How to Make Pinch-Pleat Curtains With Pleating Tape

Spread a single curtain panel out in front of you evenly, spreading it out to smooth it free of any creases or wrinkles. It needs to aim as if it is hanging, with the top border aiming upward. Select any fabric of curtain panel, as long as it is free of any pleats.

Plug in the handheld flat iron. This is a hair styling tool, but it proves absolutely useful in this project. Let it heat up for five minutes.

Pinch the fabric of the curtain panel, horizontally, starting 5 inches from the left edge. Do this just beneath the top border of the panel. The crease pinched between your fingertips should rise from the flattened fabric at either side at 2 inches in height.

Slide the raised edge of the curtain between the clamps of the flat iron. Slide the flat iron down the length of the curtain, keeping the pinched area of fabric evenly between the heated pads.

Repeat Steps 2 through 4 for every 5 inches of fabric after the first ironed pleat. If you're doing this on two panels, repeat the process with the second fabric panel.

Turn the pleated panel of fabric over, exposing its underside.

Snip a length of fabric tape measuring approximately 1 to 2 feet in length. Press the strip of tape evenly down the length of the backside of the first crease. Layer the strip evenly over the split of the crease, adhering the split sides together. You don't need a length of tape to reach all the way to the bottom of the curtain, as long as it reaches from the top of the pleat to at least 1/4 of the way down. Repeat this process for all of the pleats.