I really wanted new curtains in my breakfast nook. But, after searching high and low, I couldn’t find any ready made ones that I loved and could afford. What to do? Call mom. That is what I do.

My mom came to visit me a couple of weeks ago and brought her sewing machine. YAY! So we headed over to the one fabric store that I know of in this area, JoAnn’s, in search of curtain fabric. After scouring the store, we came up empty handed.

But one more desperate twirl around the back of the store and we ended up finding a hidden bargain bin, and lo and behold…{insert angelic choir singing from the heavens} the end of a bolt of lovely (I think it was Waverly?) fabric!

And as luck would have it, it was ALMOST enough for my curtains! Like within INCHES! Story of my life, lol, things are always ALMOST but never just right. If my rod hadn’t already been up, I could have adjusted the height of the rod to suit my fabric. But, I was not about to move the rod down. NO way, I avoid work whenever possible.

So being the resourceful gals we are, we dug around in my stash of fabric and found some burlap for a bottom border trim piece! I’m so happy about the trim because not only do they add a nice little detail, but my curtains by the sliding door tend to get a wee bit dirty on the bottom and I think the burlap will hide a little more dirt and be easy to change if it gets yucky.

Just $30 for these beauties! They are a great color, weight and hang so nice, I just love them!

They are really hard to photograph though because my table is in the way and the light shines in from the door. They are a little deeper blue than shows up here, perhaps.  I love how they have a fun pattern, but it isn’t so loud that it commands too much attention in the room. Soothing, but still pretty and fun.

Thanks Mom, for making these for me! She has always made my curtains, I’m a lucky daughter.

I love putting up curtains, especially in the fall! I put up another set of curtains in my dining room, but I’ll save those to show you during the 31 Days of Autumn Bliss in October!  Gotta have lots to talk about for 31 days straight, right? Right. Since when would I run out of things to say about FALL? No worries, I have endless fascination for this season. Oh, I wasn’t supposed to talk about Fall again until October. Oops!

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