Tip: Make 2 Story Curtains for Whole Lot Less Than Custom

If you don't have enough of your curtain fabric to make tie backs, you could add brown Grossgrain ribbon at the seams or large brown buttons or brown twisted cotton rope or make tie backs out of a coordinating fabric and then use the same fabric to make some pillows or a throw or other accessories. I could offer additional suggestions if you posted a photo of the brown drapes.

Thanks for the help. I have tie backs, but where I sewed the curtains together to make them longer (horizontal seam) the fabric is double. Light from outside makes this seam darker than the curtains. My curtains are dark brown and look exactly like the ones in your original post. I would like to be able to open them without the seam showing.

I am wondering if you sewed the curtains and the lining together instead of separately. My seams barely show. My curtains and lining were each sewed separately. If your curtains are exactly like mine, and you want them loose and with no tie backs, then I would use brown velvet trim to hide the seams:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-yards-2-7-meters-Velvet-Ribbon-Trim-1-inch-25mm-width-Upick-color-WI-/160568878830?var=460020764214&hash=item2562a6a6ee:g:5iYAAOSw3mpXGm1X

That is a great idea.