible. Pencil pleat or pinch pleat curtains use hooks or rings to attach the curtain to the rod 32mm gather hooks are suitable for rod sets with rings.