FINISHED!
I now have 6 lovingly hand made VERY bright curtains. Took a while to get them finished as we had a weekend in Paris (pics and post will appear as soon as I get my camera back from Kat).
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| Curtain stack |
Ok when I said finished, I actually meant the bulk of the work has been done and I'm now on to the finishing touches. These will include handy poppers on the tailgate curtains to keep them closed while we are snoozing (an upgrade from safety pins) and also some new curtain ties.
Keeping things as simple as possible for the curtains ties I just used the old ones as a template.
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| Lovely colour comparison here :-) |
Drew round the old curtain tie, added a bit for seams then sewed along 3 sides with the fabric inside out.
Then turned it the right way round, ironed it flat and folded in the last edge to make it nice and neat. Then next step was to add some kind of fastening mechanism. The old curtains were attached to the van at one end and had a popper on the other end so they could loop round. I have gone for a slightly cheaper version and just used poppers to close the loop. I will attach the middle of the tie to the van (or maybe one end, not yet decided) to keep the curtains tamed while we are bouncing around the countryside :P
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| 2nd time lucky, I sewed them on back to front the first time |
Anyway, should be putting them in the van this weekend so will add photos of the van looking pretty and bright!
In other news, wood working has been happening. Tom has gleefully purchased himself a power tool. Can't give out too many details as it's going to be used for Christmas presents but I am allowed to post the pic of me messing around with it.
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| I'm wearing safety goggles....normally seen in the pool |
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| First attempt at something |
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