So excited to have my living room drapes finally finished. Such a tedious project but they turned out so great! Love how they look with my freshly painted lamp.
The fabric is Waverly Lovely Lattice in Lagoon. I purchased it from www.fabric.com. It’s a Sun N Shade fabric which I’ve never tried but I wanted them to be easy to wipe up especially since this room gets tons of kid traffic.
I used Janell’s drapery tutorial at Isabella and Max rooms. But I made my hem at the bottom REALLY big, like 10 inches so when the military moves us again and we have higher ceilings I can just unpick and hem again instead of needing new drapes. I lined them with a drop cloth.
Love! Love even more that they are finished. Sewing drapes takes FOR-E-VER and ever.
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>Lovely drapes, you did a terrific job. I have 3 rooms of drapes to complete, and I know what ya mean about a lot of sewing. Just going around all 4 sides is boring sewing, but rewarding when they are hung and look fabulous. Thanks for sharing:)
>Lovely drapes, you did a terrific job. I have 3 rooms of drapes to complete, and I know what ya mean about a lot of sewing. Just going around all 4 sides is boring sewing, but rewarding when they are hung and look fabulous. Thanks for sharing:)
>Good job!!! I have always loved Waverly…their colors have always been the best..
>Very very smart to make the deep hems, you don't want to be doing this job again anytime soon! Drapes are indeed hard to make, but yours turned out gorgeous! Love the fabric and thanks for the shout out! Janell
>They turned out fabulous!!
>wow simply gorgeous!
>Love the fabric. They look great!
>The look awesome! very beautiful!
>Thanks so much for coming by today!
You did an amazing job on those drapes.
Dropcloths are so inexpensive and practical!
Rashon aka Mr. Goodwill Hunting
>I'm so impressed. You did a really great job with the drapes. You are so smart to make the larger hem. Now that's thinking ahead. I am your latest follower. I would love for you to come and check out my blog and follow me back at http://www.diybydesign.blogspot.com. Thanks so much.
>Hi, first-time visitor here! Those drapes look fabulous and I'm feeling inspired to DIY some of my own. Unfortunately I do not own a sewing machine… I should remedy that situation. Haha. Love the fabric you chose! I'll have to check out fabrics.com myself.
>How brilliant to go with the wide hem! You can tell you've moved before.
I love the fabric choice! Nicely done!
>Oh, I just love the fabric, and what a great idea for future moves!
Carlee,
ladybirdln.com
>They look fantastic – and so does your lamp! I love Isabella & Max's blog … but have yet to make anything. I'm not a fan of sewing but am in desperate need of some drapes. Great job!
>These drapes are beautiful! And I love the idea behind the deep hems. Does the drop cloth work well for blocking out light? I should do this in my bedroom! I'd love to have you link this to my VIP party today! http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/03/vip-party-9.html
>Nice job! Love that lattice pattern!
>you did a fabulous job! I recently posted about drapes on my blog, and had to laugh when you said that you left the hem on yours long so that when the military moves you, you won't have to buy new drapes. We are due to be posted next year, and will be leaving the drapes, so instead of buying new ones, I figured out a way to reuse the ones that were already hanging! made me smile! have a lovely weekend!
>your drapes look beautiful! love the fabric you chose and yes I agree drapes can take forever to make but so worth it in the end:)
>Your drapes look wonderful! I've got my eye on this fabric for drapes for our house too, and I love that you used drop cloths too. I've got drop cloth curtains in our bedroom. Great job!
>I LooooooVE these!! Great job:)
>I think you did a wonderful job. I've never attempted drapes before, and it's been a long time since I've made curtains too. Love that fabric and the color.
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>These look so great! I love the color!
>Looks really beautiful, the colors matched perfectly.