The tablecloth didn't stand a chance.
{in it's previous life as a tablecloth}
I bought it last year (on clearance from Target) for my daughter's
Grey & Yellow 18th Birthday Party with the intention of making it into a kitchen window treatment at some time.
I finally worked up the nerve to cut it in half and draped it over a tension rod in our bay window. This was around Thanksgiving when I was working on hemming the
dining room curtains from Ikea and that was enough no-sew hemming for the time being.
We lived with the straight(ish) valance and I loved the fabric against the
kitchen paint color.
I didn't like the rough edge of the fabric that I'd see whenever I was out in the hot tub looking into the kitchen so I knew I had to finish it off or I just wouldn't be able to relax (ha!).
I brought in my trusty friend.
The ironing board came downstairs and I got to work. There's nothing like an ironing board in the kitchen to motivate you.
I made a smooth hem of the rough edge by ironing it down and then folding it over and hemming with the iron on tape.
I pinned down the edges to form a rod pocket with safety pins
and hung it back up on the rod (you can see it gaping a little on the edges, I'll get to that later).
This ribbon was from Joanne Fabrics. It's not an exact match but it works.
I wrapped the ribbon around the fabric on the pole and pulled it up to a small gather then pinned it with a safety pin. I stepped back to see if this was the look I was going for, then trimmed the ribbon.
I did the same thing with the other side. I didn't like how the edges of the valance were puckering so I took it down and ironed the 'rod pocket' down, then added a few hand stitches to hold it in place.
(So I lied, there's a little sewing....)
I also tightened up the tension rod and repinned the ribbons. I will probably tack them with a few stitches eventually as well. I still have the other half of the tablecloth and I'm thinking of doing another window treatment with it over the kitchen sink...that might take another year though.
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