On Finishing Up New Curtains!

With only a brief period of free time remaining at the end of my summer I was excited to get to work on several clothing items I started making over the past few years, but never got around to finishing for various reasons. Instead I managed to get a cold, which curtailed my plans for a weekend fully devoted to sewing.

However, among the unfinished dresses, the bolero, and the vest/skirt set, I also had curtains, which I started two years ago and in my stuffy nosed state was the only thing in the unfinished bag that didn't require much effort, nor would a minor mistake lead to a complete disaster.

Now you might wonder why so simple an item has taken me so long to finish. In part it's because the print fabric I chose was too thin alone and rather see-through (defeating the purpose of having the curtains), so I needed to back it with something which then turned into the idea of having the thin top layer pull back from the bottom layer using ribbon, as well as trying to figure out how I wanted the top part the curtain rod slipped through to look. I just wasn't entirely sure how I wanted to do either. 

The other reason is that I really, truly, hate the process of hemming things. While I had the selvages and the bottom edge hemmed on the printed fabric from when I started the project that was where I decided I had had enough hemming, leaving the purple under layer unhemmed.

Moving back to this past weekend, I managed to get everything hemmed, decided on having the back layer come down over the top to create the casing, and created button holes to slip the side tying ribbon giving me the option to pull either both layers of curtains back or to pull back just the top layer! Now I have lovely new curtains that produce a marvelous purple glow and that I'm quite happy with!

Inside the curtain!

Outside the curtain! (Pulled forward for your viewing pleasure and because standing on the 60's children's rocking chair to take the photo did not seem intelligent.

Yes, I know it's dark! Just wanted to show what it looks like closed and no matter what time I took the picture or if the light was on there was some issue with the photo.

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