Sorry about the pun... What I mean is, my mum has embraced the DIY vibe and has made a pair of curtains for a daughter of a friend.
She took a plain, dust sheet like backing and covered it in a pale green shimmering fabric.
Unfortunately it does not show up too clearly in this picture, but the colour is really lovely, especially when it catches the light.
She firstly measured the and cut the fabric to the right size, and pinned it to the backing. This was more difficult than it sounds, and where I came in to help! To ensure the fabric did not balloon when the curtains were hung, the top fabric had to be held taught when pinning. Then stitch.
Really you should use a sewing machine, but ours is not currently working so mum did it by hand.
Look at how neat her hand stitching is!! I bow down to her amazing invisible stitching.
Although some times she forgets to take out the pins! (She made me a rabbit costume for Halloween once but forgot to take the pins out of the tail...ouch!)
And the off cuts can be used to make attractive hair bows! As modeled by mum and I.
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