Friday, 5 June 2026

What curtains?

My bathroom is finished!  I wanted a new vanity but the one I liked was over two thousand dollars so I stuck with the old one!  I can buy nice new towels now ha ha!

I went to an open house recently and the beds were beautifully styled.  What I noticed was that they'd used European pillows on the bed so I thought I'd use the leftover curtain top fabric to make the covers.  Originally, the curtains were for my living room and the leftover fabric was going to cover a pair of ottomans.  I was glad to use up the fabric on the European pillows.


I told myself to take my time and not rush making the covers but my brain told me it's just two squares and a zipper so how difficult can it be?  So I rushed ahead and got into a bit of a pickle. It was the zippers that threw me because I haven't sewn zippers for several years.  Anyway, I made one and it was ok so I finished the second.


Then I had to make my bed to see if it looked ok.  It's not quite as stylish as the bedrooms I saw at the open house but some people have the knack and clearly I was hiding when they handed that skill out.  Anyway, my bedroom looks lovely and it just needs some pictures or something and eventually new carpet.

And curtains.  Those dratted curtains!!  I do have to confess that I have ummed and ahhed about putting the curtains back up because the view outside is so lovely I don't want to cover it.  But I can't have a bedroom with no curtains!!


And those European pillows?  Well take a good look at them because from tonight onwards they'll probably live on my bedroom floor!

I still plan on making some quilts for this room although these two on the bed will do nicely for now.

I quilted a small table topper for Anna.


Anna wanted the same quilting design I'd used on her quilt recently so I scaled it down.  Because it was so small it took forever to sew!  Ah well, it does look lovely.


 I'm not sure what I'll do next.  I have enough projects started I could crack on with!

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What curtains?

My bathroom is finished!  I wanted a new vanity but the one I liked was over two thousand dollars so I stuck with the old one!  I can buy ni...