Weekend Project: Windows

My parents came to visit this past weekend. It was our "delayed" Christmas, since I was working so much throughout the holidays. Nick and I took them around town, to a movie at our favorite theatre, the Alamo, but spent most of the time vegging out at home.

One thing on my mom's priority list was to address our lack of window treatments in the main room. In my defense, I would like to state that plantation blinds were specifically added to the lease agreement, but somehow we ended up with thin plastic roller shades instead. We always leave these closed for privacy, but that also means a lot of the room's natural light is left out.

Since I am still working on my sewing skills, cafe curtains seemed to be a good solution. They provide the necessary privacy, but at least now, we can see the trees and sun. We chose a basil green silk fabric (so pretty!) and got to work.

Pressing the fabric

Sewing time

Measuring the seams




The finished product (with the hideous blinds still up... for now...)

Thanks for the idea mom! I have one panel left to go :)