They’ve been up for about a month, so it’s probably about time I showed you these curtains. You might have sneaked a peek of these already in my recent party post.
This is not a how-to post. Making curtains is boring and tedious and if you have a lot of windows, you might be better off buying off-the-shelf or having them made. Just being honest. These four panels took me the better part of an entire weekend. Like maybe 20+ work hours? And about halfway through, I felt those mucky middle feelings where I’ve invested too much time and money to turn back, but there’s so much work ahead it’s daunting.
That said, they turned out super awesome. I’m really happy with them, and they definitely bring a different energy to our living and dining rooms.
I used this bark-cloth like fabric, lined them with some simple white lining (which I would probably just skip next time because this fabric draped pretty nicely on its own). To get the French pinch pleats, I sewed this pleating tape onto the top and used pleating hooks to hang them from clip rings (not actually using the clippy part).
If you are brave enough to tackle real-deal grown up lady curtains, this is a very thorough tutorial and this is a more succinct one. Both are are good tutorials, and I sort of did a hybrid of the two.
