About ten years ago I decided I needed new curtains for my bedroom so I went shopping. I couldn't find the drop length I needed anywhere and custom made were too expensive! But I did find some tab top linen look curtains in IKEA and thought I'd remove the tabs and add curtain tape. I washed them first. I'm glad I washed them first because they shrunk 15cm!! This then made them too short for my windows grrr! I should have taken them back to IKEA for a refund but I decided to add a different fabric to the top and make them look as though they were intentionally that way.
I made one of the curtains and for many reasons didn't finish the second. Well now I'm redoing my bedroom and I need curtains! I thought it would be easy enough to finish the second curtain but no, it wasn't to be. I'd cut the lining too short which is probably why I gave up on finishing them ten years ago. When I went shopping for new lining the type, colour and size were different so I bought enough lining for a pair of curtains and unpicked the first ready to start all over again.
I cut all of my fabrics and hemmed the linings.
I am so glad I have extra long tables for cutting and pressing because these curtains are long and heavy!
I went crazy with the pins!
I finished one of the curtains and hung them to check the length. My lining is waaaayyy to long! Which makes me wonder if the original lining would have worked ha ha!
So here is one curtain temporarily hung. I need to fix the top because I didn't use enough hooks and clearly the bottoms need a lot of attention but luckily, I still like them so I will persevere. My back, shoulders and arms are killing me though and the thousand odd dollars I was quoted for custom is now looking like a good buy!
I finished painting the side of the deck for the engagement party. Jim will be in charge of sprucing up the grassed area and we have a bit more work to do on the deck.
I finished sanding and oiling the outdoor furniture. We need to buy more furniture and I was going to try to find some on Facebook Marketplace but after doing all this work I'm wondering if brand new would be better!
I've painted polystyrene foam letters. Oh boy were they a pain in the bottom to paint! But they were cheaper than wooden or carboard ones! Never let it be said that I'm tight with money but uh...I'm tight with money!
And I bought some fake food for the picnic rug display. I can only begin to imagine the bugs if I use real! I want to make a French stick out of paper mache next. I don't know how successful I'll be but the YouTube videos I saw made it look easy enough. Famous last words!
I've been busy! But no quilting...
