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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did some rough calculations for amount of fabric and costs  for pinch pleat drapes for a 65" wide window.  My sewing books say to use at least double the amount of fabric to the window, ideally 2.5, but let's go with double, for 96" drapes.  Add 12" to the 96" for finishing the top and the bottom of each drape.  You will need extra fabric for matching print repeats, but that's specific to the print so I'll ignore that here. Most decorator fabrics are 60" wide, and that's close enough to 65" that I wouldn't add more width to each panel.  Mid-price ~$50/yard. Average price for lining and interlining $10/yard each.
96+12=108=3yards per length
2 curtains/window = 6 yards per window
6 x $50 = $300
6 x $10 = $60
6 x $10 = $60
Total = $450 in material per window

That's not too terribly bad, if you're willing to do the work yourself.  You can also cut the price of the fabric by tracking down sale fabrics.  Joanne Fabrics carries a lot of the mid-price quality materials, and they have frequent sales.
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You clearly missed the part where OP pointed out that she is a DOCTOR (ob-gyn to be exact) and has all the money but no time to DIY.

I am always surprised when people who are paid very well for their time balk at paying other people for their time, personally.[/quote]

Actually, I didn't miss it, but did forget to add that if you're a physician the opportunity cost makes it not worth your while to DIY, UNLESS you enjoy the process.  I'm a SAHM, and I enjoyed the process when I made my own drapes (some of them weren't perfect, others as pretty as a couture gown).  It required a lot of precision and careful attention to detail.  I come from a family with a few physicians, and they're cheap.  Lovable, but cheap. :D

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone![/quote]

I was being slightly sarcastic about OP's protestations that she has oh-so-little time because she is a doctor.  It didn't come through.

My mother is a doctor (pathologist, to be exact) and not only does she cook her own meals, clean her own house, and grow her own vegetables, she also sews her own clothes when she sees a pattern she likes, and made the drapes for our rental house when she was a resident.  She is not a normal person (very very high-energy and highly disciplined, I am the opposite), and she is cheap, but she would definitely recognize that custom window treatments are going to cost $$$$$![/quote]

Lol, my sister is an OBGYN in 2019 and she is actually working right now. I'd day she puts in 60-70hrs a week and definitely does no do anything DIY, but then again she's not going for a gold in martyrdom. [/quote]

I am a busy professional, and a mom, but I don’t consider DIY tasks that I like and choose to do to be martyrdom, even if I consider my time valuable.  There is something really joyful about making something or fixing something for yourself that I think a lot of busy people miss out on because they are working “70 hour weeks.”  It’s kind of sad that there some sort of either/or dichotomy, like if I DIY my time must not be valuable.  It is valuable but working with my hands instead of my brain once in awhile feels lovely.[/quote]

Ehh...not OP, but I am also a doctor.  I have a theee month waiting list to get into my clinic.  These are people with chronic illness still seeing their PCP and waiting to get into a specialist.  If I have something that needs done, I see those folks and use the money to pay someone else to do the stuff around the house.  Yes.  I miss out on stuff.  But I feel like I have a moral obligation to spend my time this way. [/quote]

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