{"id":95236,"date":"2022-03-03T20:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/?p=95236"},"modified":"2022-03-14T20:46:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:46:44","slug":"new-master-bedroom-curtains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/new-master-bedroom-curtains\/","title":{"rendered":"New Master Bedroom Curtains"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first solo sewing project, complete! My parents gave me a sewing machine<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for Christmas, and my mom helped me get going on it a few weeks ago when we made a couple of throw pillows. She has always been such a great seamstress, making things for our home, our Halloween costumes, and more when I was growing up!<\/p>\n

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I have definitely gotten the sewing “bug” too, so I decided to embark on a new project by myself! I had grown tired of the plain white curtains in our bedroom that I quickly picked up at Home Goods while we were renovating the house<\/a><\/strong><\/span> 2 years ago. Time for a change to spice things up! I’ll hopefully be sharing an entire master bedroom update in a couple of months, but wanted to share the curtains<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as the first step.<\/p>\n

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Before I get into the logistics, I wanted to share that I have the Singer Heavy Duty 4423 sewing machine<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which is what I used for this project. I can attest that it’s a great machine for a beginner!<\/p>\n

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Our bedside tables are a few years ago from Overstock.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> – here’s the link to our lamps<\/a><\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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To no one’s surprise, the curtain panels<\/a><\/strong><\/span> came from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/span>! I fell in love with the color and pattern (going for blue\/green\/neutral vibes in the bedroom) and they were also blackout + a great price. The only catch was that they had large grommets at the top (not the look I was going for) and they were solid black on the back…<\/p>\n

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I decided to order them to see if I could make them work! We have one single window and one double window in our room, so I ordered 2 panels<\/a><\/strong><\/span> per window – 6 total. We have 8 foot ceilings in our ranch-style home, so I ordered the 96″ length<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, knowing that would give me room to cut the grommets off because of our wide crown molding. I always suggest hanging your curtain rod<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as close to the ceiling as possible, so for us, that’s right underneath the crown molding. I also wanted the bottom of the curtains to just skim the floor (not puddle), so I figured I would have about 6 inches of wiggle room to cut the grommets off and re-hem.<\/p>\n

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And that’s exactly what I did! I took my sewing scissors<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and cut straight across the seam underneath grommets to remove them. Next, I just created a hem on that raw edge by turning the fabric under (I ended up using the hem to shorten the panels another 2 inches for the length I wanted, but that will vary for every space). For the single window, this is where the sewing process ended. Since I was using 2 panels per side of the double window, I sewed each pair of panels together vertically so that they would become one.<\/p>\n

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To hang, I used these fabric hooks<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and rings<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. (And here’s the link to our curtain rods<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!) For reference, I used 12 hooks\/rings for each panel. I wanted to create “pinch pleat” look, so the rings<\/a><\/strong><\/span> were spaced about 4 inches apart to create small pleats.<\/p>\n

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Now, to address the solid black backing: I decided I was going to hang my existing white curtains behind the new ones to solve that problem. To do that, I simply inserted the fabric hooks<\/a><\/strong><\/span> into both the white curtain panel and the new curtain panels before placing it onto the ring. It worked perfectly! The only thing I still want to do is tack the sides of the white panels onto the new ones to create a seamless edge, but it’s not totally necessary. You would never know the white panels are behind the new ones!<\/p>\n

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If you’re looking for more ideas, we also have these white curtains<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in our guest room on this gold rod<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, with these rings<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n

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I hope this is helpful or at least interesting to those who enjoy sewing and\/or interior design! Stay tuned for more updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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