Last weekend I finished sewing the living room window treatments.
Shopping at G Street Fabrics
After perusing my pattern collection for a window treatment that I’ve always wanted to use, I chose the perfect one for the space.
With my required measurements in hand, I purchased all G Street Fabrics had of this fabric on the clearance table.
At $8 a yard, and with a coupon, I had considerable savings for this elegant fabric.
Piecing the fabric because not enough fabric
Despite purchasing all they had, I was still short for my pattern requiremtns, so I altered the pattern to work with what I had.
In other words, I pieced the fabric, a very 18th century thing to do!
The worst part of the process was the thickness of the gathered areas on my new sewing machine.
I had to get my old sewing machine out to do the job, with alterations, so that it could be sewn, which took me hours to figure out.
Trying to hand stitch these sections, I only bent my needle out of shape.
That was a first!
My third window treatment for the new house finis
Despite my struggles, I conquered, and I love the look!
I really like how the cream of the background of the fabric blends so nicely with the tea green walls.
Meanwhile I love the pop of contrast for the backing color to coordinate with the new chair we had purchased.
I’m still thinking through the best window treatments for the other windows.
They are bay windows, like I’ve always dreamed of having.
From the outside, the architectural feature formed is a ice, cantilevered bay window extension, with a French Country style copper roof.
A peek at our new chair
On the left side of the header photo is a peek at the overstuffed chair and ottoman we purchased for this space.
I love the calm this room exudes.
Epilogue
Since I didn’t take a photo of the valences until two months later, our 4th snow storm of the season can be viewed from the windows in the picture.
