OldHairTwister

This is something that I will investigate further. Thanks!!

solstice3

Sounds interesting! I think I am going to investigate too!!

qltgrose

Thank you so much for this info. My daughter bought her first home last year and while many of the things had been updated, the windows definitely need to be replaced. They dont let water in, but they DO let the Michigan winter winds in!
I have already sent her the link.

tessagin

I'm going to check into this. We live in an old house and this would certainly reduce energy bills.

QultingaddictUK

Thanks for the link, never heard of it but will be looking out for more info but can't seem to find a supplier for us here in the UK!

Jingle

My windows are new and don't leak air.
I am thinking one may be good to keep the hot sun shining on the window from heating up our south facing window in the our bedroom. I will have to check it out.

gramajo

I made Roman shades for all the windows in my old, drafty house years ago using the Warm Windows lining. Magnetic strips were sewn into casings along the sides and stuck to magnetic strips along the window casings. It made a huge difference in keeping the house warm. Wish I could afford to do that in the drafty old house I'm currently living in.

coloradosky

Thanks for sharing this info. I will definitely check further as I will need to make new shades for our bedroom in the very near future.

ManiacQuilter2

I still have a few questions rattling around in my head. There is a lot pf infp on the Warm Product website. I bought this at a local JAF in So CA. The product number is 753705011122. This product is 45" wide. The JAF website does not have the product. I paid $6.00 a yard because the clearance fabrics were 50% off.

As you can see in the picture, there is a sort of knit fabric on one side and what appears to be a batting on the other. I assume that you attach the fabric to the batting side. My window is 58.25" in width & 52.75" in height. The window slides open moving to the left so I want to early in the morning slide the curtain to the left so the cooler air can enter the room. So I am leaning toward doing something with loops so I can install a simple presser drapery rod since I live in an apt. I am thinking to keep the insulation up tight to the top of the window, to sew the loops on the top of the back. There is lot of info on Warm Product website along with an interesting post of sewers that I found when I Google: Warm Window.

Thanks you again for all of your help. If anyone is interested, I can post my progress as I go along. I always find a photo is worth a thousand words.

sewmom

I bought some of this earlier this year. My Dh wants me to make a cover for our gas fireplace in our vacation home. It was so cold this winter and so much snow that he didn't use the fireplace that much. It was warming the roof and creating ice. So he put plastic over it. It billowed out so I know there is air leakage. So sometime in the next couple of months I have to make a decorative front and a casing to insert magnets and then it will stick to the fireplace and it will look better than plastic and painter's tape! The only difficult part will be making the part where there is a protrusion at the top - like a flange or something- i'm thinking a dart would allow for that. I hope i can figure it out simply- sometimes my brain doesn't like designing stuff!LOL