a little gather to them, so i planned to do roughly 2 times the window width, or about 48" per curtain, for a total of 96" of fabric gathered across the window. this would mean each of the two panels would have a total finished width of 48". however, as i was making my curtains out of quilting fabric (to match baby's quilt), i decided to just use the fabric width of 44". it was close enough to make me happy, and to prevent me from having a seam down the entire length of the curtain. if you are in a situation like this, remember you can always piece fabric 