this is embarassing but what the hell
i can’t believe i’m creating my own ‘most embarassing moment’ with this before and after, but it’s also put me on a natural high…i finally bit the bullet and made curtains! i’m obsessed with this French bluegreen color so at the fabric district got 20 yards of $4 linen and hem tape, then came home and ironed them up. (thanks mom for teaching me that trick so early on). for the hems, i just ripped them like they do in the fabric store . i can always hem them later. (yeah right)!
They’re not perfect, they can fall down if i tug on them too hard but guess what? i don’t care! i love them to death!!! I’ll take better pics in the daylight, but just had to gush about it tonite, thanks for letting me!
carol herlihy replied:
Yeah!
They look great….love the color!
can’t wait to see more soon!
July 8, 2007 at 1:48 am. Permalink.
Anna replied:
Hello, I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time. I’m a big fan of your style. This is my first comment and I just had to cause that duck egg blue is my absolute favourite colour in the world. Your curtains look gorgeous :)
July 8, 2007 at 3:44 am. Permalink.
Alyssa replied:
They look great! I too am obsessed with “that” color blue/green.
July 8, 2007 at 11:55 am. Permalink.
shabbyinthecity replied:
Yeah! I love the color too. I can’t sew…you did good.
I got that photo off of ebay. :)
July 8, 2007 at 12:47 pm. Permalink.
Liberty Post replied:
Ahh…those embarassing moments…aren’t they great! Looks glorious – Marie would be sooo proud!
July 8, 2007 at 2:43 pm. Permalink.
The French Nest replied:
These look fantastic…and that colour! Ohh la la!
July 8, 2007 at 2:58 pm. Permalink.
julie at BV replied:
I love the color and from here they look great. I also made a bathroom curtain out of a Ralph Lauren fabric using hemp tape and hot glue. It only lasted until the first wash after that someone had to sew it for me. I brought it along with me when I got married.
July 8, 2007 at 3:43 pm. Permalink.
Sophiehoneysuckle replied:
They look fantastic! I love the colour-very french!!
July 8, 2007 at 6:37 pm. Permalink.
Joy replied:
O.K. I love the title of this post! lol
These curtains look so FABU! And I love that little alcove in between the two windows too….
July 9, 2007 at 1:13 am. Permalink.
claudia replied:
thank you! i guess have to suck it up and sew the hems and the rod pockets. i keep trying to get my guy to ooh and ah over them but i honestly don’t know if he would have even noticed the difference unless i brought it up!
July 9, 2007 at 1:51 am. Permalink.
laure replied:
Hi Claudia–I’ve been adoring your style for a while and I gave you some blog love over on my site. Heads up!
July 9, 2007 at 5:48 am. Permalink.
Frenchgardenhouse replied:
That color!! How fabulous is that. They look wonderful, great choice. I am slightly jealous of the height of your ceilings..living in a low California home like I do. Claudia, these are wonderful. (and no one will know they aren’t hemmed..except your Mother, maybe!)
Lidy
July 9, 2007 at 3:44 pm. Permalink.
Amy replied:
I love them! They look so decadent – one would never know it was a tear, a paste, and a little voodoo and voila…hee hee
July 9, 2007 at 5:26 pm. Permalink.
theredvelvetshoe replied:
Hi Claudia~~congrats on some lovely window treatments (and at a very affordable price! ) Wow! The color is stunning~~and I, too, am jealous of your high ceilings~~my friends mom lived on West 84th before she left us and she had the same lovely, tall ceiling to floor windows all accross the front of her apartment~~so very French!
Michelle
July 9, 2007 at 8:58 pm. Permalink.
Felicia replied:
Love those new curtains :)
July 10, 2007 at 12:08 am. Permalink.
casapinka replied:
They are beautiful – thanks for sharing this with us. You should be proud of yourself!!!
July 10, 2007 at 3:34 pm. Permalink.
Amy replied:
Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You DID relocate that air conditioning unit, didn’t you??? And the moulding?? Was that all there before? It looks great! The curtains are making me jealous- I’ve been slaving away at my sewing machine for what seems like eons now! ;) They give new meaning to the term ‘tear sheet’. :)
Lurve the French blue, really do!
July 13, 2007 at 10:30 am. Permalink.