I didn't want to dish out the big bucks to buy floor length curtains for our bedroom so I decided I would just make them better and cheeper myself!
First I waited for a 40% off coupon to Joanns to come in the sunday ad's. And found some upholstery fabric in the color I wanted, I only needed 3 curtain panels because of how our windows are so I got 9 yards and an extra yard to make throw pillows for the bed. At $2 a yard this cost me $20 bucks.
The fabric I got was sheer and I wanted to block out a little more light so I needed some cheep fabric to back my curtains. SO I went and got flat sheets from Ikea that were the same general color as my curtain fabric for $4 a sheet. Total $12.
I trimmed the curtains to be the same size of the curtains and finished the bottom and side edges on both. Do this by ironing down the edge and then double it over and sew it down. It doesn't have to be perfect you wont be able to tell.
I finished these off by sewing the wrong sides together at the top so you can flip it and have a finished top. I didn't want to bother with rod pockets or grommets so I just picked up some curtain clips at Hobby Lobby to hang the curtains with, a couple bucks for 12 rings.
All in all I spent about $40 bucks for three panels, when I would have cost me upwards $100 bucks to buy them at the store. My finished curtains measured approximately 55' by 100' inches, hard to find at the store! It was a challenge to measure, cut and sew all that fabric but I think I did pretty good for my first big sewing projects.
Next up a Duvet cover for our down comforter!
