Lengthening Curtains, not Window Treatments

I promised to post again about a project I’m working on! And this time I’m working on our curtains. If you have ever stayed over at our house, you know that the guest bedroom had no curtains which was awkward for changing and also made it super bright in the morning. It was time for curtains!

As usual, I looked for free, hand-me down curtains first, especially since we haven’t painted that room yet and aren’t planning on it anytime soon. My mom happened to have my old ones from highschool, which are a neat Ancient Egyptian pattern. She also had a matching decorative pillow, and I had Egyptian art work. Wallah! Room components aligned to decorate the third bedroom. I got the curtains from her and held them up to see how they look and…. OH NO! THEY ARE TOO SHORT!!

Distress! Anger! Frustration! And then it occured to me that I can just make them longer with some other fabric. Now, if this happens to you but you love the look of long, flowy and proper window treatments, then read no further But if you are creative and somewhat lazy, really like the fabric you already have and are looking for an easy way to curtain your house, then continue.

I went to Jo-Ann’s with my 40% off coupon, and bought a yard of simple black cotton fabric that would match my curtains. I also got the brilliant (so humble, sorry) idea to hide the unsophisticated attachment line with some trim. In this case, short gold fringe.

Fancy setup of my materials and tools, plus George in the background for framed cuteness

I cut the black fabric in half, and then pinned each half to the bottom of my Egyptian fabric. Because I’m lazy, I did not pin the gold fringe but just attached it on free-hand as I sewed the fabrics together. Very lazy but effective. Did I also mention that I have no sewing machine? All hand sewn!