Dressing the Windows

So last Friday night, the hubby and I had "date night" while the kids spent an overnight with my dad. And what did we do with ourselves, you ask? Well, we hung out in the computer/play/sewing room, hubby entertaining me (and himself) with funny stuff on YouTube, while I busied myself at the sewing machine. Honestly, we just didn't feel like leaving the solitude of a quiet house, and I'm happy to report that I made some new curtains. Hooray!

Here's a detail of that vintage coverlet before I turned it into a curtain:

With my trusty seam ripper I took apart the edges with the piping and reattached it to the top of each curtain panel to make them look fancy:

Here's one of the finished panels:

I rather like how they turned out, but more than anything, I'm pleased to have repurposed that sweet coverlet - now it's not hiding-out in my cupboard anymore, and I get to look at it everyday.

While I was at it, I decided to re-dress some more windows:

In the last Vintage Swap I received a lovely old table runner that I wanted to make use of somehow, so I decided to cut the thing in half and use the embroidered details on each end of the runner as window decor. For the panels I pulled out some antique fabric and had just enough to cover each window. Here's a detail of the fabric:

 

It really is very pretty, and I love that the floral details are reminiscent of being hand painted. This is fabric that I found at the antique store, too...initially it was pretty dirty, but after a good washing it brightened-up quite a bit.

And that's all for now, folks; time to take The Puppers out for a potty break, aka "the story of my life" these days!

Woof!

Comments

[jess]

She's so low to the snow.
I hope she doesn't get too cold!
Great Curtains!

[Adrienne]

I love both sets of curtains! I wish I had more time to thrift shop. That blue is so pretty and the other 'painted' fabric is very feminine. Love 'em!

Tell that little gal of yours that this is not the weather to dilly dally! Powder your nose and go!

[Sandee]

Enjoyed your post. I am moving and trying to think of some interesting window dressing for a big sliding glass door in the living room. Just don't want to go buy blah blah panels...so love garnering ideas.

[lorena]

great job with the curtains! they look beautiful!

[jessica]

Ok-I need to go thrifting RIGHT NOW to find the perfect linens for my kitchen window. Yours turned out wonderful!

[misa]

Now THAT'S a good date night. I love the curtains.

[Natalie]

Sounds like the perfect date night.

I love the snow on the puppy's snoot.