curtains!

i've been working on these curtains for months in my head.
but finally got them done!
got some inspiration from her blog. {love it!}
and was determined to do it cheaply and quickly.
{if you can sew for real you will hate these...no backing or "proper" curtain making here...}
started and finished last night.
hanging the rods took longer than making the curtains!

started with 1 1/2 yards of fabric. {$27.70}
2 rods. 2 sets of hook ring clippy things. {$55.63 - i hate how much those cost! and from target! but i knew i wanted curtains with not much fabric, so i needed some real hardware to go on those windows!}
thread to match ready on sewing maching {$2.67}

laid the fabric out so that i could make sure it was straight on both ends.
used the grooves in the wood floor to do so :-)
very scientific!

i was making 2 curtains - for the 2 big windows in our family room.
{they haven't had curtains at all up to this point}
the fabric wasn't wide enough.
so i folded it over to make a tri-fold {3 equal pieces}.
and cut.
then i cut one of those pieces in half.
and sewed each half onto the end of the other 2.
now i have 2 longer pieces.

then i folded the bottom and 2 sides edges over 1/4 inch and sewed it. {i'm sure there's a more official word for that...}

then i folded it in half, and then the top half back up a half {did you follow that?} to get this...

while i'm doing this,
this handsome man is doing this...
he's amazing. he thought he was going to get to relax last night and then i sprung this on him.

i hooked those clippy things on.
trimmed the threads off the top that were sticking up
{on the second curtain, i sewed that top part down 1/4 inch...i need to go back and do it to this first one...it looks a little better}

done.
i LOVE them.
i can NOT get a good picture.
the light is so bad in that room.
but i love them.
just enough to be something, but not too much.




and yet another exciting post.
i still need a shower...