Drop Cloth Curtains!

I've been working on sprucing up around the casa lately! This weekend I made canvas drop cloth curtains! I must say... I LOVE THEM! Plus they are uber cheap and easy to make! Double Whammy!

I'll tell you how I made them but I don't have pics... Sorry I was too excited to get them done! I forgot the "process" pics!

Steps:

1. I bought a canvas drop cloth from Wal-Mart- (A 6' x 9' was like $10)
2. I brought it home and stuck it in the dryer for a bit to loosen it up. (In hindsight I might have washed it first but I didn't have the patients!)
3. While it was drying I measured the windows. (I would LOVE to have full length drapes but it's not functional for us the way our couch sits so I measured from the top of the window frame to the bottom of the window ledge. It turned out that 6' was the PERFECT size! Wewhoo less sewing! And across I measured from the right side of the window casing to the left side of the center- So they would overlap a bit when closed)

(Sorry for the music notes... Arrows were HUGE!)

4. Next I hemmed the sides that weren't pre-sewn.

5. Then I measured off some stripes. (I did an 8" stripe every 9") Taped them and went to painting ( I used left over paint from the accent walls)!

6. I let them dry for a couple of hours hung them up!

 

(Check out that sexy car in the background! Haha)

I love the texture they add! And they actually block quite a bit of light!

Plus they are completely custom and match my paint!

So what did y'all do this weekend?!?!?!?!

No Sew Curtains!

Since I've taken down all of my Fall decorations my kitchen window was looking a little left out.

(I took down the burlap wreath that I had hanging)

I had some really cute red plaid fabric laying in my stash so I got to work on some no sew curtains! Yes I CAN sew but I didn't really feel like it :-)

What you'll need:

• Fabric
• Switch Witchery
• Iron
• and a towel if you don't have an ironing board

I started off by ironing my fabric down so that I would make a cleaner line.

Then I cut my Switch Witchery the length of my fabric, slid it between the fold of fabric and got to ironing. (I think it says to press fabric for 10 seconds on each side, but I usually do it for like 20 seconds and then I run the iron back and forth across my hem to make sure it sticks!)

After I did all 4 sides of my fabric I folded a piece down about 2 inches and then used some more Switch Witchery to make a whole for my curtain rod.

I doubled this process and hung my curtains. They looked a little boring hanging there so I tied some twine to them and I love them!

What do y'all think?!?!