My Over-the-Top To-Do List for The Next Week
We’ve been away for a few days – a Cape May visit. And our basement flooded, because the county “fixed” our curbs and blocked our drainage. And there are a quite a few other things that have been going on, all contributing to the lack-of-use of my nice, new sewing room. So here is my [...]
Line the Curtains or Not?
Having just finished lining the nursery curtains, it was interesting to see this post from Fresh Nest Design today – Drapes: To Line or Not to Line.
I have personally never lined curtains for my home, but it has always been a purposeful decision. My living room curtains are made of thick Amy Butler August Fields [...]
Completed Curtains for a Nursery
I’m finished the two panels for my cousin’s nursery. They were made with fabric from Serena and Lily and they are lovely! Of course, I will need to wait to get some photos of them hanging, in the room, but I have some details for now.
This is a detail of my hand-sewn blind hems. I [...]
Curtains for a Nursery
Pretty fabric! It is from Serena and Lily, and it is a cotton sateen. I’m making curtains for my cousin – she needs them for her nursery. I LOVE blue and orange together, and the fabric is really bright and cheerful.
She needs two panels … 92″ finished. They will also be lined. They won’t have [...]
Sewing Room Move …
This past week, we decided to have a spontaneous room switch. Alex doesn’t mind working in the basement, and I was having a hard time getting anything sewn back in that dark corner. We did some rearranging and moving – now my sewing room (Can I call it my studio? I think I will) is [...]
Curtains for a Toddler’s Room
I finally got a chance to sew up these super easy curtains on Saturday.
The fabric is a Michael Miller print with dump trucks and orange cones and all sorts of construction equipment. I didn’t line them. I wanted something simple an fun. And, I’m going to be sewing dark blue roman blinds for the windows, [...]
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