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The easy answer is "how much money you wish to spend".  If you have the money, your best and nicest but most expensive option would be to go for new curtains to match your upholstery and there are quite a few places advertising in the caravan magazines who make curtains (they also do reupholstery).  The other alternatives are to make your own new curtains if you can match a fabric to your upholstery and you are able to make them - I made new curtains about 30+ years ago for an old van we had at the time and they turned out well but I do sew and have a machine.  The last and cheapest option is to carefully dye in a similar colour to what they are at present but you may find that the dyed curtains are still 'two tone' i.e. where they are bleached from the sun they may not turn out quite the same colour because of the background colours, but should look much fresher again.  Why not wash them and rehang and see if you can get away with it as they are.

Good luck!!   From J (the other half of Stew) 

Hi

Curtains are not difficult to make, specialy as you have the curtains to copy. Just remember the saying measure twice cut once! If you get machine needles to sew leather or denim that should sew the plastic if its not to thick, often having the correct needle makes all the diffence. dont forget to match any patterns.

Good luck

Quote: Originally posted by adsheadv on 20/1/2011

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If it were me I think I'd just wash them then re-hang them very carefully making sure the folds were in the same place they used to be so the fading wouldn't be obvious.  We never close our curtains anyway - just use the blackout blinds, so noone would ever know...

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checkout ebay for fabrics, much much cheaper.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/pandoras-upholstery

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/fusionfurnishings2010/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

I just got 17 metres upholstery fabric from fusion for £25!  £1.48 a metre!

Just making new curtains and have bought new popper tape and will use denim or leather needle on machine and used old curtains as pattern. I'm re-upholstering, making new curtains and re-flooring for £150 so definately worth DIY job