Ikat isn't a style that immediately comes to mind when thinking of Victorian houses. However, I've been searching for curtain fabric for months, now, for our little old Victorian house and I keep coming back to ikat!
I ended up buying these two fabrics for our glass front doors. The doors are both visible when you're in the living room/hallway, so hopefully they work well enough together.
I've already made the Maasai Mara curtains and hung them up and we love them! I happened to have an old white sheet (probably was my Grandmother's!) and it was the perfect size and weight for a liner. I made really simple rod pocket curtains and found super pretty vintage curtain tie backs so we can easily open the curtains during the day to let the light in.
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| Maasai Mara Maasai Grey curtains |
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| We got these vintage curtain tiebacks from lilprotege on ebay-- one set for each of the front doors! |
Making the curtains
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| I pinned the fabric and the liner right sides together, planning to turn them inside out. |
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| All pinned and cut, and ready to sew! |
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| Sew along all four edges and make sure to leave a few inches unsewn along an edge so you can turn the curtain inside out! |
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| Here's the gap where you'll turn this inside out! |
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| Turn inside out and make sure to poke the corners out! You can round the corners, too, if you prefer, by sewing the corners into a rounded shape before turning them inside out. |
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| Press all of the sides and turn in the edges of the unsewn spot & press-- when you sew along the sides you will sew this shut, too! |
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| Time to make the pocket for the rod! |
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| Measure to make sure the fold is even all the way across and pin & press. Sew along the sides and bottom for a nice flat edge, and then sew across the bottom of the fold for the rod pocket. |
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| Done! The pattern going across is a little uneven (left side higher than the right) but I count myself lucky because I didn't even think to match up the pattern on both panels while I was pinning and sewing! Next time I will be sure to pin the panels at the same time to ensure the pattern is perfectly straight all the way across. |
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| A slightly more revealing view of how our hallway really looks! I can't WAIT until we can put the scaffolding and giant ladder away... |
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| Here is the Braemore Spice Market Ikat Putty fabric! Can't wait to make these curtains! I had to buy liner from JoAnn Fabrics since there wasn't enough sheet left over. Looking forward to getting this done! |
I also bought this fabric for the office-- but it's going to be a looong time before I make them into curtains!
And, along totally different lines, I fell in love with this fabric and bought enough for curtains for our bedroom. This fabric is so happy and bright-- like laying in a field of wildflowers! Very vintage looking.
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