another project....

It's pouring outside!!!

Way good excuse to stay inside and get my craft on!

Sooo, today's task was to make 2 of the three window valences I've been scheming.

My friend Kristy inspired me at our last apt to buy fabric to make some sort of window coverings while she was doing it. She was so gung-ho, it was contagious! So I bought some fabric online and then put it out of my mind while it was being sent...So, Kristy totally finished hers...and my gung-ho up and left, and then Christmas projects happened...and then we moved, which could have thrown my project in the can...but it worked out so much better because I used less fabric then I would have had to at the old place AND I didn't have to buy any rods or anything...! the reason? VELCRO! Is that white trash? probably. Anyways...here they are: The vertical blinds had this frame thing around them that poked out, so I really couldn't have put a curtain rod up...but I had some velcro that I bought on accident about a year ago that was sticky on one half and sew-able on the other half...so, I just velcro-ed my hemmed fabric right around the frame-y thingy and I'm done. Super fast! My mother in law did something similar to this...but less WT...around a 2 x 4 and then hung the 2 x 4 up on the wall above her window. Fun idea, huh? So, it's little home-ier in here today...bring on more rain!