![]() ![]() I mean if you can’t have fun with fish art and some bold window fabric in the bathroom, where we can you have fun with it? #fishcanvas4eva I love how the colors in the fish canvas not only tie into the gray-plum walls but are also echoed in the window fabric. And since the entire window is also frosted (see how we did that last week), there’s privacy but light still streams in – so it doesn’t feel dark. ![]() Then, like a finely cooked steak, that baby was done. That’s optional though, because the shade in the kitchen doesn’t have a dowel at the bottom and it still looks clean and straight. I secured that rolled edge with a few stitches in a few places (no sewing machine came out, so it was just a minute of “tacking” the fabric in a few spots to hold that tight curl around the dowel). I also grabbed a scrap dowel that we had in the basement and cut it to the same slightly-narrower-than-the-width-of-the-shade size and rolled it into the fabric at the bottom of the shade to create a nice finished bottom edge with a bit of weight to it so it would hang nicely. And see that rolled bottom edge in John’s left hand in the picture below? I used a staple gun to attach it so it would be firmly held in place once the wood piece was screwed directly into the top of the window (just like you’d hang an inside mount shade). You can see from this photo that we secured the fabric to the piece of wood. Minutes 12-15: Screw Shade To Window Frame Meanwhile, Clara ran off with the measuring tape and was found “helping us measure the tub.” Thanks, girl! Oh and there’s a little video tutorial on how to use no-sew tape here for anyone interested.Īfter all four sides were hemmed and the fabric was now the same width as my paper template and two inches taller on the top for mounting reasons, we got a piece of 1″ x 2″ scrap wood from the basement and cut it to be a tiny bit narrower than the width of the fabric. Then I just hemmed all of the sides with no-sew iron on tape (I like heavy duty Heat N Bond). Minutes 6-8: Hem Your Fabric With An Iron The reason I cut the fabric to just be an inch wider on those three sides was because that’s the width of my hem tape, so once it was hemmed I knew I’d end up with a shade that was exactly the width of the paper template, which perfectly fit our window. Next I carefully placed my paper template on my fabric (so the pattern was centered) and cut it out with an inch border on each side and the bottom with a wider border along the top (3″) since that extra fabric would be used to mount it at the top. Sometimes it just helps to visualize things before committing to a certain size/shape. I broke out six pieces of cardstock and the tape to make a quick paper template for the exact width and length of the window. You ready for the breakdown? I thought it would be fun to do a minute by minute rundown, so here we go. There was still no sewing machine involved, but this time there was also no pinning and less fabric (I only needed half a yard) – so it took a lot less time. Yup, this baby was an $8, fifteen minute curtain (the kitchen one took about an hour). Especially since so much of the room is such a safe/neutral tone (lots of white tile and trim + gray walls with a soft plum undertone), so it’s fun to bring some pops of color with the turquoise knobs that we added to the vanity, some colorful art, and our new window shade.Īs for the process, it was a semi-similar system to the shade I recently made for the kitchen – except even simpler. We threw Clara a wormy birthday party with her two favorite colors – pink & orange – so when it came to picking out the fabric for the hall bathroom, where we log some serious potty and bath time with her, I couldn’t resist adding some fun with the bold patterned fabric that featured a few of Clara’s favorite colors. We got the fabric at an outlet called Mary Jo’s a while back (here’s an affiliate link to it on amazon for folks in other areas). Remember when John mused about who would win the bathroom race (he wanted to frame out the mirror and I was on the DIY window shade train) here? Well, chugga chugga, baby.
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