Sunbrella Mist TAB TOP Drapes

Product Description

OUTDOOR DRAPERY for your pergola or patio. Sunbrella TAB TOP CURTAINS are an excellent option. Sunbrella fabrics are ideal for indoor drapery as well as outdoor drapes as they are color fast and totally sun-safe. Our Sunbrella outdoor TAB TOP draperies will not fade, even if exposed to direct sunlight for years on end.

FEATURES
Versatile drapery style – does not require drapery rings.
Stacks to about 6 inches per width. Can be scrunched closer if needed.
Neat looking drapery when drawn.
Each width is will pleat to about 24” and can be used as a 48” wide flat panel if per single width.
Style works well in traditional settings as well as modern homes.

Additional Information

An easy to install and economical OUTDOOR DRAPERY solution will be a SUNBRELLA TAB TOP. Sunbrella fabrics are perfect for indoor drapery as well as outdoor drapes as they are sun-safe, easy to clean and color fast. We use genuine SUNBRELLA FABRIC when we make our TAB TOP draperies and they will not fade, even if exposed to direct sunlight for extended periods of time.

STACKING DETAILS: - Tab Top Drapes can be used in most settings and also work well where stacking space is not a issue. This style does not stack very well as the stack is restricted to the width of the tabs and creates a larger stack. Typically a Single Sunbrella Tab Top will stack to less than 6 -8 inches on the rod, depending on the thickness of the fabric and also if the fabric is lined. A plus factor when one uses Sunbrella TAB TOP Drapes is that one can achieve 100 percent coverage with a FLAT PANEL. That is to say you can stretch the full width of the fabric out over the rod. Then there will be NO FULLNESS or pleats in the header. You get a bang for your buck and this reduces the stacking size.

WIDTHS and PANELS: - Let me explain some important drapery terms that you will need to understand in order to purchase the correct width and length of drapery. We start off using 54 inches WIDE Sunbrella fabric and we sew 1-1/2 inch SIDE HEMS on each side. This results in a SINGLE WIDTH PANEL that is 48 inches wide. When required we join MULTIPLE WIDTHS together to make WIDER PANEL . Incidentally Box Stores who sell off the peg draperies only have a maximum of 2 width wide panels, however we can make any width. We often make up to 8 widths wide but are not limited to the amount of widths we can sew together.

CALCULATING DRAPERY WIDTHS: - When we sew a single width for example, it is 48 inch wide when it is measured FLAT on a table. To hang a Tab Top curtain, the rod is inserted through the TABS of the panel. As a result the fabric can be extended to its maximum width of 48". As explained above this will result in no fullness. The idea is to have double fullness and this requires the 48" wide flat panel to pleated up on the rod to cover 24 inches of rod length..
DOUBLE FULLNESS is a common term used in drapery manufacture and it refers to the amount of fabric required to make a drapery look good and hang correctly. Using this standard it is ideal for a single width panel to cover 24 inches of rod - this way one achieves double fullness.

An easy way to calculate have many widths you need is as follows. Measure your TOTAL ROD LENGTH and divide it by 24. This will give you the total amount of widths required to cover the rod at DOUBLE FULLNESS. This would be for a ONE WAY DRAW. If you require a SPLIT DRAW, divide the total on two. You may have to round up or down to make full widths or half widths. Here is an example: TOTAL ROD LENGTH = 96 inches. Divide 96 by 24 = 4 widths. If you have a One Way Draw you would order ONE PANEL that is 4 WIDTHS WIDE. If you have a Split Draw you would take the 4 Widths and divide by 2, giving you TWO PANELS of 2 WIDTHS WIDE. Here is another example where you will have to ROUND UP. Let say your rod is 115 inches. divide 115 by 24 = 4.79 width. you will need to round this up to 5 widths as a One Way Draw and 2-1/2 widths as a Split Draw.

CALCULATING DRAPERY LENGTH: - This is an easy one!. Simply measure from the TOP OF YOUR ROD [ or estimate where it will be installed] to the FLOOR. For OUTDOOR SUNBRELLA DRAPERIES we recommend 1 inch off the floor, so if you measure this size, they will be perfect and will not scuff in the wind. Typically SUNBRELLA INDOOR draperies are 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch off the floor or they may pool or have a trouser break.

SUNBRELLA FABRICS: - We make Sunbrella Outdoor Draperies in a number of Sunbrella FABRIC types that include, Sunbrella Canvas Fabric, Sunbella Dupione, Sunbrella Linen, Sunbrella Spectrum, Sunbrella Stripes, Sunbrella Mist Sheer and Sunbella Shadow Sheer. we alos make draperies using YOUR FABRIC. See this link to get pricing and calculate width and length - SUNBRELLA OUTDOOR DRAPES

If you would like to supply your own fabric, please see the COM section - [ Customer's Own Material] at this page - YOUR FABRIC MADE INTO DRAPERIES

SUNBRELLA DRAPERY STYLES: - In addition to SUNBRELLA ROD POCKET or POLE POCKET DRAPES and CURTAINS we also make Sunbrella FRENCH PLEAT drapes, Sunbrella EURO PLEAT drapes, Sunbrella SUNBRELLA GROMMET DRAPES,Sunbrella RIPPLEFOLD drapery panels, INVERTED BOX PLEAT curtains, TAB TOP and TAB BACK drape.