It’s snowing!
Meanwhile I’ve been busy sewing!
Along with all the costumes I’ve been sewing, for Becoming History presentations and for the kids to wear to Colonial Williamsburg, I’ve also been sewing window treatments for our new house.
Now I have a super easy one I sewed for the French patio doors of our family room, like the ones I sewed for my Texas house.
The Fabric
Again, I used Waverly decorating fabric, with white magnolias on black background, which I thought was perfectly appropriate for my new Virginia house, especially since it is a Williamsburg print.
On the other side I used black toile, perfect for Lafayette from France, since the paint color for the room is named after him.
And since Lafayette spent time in Williamsburg, again, a good fit for the theme of the Lafayette Room.
I purchased these fabrics from JoAnn with a 40% off coupon.
How I sewed the window shades
From both I cut fabric a little longer and a little wider than each window opening, sewing around the two long sides and one short side, right sides together.
After flipping them out, I pressed them, then sewed under the final seam.
Then I turned under a couple of inches at the top, sewing that down to create a sleeve for the curtain rod to feed through.
Here’s the best part, I bought these curtain rods at Wal-Mart.
Since they are magnetic, they easily attach to the magnetic patio door.
Sometimes they slip a bit, but they are easy to push back into place.
They are only messed with when putting the shades down at night and opening them up in the morning.
Using black grosgrain ribbon, I sewed long lengths to the top, that drape down each side.
In the morning, I tightly roll up the length of shade, then secure with the grosgrain ribbon.
Then in the evening I untie the ribbon to drop the shades down.
Meanwhile, it’s still snowing out there!
Epilogue
Since I kept forgetting to take a picture of these new window treatments, the one in the header is from two months later during our first blizzard of the season.
And even though I wasn’t thinking about taking a picture of the window treatment, but of the snow.
Thus, a sneak peek.
