Tuesday, March 14, 2017

I'm not an interior decorator, either...

When we moved into our trailer almost exactly 2 years ago, I brought the sheer curtains from our old house and hung them at the windows in the trailer... (a.k.a. "mobile home")  That was fine, for a long long time... until a few weeks ago, I was visiting our oldest daughter, and she was getting rid of some clothing and other items.  There was a very nice cotton valance in there.  I said, "Can I have that?"  So, here it is at our kitchen window:



Well, like the story of the peasant man who broke his shoelace, this new addition to our home made me dissatisfied with the sheers I had at the windows.  Sigh....  so I bought 3 yards of muslin and 1 yard of a print at our local Walmart and made valances for our 3 other windows in the "great room."




If you look closely, you will see that I applied some lace trim above and below the strip with birds on it.  I have had that lace for a number of years.  I probably got it at a thrift store.  It was obviously purchased new well before the internet.  The printing on the card it is wound around says, "Home-Sew Bethlehem, PA 18018".  I looked online and found the company!  They have some really good deals on there: if you sew, I urge you to take a look!

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5 comments:

  1. NicoleMarch 15, 2017 at 4:40 PM

    You did a great job!

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  2. debbieoMarch 17, 2017 at 9:37 AM

    All of your new window treatments are lovely. I miss living in the country where we only had to have light curtains because there were no close neighbors. Maybe someday when we retire it can happen again.

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    1. loves2spinMarch 17, 2017 at 6:05 PM

      Thank you! I hope you will be able to move to a more rural area some day!

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  3. loves2spinMarch 19, 2017 at 10:20 PM

    I'm glad you think so!

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