Curtains, FINALLY

So I never made it back with the big reveal of my new curtains / window treatment.  I am just not good at keeping my work when it comes to blogging.  I think it because I know there really isn't anyone reading my blog just yet...but on I will go.

So, as I posted, I could not find a pattern or even a photo of the kind of window treatment that I had so firmly planted in my mind.  I had to design, build the frame, and sew as I went.  Some things worked, other things worked better.  I started off making a "frame" out of wire hangers.  That worked just fine for construction but not for a permanent fixture, which is fine....when I was learning in the costume studio at Texas A&M's Theatre Dept (yes, we had a theatre dept, small as it was) we always made "mock-ups" and used those as a pattern for the final piece.  I then designed the cloth portion around the wire frame, sewing and pinning as I went.  I can not even begin to type out "steps" because it was so trial and error.  Whatever, the finished product makes me smile every time I walk into my room.

The window is also covered with oak stained blinds.  I do not really like these but looking from the outside, towards the house, I prefer all of the front windows to  have the same color.  Our formal living room, as well as our formal dinning room have the same blinds.  I am kinda stuck with em.  It works out OK since I have an old oak sewing table I am using for my sewing machine and it is right in front of the window.

Here is a close up.  I finished the curtains with some medium sized pom poms and pink ribbon (to hide the seam lines...the material was not wide enough and I had to add two panels).

I wanted a "awning" effect.  I think it worked out nicely.

I had some material left over so I made a chair cover to hide the gross blue of the office chair I have had forever.  The chair is comfortable and practical so I really did not want to replace it.  I am also making a cushion for Belle Starr with leftover material.  She has already claimed her piece of fabric and spot in the room.

Thanks for looking.

Tiffany