February 10th 2015 - Shortening curtains

February 10th 2015 - Shortening curtains

Today's pin inspiration comes from here.  A pin on how to shorten curtains, most of the pin is about cutting and stitching, but it does say at the end about just folding and stitching the hem.

The nice dyed curtains of a few days ago are starting their transformation - well one is.  One of them is going as a door curtain (when I get as far as adding the old curtain to it - was going to use a towel but already have the door curtain just wrong colour.) and the other one is going on the landing window, but obviously being a door curtain it needs shortening.

But instead of cutting and re-heming and then adding a lining to it I decided to simply fold it in half (still abit long for window but not much) and stitch the sides and the top together.  This is easier said than done!  The material is very thick cotton and I have bent 1 needle and a handful of pins already, so I am now using a leather needle and still strugling.  My thumb is very red from pushing the needle through and I don't have a thimble.

I will get them done and hung up, but I need to go and buy anotehr curtain pole as only got 1 and have 2 curtains to hang. lol.  I cant even use the existing one that is up as that is for the curtains with the little hooks on the back, and it will need to be fitted in the toilet with the existing curtain.