Hi everyone!
So, as some of you know my husband and I recently moved into our new house, on August 23 to be exact. We are loving it and the good thing about a new home is you get to decorate again :-)))
For our old apartment I had sewn up all the curtains and I was rather pleased to see that some of them would also fit the windows in the new house. At least anyway :) Most of the windows are a bit shorter now, so I decided to shorten the curtains which is hardly any work at all. I admit, I first even hung them up the way they are and I think I even could have lived with it but hubby hated it so much and repeately asked me to do something about it... So last week I fixed the issue.
So, as some of you know my husband and I recently moved into our new house, on August 23 to be exact. We are loving it and the good thing about a new home is you get to decorate again :-)))
For our old apartment I had sewn up all the curtains and I was rather pleased to see that some of them would also fit the windows in the new house. At least anyway :) Most of the windows are a bit shorter now, so I decided to shorten the curtains which is hardly any work at all. I admit, I first even hung them up the way they are and I think I even could have lived with it but hubby hated it so much and repeately asked me to do something about it... So last week I fixed the issue.
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The curtains in our bedroom and in my husband's office (both are sheer organza fabrics), the one on the left side has soft green and purple stripes as a pattern). I can see how that is not really working...
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While still hanging I measured them to be about an inch longer than the edge of the window frame and then added another inch for seam allowance. Then I took them down and cut the excess fabric off. Next I folded down the raw edge twice again, which for organza always presents some kind of a challenge because the fabric is just sooo slippery. Not a big fan! With the bedroom curtains I could at least use the vertical colored lines for help. With the sheer fabric I had to trust my instincts that the bottom edge wouldn't end up crooked. I stitched along the bottom edge and as the last step inserted the leaded drapery tape which I had taken out of the old seam.
The leaded tape ready to be taken out the old curtain seam.
When using light-weight fabric like organza for curtains you want to make sure to add some kind of curtain weight, so your curtains will drape in a nice way. I had used leaded tape in the bottom seam of the curtains which I only had to take out and insert into the new seam. I pulled it through the seam with the help of a safety needle and then simple handstitch the ends down to the curtain - on the wrong side, so it won't show.
 bedroom window #1  bedroom window #2 |  One of two office windows |
Well, I gotta admit, this does look much better. The husband likes it a lot. And you know how they say "happy husband, happy..." no wait...?? :-P
So now I only have to figure out what to do with the curtains in my new sewing studio. As in the bedroom there are two window, so one of them is really short. I am not sure if I want to cut off that much of my gorgeous fabric... but have a look:
So now I only have to figure out what to do with the curtains in my new sewing studio. As in the bedroom there are two window, so one of them is really short. I am not sure if I want to cut off that much of my gorgeous fabric... but have a look:
 This one doesn't even look wrong, does it? |  Well, the short window.. what to do? Cut off almost a yard of fabric? |
The fabric is a mid-weight cotton fabric, so I am not even sure if it would look good when cut too short, especially with the large scale pattern. What do you think? Any advice? I appreciate any input you can give me. Just leave a comment below. Thank you so much for your help!
Happy sewing!
Happy sewing!
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