My mother-in-law and I fell in love with this adorable glittery "bug" fabric for the curtains and a cute pink (but darned ravelly!) gingham for the valances. First lesson learned: In order to achieve desired curtain fullness, each panel should be 1 to 2 times the width of the window. I hate how these hang limply and don't give enough coverage. I'm not too hysterical about how the valance turned out, but I bought 4 more yards of the bug fabric yesterday and I'm going to make two new (and full!) panels.
The smaller window in her room turned out much better. Full coverage. Except that I hemmed the valance to the right side (which of course was the
wrong side) and didn' realize it until I went to hang it up. That was a big seam ripping project, but worth it.
Lessons learned:
1. Extra fabric is needed for desired fullness
2. How to sew a turned hem
3. Pay attention to the right and wrong sides!
The smaller window in her room turned out much better. Full coverage. Except that I hemmed the valance to the right side (which of course was the wrong side) and didn' realize it until I went to hang it up. That was a big seam ripping project, but worth it..jpg)
1 comment:
GREAT job!!! I remember my first projects...not fondly :-( Keep up the good work... Kathy
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