Tuesday, September 11, 2012

A little bit vintage


I don't have a lot of free time today, but thought I would quickly share pictures of the curtains I made a couple of weeks ago.  For some time I have been wanting to make some curtains (just for the lower half of the windows) for the two dining room windows that look out on our porch. 

One day I was glancing at some vintage fabric from my mother's stash.  I had been wanting to use it in some way but hadn't figured out just how.  As I looked at it this time, something just clicked.  Quite obviously it was (or appeared to be) kitchen-curtain material, crisp white with green designs which resemble venetian blinds and green flowerpots containing red geraniums.  Perfect for our kitchen/dining area which is abundant in those colors.

So I did some measuring and whipped up some simple curtains.  There wasn't quite enough fabric to make them the right length, so I did some more measuring and added a white band across the bottom of each curtain.  The white band just called out for a line of green rickrack across the center, so of course I added some!
A completed curtain

A little closer look; sorry it is blurry
Close-up of the flower pot/venetian blind design!
And there is my simple vintage curtain project!

3 comments:

  1. Very pretty and so smart of you to use what you have!!

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  2. Those are so cute, Sara! Good job. Don't you just love to find uses for vintage fabric? I have lots in my stash and every once in a while I'll find just the right thing.

    Hope you're feeling a little better.

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  3. I DO love to find uses for vintage fabric! Am glad I was able to get these finished before the fam gets here. Yes, I am feeling quite a bit better. (Still not sure if it was a cold or just a delayed continued reaction to that air freshener.) Now I'm off to clean some kitchen drawers and cabinet space!

    Have a nice weekend!

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