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October 19, 2005
It's curtains for me
That's right, everybody. It's curtains: absolutely "coitins" for me (think of those mobsters from the Bugs Bunny cartoons with rich New York accents saying "curtains"--"coitins" seems about right, don't you think?)
And here they are:
My room here on campus is a bit frigid, since the heat hasn't been turned on yet. So, over break, I decided to break out my beloved sewing machine and make some double-thick, pink flannel curtains. With ribbon, of course.
The funniest thing about these curtains, though, is that when the sun shines through them there is a warm red glow filling the room. It scared me at first because I hadn't thought about what it would look like with the sunlight coming through! It can't penetrate them, so it just glows. They do brighten the place up a bit!
I just thought that I'd share this here on CRAFT since I felt so creative when I was making them. It felt so good to relax with my foot on the pedal of my sewing machine! I hope everyone else had a great break and got to CRAFT a little :-)
Posted by KarissaKilgore at October 19, 2005 12:27 PM
Comments
Oh my! Your curtains are so beautiful! You are so crafty cool. ;c) Were your curtains pretty easy to make? Are you good with a sewing machine? A lot of people expressed interest in quilting as project for us to work on. We watched "How to Make An American Quilt" at tonight's movie and I'm really excited about the idea of learning how to quilt.
Posted by: moira at October 23, 2005 11:23 PM
Yeah, they were pretty easy to make. I like to think I'm handy with a sewing machine, but I honestly have no patience for patterns (not unlike knitting!).
I've never quilted before, but I was working on making a quilt out of some old clothing this past summer. I didn't get to the part where I had to sew... Needless to say, I didn't have scads of time to work on it :-/
Nonetheless, I love sewing! I make purses and such for myself all of the time! I've made curtains for my dorm room two years in a row now :-)
Posted by: Karissa at October 23, 2005 11:33 PM
Awesome! I have a cool project idea for quilting: each of us can quilt a "self-portrait" square and then we'll create a craft club quilt... doesn't that sound fun?
Posted by: moira at October 24, 2005 12:46 PM
OoooOoO. I like the sound of that :-) Like a monster collage.
Posted by: Karissa at October 24, 2005 2:35 PM