I bought a microfabric blackout curtain at Home Depot yesterday.
When the lady at my dry cleaning store cuts it and sews a hem, should she include some fishing weights in each corner?
Yes, I have read that a stiff breeze can flap the fabric with the potential of damaging the lens.
On the other hand, I don't want to struggle with it trying to keep out the light.
So I went over to my local WalMart to see what they might have in their fishing department. There I found a dizzying assortment of sizes and shapes of fishing weights.
I finally bought a package of 16 split weights for 94 cents. I plan to cut some fishing line into 4 short pieces then pinch 4 weights onto each. I will leave a gap in the middle so the seamstress will be able to form a corner in the fabric ending up with 2 of the weights on each side of each corner.
So, how much weight do you think I should have her sew into the hem? Or possibly none at all?
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