Cliff's Curtains

Tonight I got a call from son Cliff in San Francisco, saying that he received the curtains I made for him. They turned out to be quite a process. The sewing itself wasn't hard. The design process took time. First, I had to find some fabric suitable for the areas that Cliff liked. That took a few hours of shopping time. Then I had to figure out how to hang them. I first was thinking about using large grommets, which are in fashion now. However, my sewing friends tipped me off that grommets sometimes come apart and that curtain clips might work better. They also talked me out making a roman shade for the kitchen window, since Cliff wanted to use a tension rod. I made a rod pocket design instead and got him a sturdy shower curtain style rod to support the weight. The window curtain is heavy because I lined it with blackout material. Here are the photos he took:




Now I'm on to other sewing projects. I'm still working on t-shirt designs and yoga pants. I'm getting the patterns down pretty well, though, after inspiration at Sew Expo last week.