Thursday, June 20, 2013

FROM CURTAIN PANEL TO APRON

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I’ve been dabbling in the refashion world lol!& when I saw this vintage curtain panel for $3 I knew it could have a future as an apron,I held it out & studied it for a while as I began to explain to my husband as to how I could cut this part  & make straps & this part to make this ….people began to gather round me lol!

I laid one of my  aprons on top of it to get an idea of how long I wanted it then cut straight across the top

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then I cut the top hem where the rod goes  through off 

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the space between the middle  was folded in half, ironed to make a crease & cut into two strips then these two was folded in half, iron & cut giving me  four strips

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then sewed two strips end to end, folded in half & sewed down the sides

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then I cut the bottom off & hemmed it

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I reattached the top band & ran a decorative stitch across, waiting for that to go all the way across took 14 min. whew! yes I timed it lol!

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I worked on this project for two days, was it worth it?

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you bet it was! have to say I’m kind of proud of myself lol!

 

 

 

3 comments:

Maurine Huffines said...

Hey
You did good !!

Your best friend,
Maurine

Sarah Liz said...

Hi Helen - well done on getting this made - it doesn't matter how long it took, the thing is you did it :)

Pam @Threading My Way said...

A fabulous refashion!!! Who would know your apron was once a curtain.