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Hey, Friends! Hope you all are having a great week! Before I jump into all the happy Create with Me Challenge stuff, I have to share a personal tidbit. Otherwise, I feel like I’m lying to you that we are all happy go lucky over here and I’m at home crafting without a care. 😉 While I am unbelievably happy the Patriots won, life lately has not exactly been easy going to our little family.
As you may know, I had surgery on Friday to remove my gallbladder. Surgery went fine and I have been recovering, although I admit, it’s a lot more pain than I anticipated. The double whammy came Sunday afternoon when my husband came down with a stomach virus and was incredibly sick, needing to go to the hospital to replenish his fluids and get some meds in him. Needless to say, it’s been rough.
Praise God, though, Jeremy’s brother came and helped Jeremy and my bestie came and got the kids and I and she and her family are caring for us at her house, trying to keep us away from the germs so hopefully we stay well. I am so, so thankful for their sacrificial love to us and am truly humbled by it.
So, please pray that Jeremy heals up quickly and that no one else gets the virus! Thanks, Friends!
Now, on to the happy stuff! 🙂 This month, you all voted for us to use fabric in our projects! As soon as I saw the voting results, I knew what I needed to do. I needed to use this opportunity to light a fire under me to finally pull out the machine* I bought last year and get to work! That’s right, I bought it last year and still hadn’t used it. Heh heh.
Jeremy so kindly helped me figure out how to thread the darn machine needle and I was actually in business!
In case you didn’t guess, sewing is sooooo not my thing. It makes me mad! But, I decided it was time to banish the temporary shade on our front door (yes, we’ve had it for nearly 5 years) and finally make a proper shade! Look closely, do you see the shade clips at the bottom? We try to keep it classy around here. Ha!
I found a pretty fabric at an outlet and while the employee was cutting, she asked me how much I had left for my turnover. I was thinking, “Turnover means seam, right? Hmmm, maybe I should have measured more precisely.” I answered with a sophisticated “a little”. Bahahaha!
Thankfully, my new machine works great once the dreaded threading is out of the way! I simply sewed a rectangle slightly bigger than my window, leaving the top and bottom seems wider to fit in the curtain rod. Ta da!! Not even going to lie, this is the first sewing project since my teens that I actually finished and turned out! I was a little excited! 😉
I hung the curtain on two skinnny rods hung by Command Strip hooks*. What do you think? Here it is in the daytime with the sun shining in.
And here it is at nighttime!
Hope this inspires you to blow the dust off your machine and put it to good use! And, yay for no more temporary paper shade on our front door!
Be sure to vote below to let us know which material you would like us to use for our next challenge!
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I really need to learn how to make these, I have many windows that could use them! Thanks for making it look easy! It turned out really cute!
This is amazing. I do not have a sewing machine. Any ideas how this could be done without one?
Thank you and awesome work.
Hmm, as long as the fabric isn’t too think, you could probably use hem tape/Stitch Witchery!
Oh my gosh you’ve had a rough couple days!! hopefully everyone is on the mend! I love the window curtain!! I definitely have windows that could use these pretty curtains instead of the gross plastic blinds 😉
wow Samantha! You did such a beautiful job! I loved it!
Oh my goodness I just love this! And your picture totally made me smile! you are awesome! thanks for hosting this fun challenge!
I hope you and your family are doing well! surgery + sickness is an awful combination, but hopefully your husband is beginning to feel better. and I wish you a speedy recovery! You did a wonderful job on your window curtain! It’s a perfect fit for your door. Don’t feel bad about your machine – My mom gave me her old one a couple of years ago, and I have to call her every time I go to thread it because I can never get it right!
Thank you! So glad to know I’m not the only one who can’t get the hang of the crazy machine threading! You would think after all these years, sewing machines would be self threading, right?! 😉
Super cute! Can you show a close up of how those skinny rods are hanging by the command hooks? Your door is similar to mine, but I can’t wrap my brain around how i’d Hang the rods! 🙂
Sure, emailing you some pictures now!
My son bought a home in mAY and has the same issue with his front door (and the home was broken into last saturday, so I definitely want to hang a curtain on the door now. Could you please email those photos too? tHEY LOOK GREAT! THANK YOU!
fantastic job! I just as just considering using command hooks. Can you send me close-up pictures of how you have the rods in the hooks? What is the diameter of the rods that you used? (Caps aren’t working on my phone keyboard for some reason)
Thanks!
Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry I missed your comment! Let me know if you still need a picture of the rods in the hooks and I’ll snap one for you!
I also wondered about those mini rods. Where do I get them and how are they attached? ALl the small rods seem to stick out too far.
Where did you purchase the rods at? I have many windows in my home and this would definitely fit the budget! Also, can you please send me pictures on how you hung it on the command hooks? I love those little suckers! Haha
This is so beautiful! I’m hoping to do something like this as well. Would you mond sharing the type of fabric? As well as the command hooks photo? Please and thank you.
Beautiful shade! Can you tell me what kind of fabric you used for this project?
What type of fabric did you use?
Is this two separate purchases of curtain rods? Or is it a set that is meant for this? Wondering how you hung them with command strip hooks… it’s super cute!
I love this fabric. Do you recall where you got it ?
I purchased it at a local fabric outlet store. I’m sorry that’s not more helpful!
Just completed my own window cover, inspired by this. thank u for being u and sharing
So glad!!!
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO ON MY ENTRY DOOR BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THE SHADE DURING THE DAY. dO YOU RAISE YOURS AND IF SO HOW DO YOU DO IT?
I do not raise mine. I have seen ones where you can tie them up to open and also some that use stripped out mini blinds to raise and lower, though. Maybe that style would work better?
Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!! I want to know…what paint color are on your walls? I’ve been looking for a shade like that to go with my curtains.
Thanks! The color is Benjamin Moore Gray Owl color. It’s my favorite!
Where did you purchase your rods at?
I think they’re from Target. They’re called cafe rods. Hope that helps!
Would you give us an idea how you used the command hooks please? I bought cute curtains for my 5 windows and I bought one extra set just so I can make a simple curtain for my backdoor. Love your simple idea!!
Sure! If you check my Instagram page, I saved a highlight called Window Covering that shows exactly how I hung it up. Hope that helps! https://www.instagram.com/littlebitsofhomeblog/