Posts Tagged ‘curtains’
Window skirting
Not too long ago I was designing aprons from recycled skirts and vintage trims. I did a whole line called “Aprons as Fashion” and thought the world needed to get their aprons out of the kitchen and out into the streets. 
I’m back at the sewing machine with a new slant on aprons and skirts. They make perfect curtain panels! A lot of the ruffling is already present and the skirt waistbands are the right circumference for a small extension rod. How’s that for saving some time? A few straight seams and voila!
This is what the laundry room/potting shed windows looked like before. The afternoon sun was blinding so these curtains provide just the right amount of shade.
The curtains are almost done!
I sewed the scarves together to form long panels with a valance on top, then I sewed the completed curtains onto purchased sheer panels to protect them from sun damage and filter the light a little better.
So here they are almost finished. I’ll be hand stitching the bottom panels because the silky fabric has become difficult to work with on the sewing machine.
Here’s the before:
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