Curtain Question

[corgimom]

Hi! I don't usually post over here but I have a question I hope someone can help me remedy!

We just moved our DD to her "big girl room" so we can keep her former room as a nursery. Finally got everything moved in and hung up! Our windows are big so in order for curtains to close over them, I always need multiple panels. Not a problem because we do this in every room and I think it makes the curtains look nice and fuller. So I found some nice, simple white blackout curtains at Target for her room and put them up. They look nice when open but when I close them for naps, they gap and let slivers of light in. The panels themselves really are thick and do block the light but no matter how much I fuss with them, I can't get them to lay in a way to help with the gaps.

We don't have this issue with other curtains in our house, but they are on grommets and we're less concerned about blocking out light. These can be put up with the pocket rod (which looked meh) or the back tabs, which is how I have them hung. Is there some sort of trick I can use to help with this? I'm going to try and attach a picture and hopefully it's not huge!

[aprilsails]

If you have access to a sewing machine it is really easy to sew them together. I would do that just below where the ruffle detail is. They don’t need to be connected all the way to the very top. You could also safety pin them together with. 1” overlap but that may show from the outside. If it wasn’t at the front of the house, or if they were never closed during the day I wouldn’t care and would go ahead and do that.

[mrsukyankee]

I put snaps to keep some curtains together but so they could be kept together or apart.

[lolalolalola]

I actually put stick on Velcro on mine and it keeps them together enough. The plan was to do that until I got around to sewing them but I never did get around to that in over 2 years...

[dr.girlfriend]

I was going to suggest velcro also.

[corgimom]

Thanks, all! I feel kind of dumb that I hadn't even considered velcro, hah! I really just thought there must be some trick I'm missing to hang them different or get them to lay right. I think velco will be the best solution because it can also help me close the middle gap just for nap time - plus I have no sewing machine!

Glad I asked, though, because I have a feeling I may need to do the same trick for the nursery curtains since they will be a similar-ish style.

[froggy76]

I actually like to have a roller shade (or blinds) underneath to help block out the light. Maybe it's not stylish, but you can get a roller shade cut to size really cheaply at Home Depot and when it's up it's not really noticeable that it's there.