When the little girl was born, we actually had her set up in my closet. I know that sounds funny, but my closet is about the same size as my oldest son’s first bedroom. I loved having her in there. It was close so I could hear her, but not right next to me so I wouldn’t wake up with every little grunt. But alas, the time came to move her alllllllll the way down the hall, so far away from us.
This room was originally my second son’s room. We moved our two boys into the same bedroom last April to make room for the baby, and eventually for the children we adopt. I had put off redecorating the room, because I was unsure of what our sleeping arrangements would be, since I’ve been unsure of what our children situation would be. But the time came. I couldn’t put it off any longer. We painted the room a pale yellow, and accented it with warm grays, browns, and mint green.
Existing in the room was black, blackout curtains. They do a decent job of blocking the sun, but they are not so pretty and definitely did not go with my color theme. Since I was able to find the perfect fabric, I decided to revamp the blackout curtains. This way they were pretty, blocked the sun, and I didn’t have to waste perfectly good blackout curtains. They’re expensive!!
How To Do It
Let me start by saying, I am NOT a seamstress. I know how to make my sewing machine needle go up and down. And I can change the bobbin by looking it up in the manual. Every. Single. Time. So if I can do this, you can do this, provided you also have a sewing machine you know how to make work.
This is one of the panels. Ugly, right?
I mean, I never even bothered to get the wrinkles out of it.
I used 2 1/2 yards of fabric per panel, leaving plenty of extra at the top and bottom.
Fold over the edge, just a little, and iron. Do this on all four sides.
Sew (aka, make the needle go up and down) all four sides.
Lay panel on top of fabric.
Fold over edges, pin, and iron.
I used a towel on the floor for this part,
that way I could keep it smooth and flat.
Sew the two long sides.
Fold over top and bottom approximately 3 inches,
or enough space to slide the curtain rod.
Sew along top and bottom.
Don’t forget to leave enough room for the rod!!
Iron out those wrinkles!!
Voila!!
Nothing fancy, but I’m super happy with how they turned out.
