It’s Curtains for You!

Dear Liza,

One of the nice things about living close to Auntie Katie and the Cousins is getting to help out in fun ways. Sometimes that means feeding cats or watering the garden, but this week, I am helping with curtains.

Katie’s bathroom has a window that is old and a bit drafty (not surprising, the building is over 100 years old!) Fortunately, Katie found this gorgeous fabric in a friend’s fabric stash, and asked if I could make it into some pretty curtains.

”Easy Peasy,” I said.

Well, so I thought. The fabric is beautiful and fuzzy on one side, but the back is slippery and needed lots of pinning to stay put while I cut and then sewed it. I said some bad words. Quite a few, actually.

The style of curtain Katie asked for has loops along the top of the curtain to hang on a rod. These are easy…. But I managed to forget what I was doing and needed to cut twice because I had only measured once.
There were more words.

Still, I am making progress. Here is the ‘rough draft’, laid out on the floor with the bits just set together.

I will double check the measurements, pin and sew them tomorrow, and then on to the next project!

Love,

Grandma Judy