My last sewing project - curtains

Jamie, I haven't any photos of the finished pieces installed...DD & SIL got side tracked and are behind schedule with their re-painting. (They had an unbelievable offer for help finishing the basement...which they accepted, then Alex broke his arm, needing weekly check-ups and they are soon the begin the garage build! Oh and DD's best friend is getting married in 12 days!)

So a pic of the fabric remnants will have to do! The horizontal striped are tab tops for the dining room. The photo doesn't do the colours justice...they really pop in person, salsa is what DD calls it. The middle is actually a beautiful cream linen for the living room which goes beautifully with the cream streak in the dining room curtains. Their home is open concept, so we had to get this right. The fabric on the right is a copper moire...the sheen is unbelievable and this is in the main floor powder room. I wouldn't mind that in my own home!

Oops!

I was flying along yesterday, pedal to the metal, beautiful scented candle burning, tunes going until IT happened. I measured for the bottom hem of the living room curtains when I realized my HUGE mistake. I had sewn 2 panels up to the bottom hem the WRONG WAY! What was supposed to be the width, I had as the length. Did I mention this fabric was 300 cm (118" imperial) wide and that I had perfectly matched the thread?

Oh my aching head!

After I had squared off the end and cut the panels to the required length, I stopped for lunch break. It would appear that in my haste I picked it up the wrong way.

The good news, I lost some time, some thread but it was all fixable. I got almost 1 panel frogged and then went out for a very pleasant supper with my dear husband. It was soooo good to have that get away. When we returned home, I decided not to do more in case something else went wrong.

So this morning in ~ 40 minutes, with my trusty mini rotary cutter I was able to carefully undo yesterday's progress. And so, back to square 1, this time focused and in my zone. I will overcome this 'challenge' I will WIN this battle!

UPDATE: It's shortly after noon, I have completed both of the panels and they look great. Now for a quick lunch and then I have to cut the dining room panels.

Curtains everywhere!

DD & SIL are re-decorating and I volunteered to run up the new curtains. We had a blast shopping for the fabric, so many great ones to choose from. Good prices, they were running a 3 day sale and we saved either 40% or 50%. Got the matching thread half price as well. So far I have the powder room ones done, a beautiful coppery silk type fabric, full length, very lush looking.

To do, the cream living room drapes and 3 panels of a salsa inspired palette for the dining area. This almost makes me want to repaint and redecorate...wait...spring is coming, isn't it? I can wait until next fall/winter! Ta ta for now!