Now that we have the kitchen and downstairs bathroom completed at the studio, we are moving on to finish the other rooms on the first floor. We are acquiring rather shut to finishing the dining room, but we desired some curtains to give a minor privacy on our extra tall windows. I chose a light-weight linen so it would not block as well much light, and we needed to added a tiny bit of texture to the panels, so I stamped a white dot pattern on the bottom half of the curtains.
Supplies:
-thin white material for curtain panels
-fabric scissors and straight pins
-white material paint
-foam circle pouncers
Step 1: Measure the height and width of your window. You may want your final curtains to measure 1 one/2 times the width of your window, so use that number as your width measurement. Include 4 one/2″ to the height measurement (2″ for bottom hem and 2 1/2” for top rod pocket) and an additional 4″ to the width measurement (1″ on either side of your 2 panels). Cut your fabric to the acceptable length and width, and reduce your fabric evenly down the middle to split the panel into 2 panels.
Phase 2: At the top of each of your panels, fold and pin a 1/2” hem. Press your hem with an iron.
Step 3: Fold the hem an additional 2” and pin in location. Press your hem once again with an iron.
Stage 4: Sew down your hem 1/4″ away from your within folded edge to develop a pocket that your curtain rod will go by means of.
Phase 5: Repeat a comparable procedure with the bottom hems, but turn beneath one” and iron in area and then fold an additional one” again. Press your seam and sew across the bottom hem 1/4″ from the within edge like you did on the leading hem. This is the identical process you will use for the side hems, but you are going to flip underneath one/2” every single time and sew with a one/4” seam allowance. If you have a serger, I would suggest doing a rolled hem on the sides as an alternative of a hem (that is what I did), so if you select that route, just minimize your width without the further inches for the side hems.
Step Six: Get your white material paint and circle pouncers (you can use a scrap piece of cardboard for your paint tray). You may also want to put cardboard beneath your curtain so you don’;t get paint on your floor when you press down the pouncer.
Stage 7: Make a decision how far up you want your dots to go, and mark that spot with a piece of tape or a pin. Starting up with the most significant circle, dip your pouncer into the paint until finally saturated. Press firmly onto the bottom of your panel, and make as a lot of dots as you can prior to you need to reload on paint.
Phase Eight: Stamp your dots shut collectively at the bottom of your panel, and use smaller dots (and make less of them) the closer you get to your end mark. Once you reach the finish of the dots, gently pull your curtain off the cardboard, and lay it on yet another piece of cardboard to dry. Never let your paint dry without moving it initial, or it will stick to the cardboard you stamped it on, and it will pull off a minor bit of cardboard with it when you go to eliminate it later on.
You can certainly adjust up the seem of these curtains with diverse colored dots to match a particular space or decor scheme. We like the light pattern of the white dots on white material since it adds a minor texture without having getting too mind-boggling. Minor by minor this space is coming collectively! xo. Laura
Credits // Writer: Laura Gummerman. Photography: Laura Gummerman and Sarah Rhodes. Pictures edited with Stella from the Signature Collection.
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