What are "rod pocket" curtains?

2sunshines · 05-18-2006, 03:54 PM

Okay, again I'm going to show my curtain ignorance. I know all about "tab top" curtains, but when something online says they are "rod pocket" curtains, what exactly does that mean? Does that just mean that the top fabric is folded over so that you can slip a rod through it? As in, you could use any rod you wanted -- decorative or otherwise?

I'm trying to avoid those curtains that require all that fancy stuff -- like pins and pleats and things like that, but I have no clue how to tell when you see a curtain online.

Help?

QuiltinGramma · 05-18-2006, 04:47 PM

Yes.that would be my definition. A pocket is sewn and the rod slipped through. Most of the time there will be a second seam sewn so that the rod slips between the two seams and when the curtain is then pushed together on the rod there is a ruffle at the top.

05-18-2006, 03:54 PM	#1
2sunshines Moderator in Celebrations, Cloth Diapering & EC, Empty Arms, Prayer & Praise, and Swap n' Shop Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 25,359	What are "rod pocket" curtains? Okay, again I'm going to show my curtain ignorance. I know all about "tab top" curtains, but when something online says they are "rod pocket" curtains, what exactly does that mean? Does that just mean that the top fabric is folded over so that you can slip a rod through it? As in, you could use any rod you wanted -- decorative or otherwise? I'm trying to avoid those curtains that require all that fancy stuff -- like pins and pleats and things like that, but I have no clue how to tell when you see a curtain online. Help? __________________ wife to my beloved and best friend mom to 4 great kids

05-18-2006, 04:47 PM	#2
QuiltinGramma Rose Garden Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nyssa, Oregon (southeastern part of the state) Posts: 6,036	Re: What are "rod pocket" curtains? Yes.that would be my definition. A pocket is sewn and the rod slipped through. Most of the time there will be a second seam sewn so that the rod slips between the two seams and when the curtain is then pushed together on the rod there is a ruffle at the top. __________________ wife for 40 years to dear hubby-pastor and retired Navy chaplain mom to DS & DD (Amber) now grown, to Dixie Lee, a 3 yr old French Brittany, Magnolia (Maggie), 4 month old French Brittany and gramma to 4 wonderful grandBOYS and 1 foster granddaughter

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