My goal was to get the all of the panels hemmed before I went back to work last Thursday. I submit this picture as evidence of the state of panel #4 on Thursday.
So close, yet so far away. |
No biggie, I finished them Friday morning. Labor Day weekend = 4 day weekend 'round these parts. I went the laziest route possible- I used hem tape while the drapes were still hung on the rods. It actually made it really nice. I found that the rod hanging over our sliding door is just a smidge lower than the rod hanging over the big window, so I was able to adjust the hems by about half an inch to get the just-touching-the-floor look. Here they are now:
Ta-dahhh!!! |
Yeah, I know you can't really see the hems. Let's fix that, eh?
That trellis pattern just floats my boat. |
There you are! Good little hem. What, extreme close up, you say?
Boom! |
Not bad for hem tape, if I do say so myself. If you ever wondered what type of seamstress I am, terrible/lazy is your answer. And for gratuity's sake, one more shot of my much-more-funned-up dining room.
View from the kitchen! |
You can't tell, but I've Spackled and sanded the holes from when our drapery rods were hung lower. Now I just need to get some paint on those puppies, which I have been putting off because our matching paint is in a 5-gallon bucket and I hate trying to pour paint out of those bad boys. Oh well, the drapes cover the holes, so I can just admire them and pretend there's nothing that needs to be painted!
When I saw curtains for the drapes, I thought you'd junked them. I was really sad because I LOVE this color in that room. So glad to see they are finished and not in the garbage :D
ReplyDeleteDude, for the amount of time and energy and money that were put into these drapes, I'd keep em even if I didn't love em. Thankfully, not an issue! The color is much better, isn't it? I dig it. And it's nice to know I'm not the only one! ;-)
DeleteUhm… I wish you turned on the light when you took those pictures. I like your lazy route; I did mine that way too. I hemmed them all using heavy-duty iron-on hem tape while they were still hanging right on the rod, then I used the scissors to cut off the excess.
ReplyDeleteRoxie Tenner
Love it! I wish I had turned the lights on, too. There's only so much you can do with an iphone photo, but more lighting sure would've helped. And that's exactly why I've started using a DSLR and learning more about photography! :) Thanks for stopping by, Roxie!
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