April 30, 2006
A Saga Endeth
My bee is stilled!
Josh and I had some trouble with the living room curtains. Our adventures included:
1) A monumentally unsatisfactory trip to the Somerville discount stores.
2) Nearly ordering this fabric, only to discover that it was out of stock at the time.
3) A trip to Freddy Farkel's, and the concurrent discovery that a) everything that made me go "Hell yeah!" made Josh go "mmm...I guess that's okay," and vice versa, and b) we are both super good at liking fabric that costs $40 a yard.
However! At the eleventh hour, totally by accident, and after becoming resigned to the now-less-than-grand-seeming bubbles fabric, we stumbled upon just the thing! And it was on sale, no less!
New to the left, old to the right:
All done but the hemming:
The only thing I'm not hopping up and down with joy about is the inside hems, which are a bit ripply. This is the price you pay for reaching the outer limits of your fabric budget - without a bit to spare, I had to use the selvages as the side hem allowance and blah blah blah you are bored now. Anyway, they are going to hang like that until tomorrow, while I decide if I can live with the ripples or should try to remedy them.
Oh, and, obviously we need some really fantastic tiebacks for these guys. The only limitation is that fringe is right out, as it would prove an impossible temptation for a certain Murray Pants. Wide black-and-white-striped ribbons? Big purple satin bows (to go with the couch)? What do you think?
Posted by hilatron at April 30, 2006 05:50 PM | TrackBackYou find the best fabrics!! They're choices I would make,-- so naturally I believe your taste to be flawless. The old curtains sure look BLAH next to the new ones. Tell Murray to keep his grubby little paws off 'em! (Yeah,....like THAT would ever work!!)
Posted by: Auntie Jean at May 2, 2006 12:33 PMWell, at least they're orange, so the big swaths of fur he likes to leave on everything will show less.
Posted by: hilatron at May 2, 2006 12:38 PMOh,....I forgot. Red satiny braided cording, about 1" thick. Sort of complements the Byzantine-like design. Or purple, if you want to match the couch. Or a combo of the two. That's my feeling, anyhow.
Posted by: Auntie Jean at May 2, 2006 12:42 PMOh. They're orange?? They look RED and white in the photos. Then make that ORANGE braided cording! How wise of you to get Murray-colored curtains. Another entry under the heading: "Things I Learned From Mmy Cat,"-- I suppose?
Posted by: Auntie Jean at May 2, 2006 09:11 PMOrange. The couch is a big swathe of aubergine (albeit plain); the curtains are a big swathe of orange; the pattern is elaborate; I'd go with something wide but plain, and match the color of the background.
Posted by: Doombot at May 4, 2006 10:22 AM