Pinch pleat curtains, made to measure

Pinch pleat curtains have the fabric stitched into neat folds along the top, in pairs or threes, so they hang in tailored columns. We sew them in sheer or blockout fabric to your size in Australia, on a track cut to your width, and you hang them yourself.

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In the designer, choose Double Pinch Pleat or Triple Pinch Pleat under Heading style.

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White sheer triple pinch pleat curtain hanging from a ceiling track across a bedroom window

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Six sheer and three blockout fabrics, each one available with a double or triple pinch pleat. Pick a fabric to see its price, then design yours at your own size.

Prices are for one curtain 2.0 m wide with a 2.4 m drop, from the track to the hem. They include GST and a ceiling track you open by hand. The heading doesn’t change the price.

Sheer 6 fabrics

A light, see-through fabric. By day it softens the sun and stops people seeing in.

HAALUX Aire
16 colours

$894.04 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Bali
19 colours

$766.76 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Coco
7 colours

$766.76 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Homestead
7 colours

$894.04 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Mykonos
11 colours

$973.96 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Vevey
8 colours

$973.96 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Blockout 3 fabrics

A dense fabric that stops light coming through it, so the room goes dark when you close the curtains.

Galaxy
14 colours

$846.74 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Soleil
9 colours

$894.04 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Simplicity
17 colours

$894.04 for a 2.0 × 2.4 m curtain
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Design yours and see the price

In the curtain designer, choose Double Pinch Pleat or Triple Pinch Pleat under Heading style. Then enter the track width and the drop, which is the height from the track to the hem. The price updates with every choice.

Design your pinch pleat curtains

Is pinch pleat right for you

The heading is the style at the top of a curtain. A pinch pleat stitches the fabric into small groups of folds, and below the stitch it falls straight.

Double pinch pleat
Two folds in each group. Neat and tailored, and it suits a classic lounge or bedroom.
Triple pinch pleat
Three folds in each group, so it looks fuller. It suits formal rooms and heavier fabrics.
Soft light by day
Choose a sheer.
See the sheer fabrics
A dark bedroom
Choose a blockout.
See the blockout fabrics
Sheer by day, dark at night
Double curtains put both on one double track, each with its own heading.
Double curtains
A softer, modern look
S-fold hangs in one continuous wave.
S-fold curtains

Pinch pleat, S-fold or pencil pleat?

Fullness is how much fabric goes across the track, as a multiple of the track width.

S-fold
Pinch pleat
Pencil pleat

Pinch pleat, S-fold or pencil pleat?
Heading	S-fold	Double pinch pleat	Triple pinch pleat	Pencil pleat
Look	Continuous soft waves	Neat pleats in pairs	Fuller, formal pleats in threes	A tight gathered top
Fullness	About twice the width	About twice	About two and a half times	About twice
Suits	Modern homes; sheers and blockouts	Classic lounge rooms	Formal rooms, heavy fabrics	Traditional homes

Fit and controls

Every curtain we make comes on its own track, cut to your width, so the pleats and the track always match.

Where the track goes: on the ceiling (top fit), or on the wall above the window (face fit, + $20).
Hand-drawn track: residential or designer, white or black, $60 a metre, with a 910, 1,220 or 1,520 mm wand.
Motorised track: Somfy Movelite (battery, with a charger) or Somfy Glydea 35e (wired), each with a Situo 1 remote and priced by width. Pinch pleats work on both. Motorised blinds and curtains
Opening: one curtain that stacks left or right, or a pair that opens from the centre.
Hem and length: a lead-weight hem for a sheer, or a 70 mm hem for blockout. Finish 20 mm off the floor, touching it, or puddled.

White sheer triple pinch pleat curtain on a track fixed to the wall above the window

White sheer curtain hem just touching a timber floor, with daylight coming through the fabric

How to measure

Measure the track, not the window. You need a steel tape and a few minutes per window.

Harries Carroll on a step reaching up to hang a sheer curtain on a ceiling track

01
Width is the track length
Run the track at least 150 mm past the window frame on each side, so the open curtain stacks off the glass.
02
Decide where the track goes
On the ceiling for the cleanest line, or on the wall above the window.
03
Drop is track to hem
Measure from the track to where you want the hem. For puddled, we add 20 mm for you.
04
Check the size
We make curtains from 800 mm to 5,750 mm wide, and 900 mm to 4,000 mm drop.
05
Hang it yourself
The track comes with brackets and instructions. Fix it up, then hook the curtain on. Stuck? Call 1300 195 797.

How ordering works

Everything happens online, and a person answers the phone if you get stuck.

01
Order free samples
Up to 10 swatches, posted free. They post separately, so they never hold up an order.
Order free samples
02
Measure up
Two numbers per window: the width and the drop. It takes a few minutes.
How to measure
03
Design and price it
Pick every option and watch the price update. Add the Perfect Fit Guarantee (+$39 a curtain). We video call you to check your measurements before we make it.
Design your pinch pleat curtains
04
Made in Australia, delivered
We make it to your sizes and dispatch it in 8 to 15 business days. Delivery is worked out by postcode at checkout.
How it works

5-year warranty
On materials, mechanisms and workmanship.
Warranty details
Perfect Fit Guarantee
An optional add-on (+$39 a curtain). We video call you to check your measurements before we make it. If a measuring error means it still arrives the wrong size, we make it again and cover delivery both ways.
Perfect Fit Guarantee terms
Delivery
Worked out by postcode at checkout: from $49, and free over $599 to metro and regional NSW, VIC, QLD, ACT and metro SA.
Delivery and returns
A person answers
Stuck at any step? No sales script, and no rep coming out.
Call 1300 195 797

Questions

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What is a pinch pleat curtain?

A curtain with its fabric stitched into small groups of folds along the top. The groups are evenly spaced, and the fabric falls straight below them.

What’s the difference between double and triple pinch pleat?

A double pinch pleat has two folds in each group. A triple has three, so it uses a little more fabric and looks fuller. Both cost the same in our designer.

Pinch pleat or S-fold: which is more modern?

S-fold is the softer, modern wave. Pinch pleat looks tailored and a little more traditional. Both work in sheer and blockout fabric, and on a hand-drawn or motorised track.

Do pinch pleat curtains use more fabric?

A double pinch pleat uses about twice the track width in fabric, and a triple about two and a half times. You don’t work it out: enter the track width and we allow for it. The heading doesn’t change the price.

Can I hang them on my existing track or rod?

No. We make every curtain with its own track, cut to your width, so the pleats and the track match. We don’t make curtains for a track or rod you already have.

Which way should my curtains open?

You can have one curtain that stacks to the left or the right, or a pair that opens from the centre. Stack it away from a door or the part of the view you use most.

How to measure

Try it at your window first

Colours look different on a screen. Order up to 10 samples, posted free, and hold them at your own window.

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