La Laundry Room Curtains

Last summer I was still living at home, and my parents have an apple orchard. I made a hammock out of canvas, put grommets in it, rope through the grommets, voila!

Unfortunately the canvas wasn't quite as sturdy as I thought it was and the fabric itself ripped right along the top, along the seam. Well that shot it as a hammock, but I had only used it a few times. That was a lot of good fabric! So I cannibalized it and packed up the components for my move in October. I knew I'd find a use for it.

I move into my brother's house, and I found my use in the laundry room. It had one window, and my brother had been using a bath towel binder-clipped to the curtain rod for a curtain. Cute.

So I spent two hours making curtains. I trimmed the ends, cut it down the middle into two panels, hemmed it and made a rod pocket on each. The hardest part honestly was getting the rod back up on the wall. Because I'm short. :)

Total Cost: Two yards of 45" wide Waverly canvas (love their prints!), however much that costs. Minus stuff on the ends from when I made the hammock. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hoskins and Spenalzo Are Dead

Image
About 6 weeks ago, I went to the local Theatre Guild's prop/costume sale. I came away with a couple vintage aprons and some costume jewelry. They got my phone number. A couple weeks later, I got a phone call from Denise Plantenburg, their resident superhero. Could I make a dead body? They are doing Arsenic and Old Lace , one of my favorite movies that was a Broadway smash before it hit the big screen.  After a lot of Googling, I ended up with the proposal of wrapping a live body in duct tape, then stuffing it with rags, newspaper, and kitty litter for weight. Denise herself was my model, and a very good sport as I alternately suffocated her and mauled her extremities with a pair of dull scissors in a desperate attempt to get the mess off of her before she toppled over.  What then did I have? What looked like a pair of out-size frog legs and a very stiff coat.  I stuffed the shell ( necropants ?) with some rags, bags of kitty litter in the feet, and newspaper in th
Read more

What's In My Rehearsal Bag?

My rehearsal bag is an enormous tote, with lots of pockets inside and out. Not only does it hold my rehearsal gear, but it also holds my clothes during costume changes and my outerwear as well. Especially if you’re working on a show with a big cast (my last had 69 cast members!) what’s in your rehearsal bag is your lifeline to keep from going crazy during those long, long rehearsals. What’s In My Rehearsal Bag? Mini Hand Sanitizer. Besides being used on your hands, you can squeeze hand sanitizer on to a tissue or a napkin and use it as a wipe to sanitize surfaces. A Packet of Tissues/Hankie. Don’t count on anything softer than toilet tissue to be available, and you don’t want to be sniffing all night long. Lip Balm, Travel Size Hand Lotion. If your lips or skin get chapped, it’s really distracting. Pencils/Pens, Sticky Notes and Tabs. These are great for marking lines, cues, and scene/costume changes, as well as any changes to the script that the director makes. Someth
Read more