The way and way of making curtains varies according to fashion. Years ago, curtains were worn with ruffled tape and a lot of flare, which meant that the amount of fabric needed to make them was much higher than current eyelet curtains, for example.

To know how much fabric is needed for curtains, three factors must be taken into account:

-The size of the window or space to cover. We say window or space because frequently we will not want to cover only the window, but rather the curtain protrudes from the sides at least a couple of fingers and, sometimes, even more.

Measuring the size of the space to be covered is very important and it must be done well to avoid falling short with our new curtains. It is preferable to get it right, but if we measure wrong and it happens to us that we fall short, there are ways to fix it, such as creating decorative side curtains that would hide this problem.

-Lateral margins. This includes two very important things, on the one hand it is common to have to cut the piece since when they cut it for us in the store they do not always do it perfectly and we need a totally straight cut so that the curtain fits us well when sewing it.

But in addition, we also have to take into account the folds that we are going to make and if we are going to take more than one curtain out of the meters that we buy. We must think that for each curtain we must leave a margin of about fifteen centimeters, five to cut straight and five more for the hem on each side.

– Finally, we need to know the type of flight that we are going to give the curtain. If it is an eyelet curtain, it is normal to multiply the width measurement we have by 1.5. With this we will have curtains with little flight, so if we like them to make more wave we will have to multiply by 2.

If what we want are classic gathered curtains, then it is normal to buy at least twice or even three times the measurement of the width of the curtain. The more fabric, the more gather we are going to get and the more flight they will have.

With these simple instructions, it’s easy to get right and buy exactly the fabric you need so you don’t fall short or waste on something you don’t need.

Packaging is an increasingly strong industry in our country. The manufacture of packaging for products brings together different industries to produce increasingly interesting and innovative articles. It is absolutely essential that the customer keeps the product that he wants to sell at first glance and for this reason, the efforts of the sector are increasing.

There are different types of packaging, but the three most important sectors are plastic packaging, metal packaging and cardboard packaging.

Plastic packaging is undergoing a great transformation in recent years. Environmental awareness is increasing and the customer demands that everything be ecological and plastic has an increasingly worse press. However, it is absolutely essential for many products.

For this reason, the sector strives to find a good distributor of recycled or ecological plastics, that is, made with biodegradable products that do not pollute nature and are not a problem for the environment. And this is done taking care of all the details, from the plastic film that covers the food to taking care of the plastic tube distributor that is used for the handle of the bags, also passing through the plastic of the bottles.

In the metal packaging sector, we do not find that sales are mainly focused on premium products that require much more careful presentation. A good example is the metal packaging for perfumes or cookie boxes that we can find in supermarkets, but also the metal boxes for many products that we find in gourmet stores or in airport stores and that take care of the most exclusive productions of brands.

Metal packaging achieves the most luxurious and eye-catching presentations that can currently be seen on the shelves, such as mirror effects or glitter.

Last, but perhaps the most important, we have cardboard packaging. Cardboard is an ecological material, very inexpensive and that allows the manufacture of all types of packaging, from the lightest to the most protective. In addition, it can also be printed on, achieving the most striking and colorful presentations.

The other day I stopped by one of my friends’ house and there was one of his sons trying to make a necklace for his mother who would be having her birthday in a few days. The child had seen something about jewelery necklaces in the odd tutorial but did not have the necessary materials. So the two of us went to a store to buy the supplies he needed while his father finished doing some work. When we got to the store, I did not know what types of jewelry cords were the most durable and the store clerk gave us some very good advice and in the end it took almost no time to buy all the materials we needed to make a good necklace. in conditions.

The last time I had made a necklace or something like that was when I was in school and I had given my mother a present for Mother’s Day and as far as I know that necklace still exists. As a general rule, mothers keep that kind of gifts throughout their lives, no matter how shabby or ugly it may be, it is not the appearance that they like but that it has been a handmade gift from one of their children.

A few weeks later I found out that he had already given the necklace that we had made to his mother and he had loved it, logically the boy did not tell his mother that I had helped him but that was because I told him not to say anything to his mother and that way he was going to be more excited. The child is still very young so he does not think big yet because otherwise it would have been nice if we had made him some matching earrings with the necklace or a bracelet too. Well, I guess that will stay for birthdays to come as long as the kid doesn’t grow up and wants to buy him something a little better. But spending money on gifts will come later, for now, handmade gifts are better.