....yes I did think they would be very heavy Sage , but was just wondering if felt would work . Any curtains I do make will be heavy weight affairs anyway , I really like velvet curtains but I hate touching the stuff...I really can't touch anything velvet at all ...
, so I won't be having velvet curtains !!!! ( if I do they will be either permanently open or closed !!!
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The metal rod for the pole/rod will be some 1/2"-3/4" thick , so will be quite heavy in itself . They will be fixed to the wall with hand made coach screws , these will take the weight of two or three people hanging on them so should hold a curtain (not that I intent to hang anyone on them though !!!!) . The hanging of undesirables, will be carried out on the gallows in the yard , and from there they will be taken to the drawing bench and after drawing, the quartering will take place . The heads will....er getting off topic here ....
http://www.polesdirect.com/details.asp?ID=4960thats the sort of thing I will be making above.
The curtains can be of any material really ( apart from velvet !!!) cotten , linen or even hemp .
I have an arbour press similar to the one in the eyelet link , plus a few dies for pressing the eyelets . I got them to make tarps... so cheers Karen I will have a look what size eyelets I have ..I think the largest are about 1/2" .
cheers
Russ