Happy Curtains

Since I first moved into my apartment in August, I wanted to make some curtains for the big beautiful window in my room. It seemed like a pretty simple idea--get some fabric, sew some straight seams, put them on a curtain rod, and volia!, right? It ended up taking a little more work than that. The first, and hardest step, was clearing off my desk to make room to set up my sewing machine:



The fabric I choose came from a wonderful little shop only a block away, that I happened across. They were even on sale for $2-3/yard! I like colorful things, and am not so concerned about things matching, so here are the three fabrics I picked:





Once I had the sewing machine set up, I was able to make the curtains over one weekend. (Although I did decide to stay home and work on them instead of going out on Sat. I wasn't sure if they'd ever get finished if I didn't finish them that weekend!)

Here's the final product:





It looks much better than the bed sheet & shower curtain that I was using!

Here's a photo my brother took with his webcam of my old arrangement.