Tuesday, February 16

done & done

I finally finished the curtains for our bedroom. The fabric had been sitting in our bedroom, still on the bolt, for about 3 months. I made two panels and a fixed roman shade. I bought 7.5 yards of fabric from JoAnne's and the curtain rod and clip rings from Walmart. {sorry in advance for the dark b.berry pics}

I wanted the panels to be 89" so I cut the fabric at about 96", allowing for a top and bottom hem. Ya'll, this really wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be. Figuring out how to make the hems level and how to make sure that the entire panel stayed at 89" was tough! So, a little secret...I made about a 2" hem at the top of each panel and then went ahead and hung them up. (truth be told, I only did this on the second panel bc I tried doing the first one the hard way and only then did I come up with this genius idea) Once they were up I pinned the bottoms so they would just touch the floor. I then brought my handy portable sewing machine into the bedroom and sewed the bottom hem while the panels were up! I realize this is probably not the most professional method, but it worked! As for the side hems, (obviously I did these before handing them up) I left the fabric the width of the bolt and folded it under once, then one more time and sewed a straight stitch down the length. Ironing the folds really makes this step easier.

The day after I got these done I found this tutorial over at Young House Love. If you don't sew, or just want to use an easier method, I suggest you check out their post!

I made the fixed roman shade following Darby's tutorial, which you can find here. Mine is a little wonky and of course not as great as hers, but I like it ok.
see how it kind of goes up on the right? oh well!

15 comments:

CarrieMarie said...

beautifully done!

Anonymous said...

They look perfect! Great fabric choice!!

katie lake said...

They look great! Love the fabric!

Natalie said...

looks great! good work - i am about to tackle many of these same things. wish me luck

Lea Liz said...

They look great!! Love the fabric! You did a super job!

Anonymous said...

That fabric is simply fabulous!

Anonymous said...

Everything look great! You've totally convinced me I should learn to sew.

Brown Girl said...

I get so jealous when I see stuff like this. I wish I was more crafty.

Anonymous said...

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Elizabeth said...

I think they look fabulous!

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pammycakes said...

They look great! good work!

Ali said...

I love that fabric- very pretty! I think you did a wonderful job!

Sara McCarty said...

Wow!! They look fantastic!! Love the fabric.

tam pham said...

awesome job!

Anonymous said...

You did much better than I could have...I can't sew straight to save my life! The roman shade really isn't too noticeable, and I love that fabric :) I tried to hem a pair of pants once...yeah. Ended up having those suckers re-done.