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New Curtains for the Kitchen

I finally got around to making and hanging up some curtains in the kitchen. For some reason I struggle with curtains in our house. Some times I like them, some times I don’t. For that reason, most of the windows in our house are still bare. I am just at a loss when it comes to curtains for some reason. A few months ago I saw Wild Poppy Milk-Gypsy Caravan from Amy Butler and just fell in love with it. I knew it would be the perfect fabric for some curtains in the kitchen.Coming up with a design for the curtains was a little tough. Like I said, I am just at a loss with curtains. I do love the looks of ruffled curtains but don’t like them when they are ruffled where the curtain rod is, so I came up with my own design. I was hoping to have the bottom part of the curtains ruffle a bit more, but I didn’t purchase enough fabric. And as you all know me by now, I am an impatient person and didn’t want to wait to order more fabric. In the end, I am really happy with how they came out. To make the curtains I measured the width of each window and then doubled it to get the measurements for the ruffled part. The top part of the curtains are the exact width of the windows plus added on for the sew seams. For the lengths I just went with what looked right. A simple design that was simple to make. Although I did break 4 needles while making these curtains for some strange reason. So don’t look too close at a few of them. The stitching is really bad. It really is amazing how different a few curtains change the whole look of a room.
Since I was already taking pictures of the curtains I had to show you this cute little cake/bread box that I purchased a few months ago. I just love it! No I don’t keep cakes/bread in it. Instead I keep our vitamins, sunscreen, bug spray and sun glasses. And on top I keep band-aides, a thermometer and some first aid stuff in that little tin basket. I have found that keeping all of those things right by the back door more convenient then always having to go into the bathroom to get it. Yes, it may be a weird spot to keep such things but it works perfectly for us.Little by little our house is finally feeling like our “Home Sweet Home!”

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  2. I am so with you on the love/hate of curtains. But I need a little color in my kitchen as well and that is exactly the style curtain that I have been wanting to make. So did you make the casing and the bottom part of the curtain 2 separate pieces to get so the casing was flat on the rod?

  3. I love your curtain design…just finished ‘farm’ curtains for my sons room that match his farm quilt. I really like this design for curtains- it makes the curtains seem more finished than leaving the top bunched as well. Someone else posted a question to the assembly as well…how did you get the top part so flat with having the rod inside? This would be a great tutorial with a couple of scraps if you don’t need any more curtains in your house:) By the way, I LOVE your sink.

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  7. I’m not a huge fan of ruffles, but those curtains are fantastic! I don’t personally think I’d like it if it had more ruffles, so it was meant to be 🙂 Also, I LOVE that cake/bread box!! Where did you get it? I have to be gluten free and I let my boyfriend still have non-GF bread and some other things, so that would be an awesome find (currently he has stackable open shelves that I bought, but it looks too messy). I’m really glad I found your blog one night when I was on Pinterest for way too long, because you always have such cool stuff 🙂

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  10. You sound like my daughter! She’s a plain jane kinda girl, no ruffles, ribbons or bows!!! I used to sew her cloths and she didn’t like all the frilly stuff! Your little curtains are perfect for that kitchen. The fabric is just right, not to loud and it really complements the room. Great job!