Thank you for your lovely comments. One of my favorite styles for a bay window is swags and jabots. It’s such a timeless, classic style that not only dresses up the window but frames it as well. Since you cannot overlap the swags in the corners of the bay, a short jabot is used to fill in the space. Longer jabots are hung at each end and can be any length typically dividing the window into thirds or quarters or following a window divider or chair rail. Many bay windows have space above the window to the soffit and hanging the swags right up at the ceiling eliminates that space giving the window a much cleaner look. These swags and jabots are hung on boards (often the fabric is stapled to the board) and butterfly or ceiling anchors are used to hang it properly from the ceiling.
MarieMarch 15, 2014 - 10:38 am
I love this but can’t see really good as dark colors. Do you have directions on how to make it?
Britt WheelerMarch 19, 2014 - 4:28 pm
Dear Ms Dorbeck, Thank you so much for your most informative message. I should like to give you a call if I may, since it would seem easier thus to obtain further information. Many thanks, Britt Wheeler
Diane LuciaAugust 23, 2016 - 10:18 pm
I would love to be able to make the swags and jabots in the picture above for my kitchen bay windows. I have picked out the Waverly fabric but I do not know how to measure or properly cut the fabric. do you sell a pattern and directions?
I have the same question as Diana in the coment above. Ihave been tring to figure how much material I should buy all morning since the material I need is quite expensive. My center window is 60 inches wide and the 2 outer windows are 30″ wide with about 4″ between the windows. I wanted the jabots to be around 10″ wide and 50 inches long. Can you help me? BTY the material I am looking at is a stripe if that matters
Hi Markie, You will need 45″ – 54″ per swag depending on how long you want them to be and 5″ to 10″ inches more than the finished length of each jabot to allow for seam allowances and board mounting. You might want to self line the jabots as well since the backs of the jabots are visible on the finished treatment, so don’t forget to allow for that.
Swags and jabots, always a good choice for a bay window.
by Susan Dorbeck
I like very much the treatment for s bay window pictured above. Can you please provide me with more information? Thank you.
Thank you for your lovely comments. One of my favorite styles for a bay window is swags and jabots. It’s such a timeless, classic style that not only dresses up the window but frames it as well. Since you cannot overlap the swags in the corners of the bay, a short jabot is used to fill in the space. Longer jabots are hung at each end and can be any length typically dividing the window into thirds or quarters or following a window divider or chair rail. Many bay windows have space above the window to the soffit and hanging the swags right up at the ceiling eliminates that space giving the window a much cleaner look. These swags and jabots are hung on boards (often the fabric is stapled to the board) and butterfly or ceiling anchors are used to hang it properly from the ceiling.
I love this but can’t see really good as dark colors. Do you have directions on how to make it?
Dear Ms Dorbeck, Thank you so much for your most informative message. I should like to give you a call if I may, since it would seem easier thus to obtain further information. Many thanks, Britt Wheeler
I would love to be able to make the swags and jabots in the picture above for my kitchen bay windows. I have picked out the Waverly fabric but I do not know how to measure or properly cut the fabric. do you sell a pattern and directions?
Would I be able to get the pattern?
Thanks.
I have the same question as Diana in the coment above. Ihave been tring to figure how much material I should buy all morning since the material I need is quite expensive. My center window is 60 inches wide and the 2 outer windows are 30″ wide with about 4″ between the windows. I wanted the jabots to be around 10″ wide and 50 inches long. Can you help me? BTY the material I am looking at is a stripe if that matters
Hi Markie, You will need 45″ – 54″ per swag depending on how long you want them to be and 5″ to 10″ inches more than the finished length of each jabot to allow for seam allowances and board mounting. You might want to self line the jabots as well since the backs of the jabots are visible on the finished treatment, so don’t forget to allow for that.