Saturday, July 10, 2010

New Kitchen Curtains

While in town yesterday, I stopped at a yard sale and found a lovely embroidered lace panel.   It cost all of .25 cents, but unfortunately it was a shower curtain, not a regular curtain.  I left it, but kept coming back, so finally, I spent the big bucks and bought it thinking I could cut the end off that was designed for curtain rings and use it as a table cloth or some such thing.

This morning, I saw it pooled up on a chair in my bedroom and knew I had to find a use for it where I could gaze at its beauty.  Then it struck me - the kitchen window!  That particular window, I had left alone and not dressed for summer.  I didn't have appropriate curtains and I just didn't want to mess with it.  The panel would be perfect.

The first thing I had to do to make it work was to make a rod pocket.  I turned the shower curtain portion over and pinned it.


Then I stitched the hem to make a pocket.  Now it is ready to hang!



These are the "winter" curtains.


And the "new" summer dress!


Isn't summer beautiful!?!

4 comments:

  1. Summer is indeed beautiful. But what is more beautiful, imho, is your vision to see something new in an item that had a previous life. Creativity is a beautiful thing!

    NoCal Gal

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  2. When good fabric calls your name it is best to answer; then no living with regret. Very pretty.

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  3. Lovely!
    I bought a curtain at a yard sale last year...still wear it, lol!
    http://droptheshoe.blogspot.com/2009/03/tonight-at-improv.html

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  4. How lovely! It gives you a bit of privacy and shade, yet doesn't obsure the view.

    I'm catching up on your posts--I'm behind!

    Off to read more...

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