Showing posts with label curtains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label curtains. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2012

Bright 'n Early...

 
a cheery good morning to all this friday!
 
i am up bright and early this morning,
i'm mr t's back up alarm clock.
this is his uni day
&
he has to be up before six as it is about an hour's drive away.
 
 
already the sun is shining and sparkling
through the net curtains next to me...
 
 
 
the town is just waking up....
 
 
 
 
kara has been out sniffing around, morning business you know...the doggy kind...
 
 
 
so why am i taking photos
this early?
 
i want to show you the window covering i made yesterday morning
to keep the morning sun out of ms s's computer area in the front room...
before the sun gets to it and it just becomes a dark blob with bright edges...hehe!
 
 
i bought this fabric on sale last year...a yard of each for about five dollars a piece
&
a simple rod, about five as well...plus ends, another two dollars fifty,
so all in all a window covering for under twenty dollars...
i think that's pretty good.
 

yep...we're keeping it real here this morning...
no styling, just candid camera.
i'm inordinately pleased with my efforts
 'cos it beats the old blue sheet that's been hanging here for a while!

 
now i'm off to make that orange juice i need
to make my insides zing
before i have a little look around to see what you guys have been up to...
 
enjoy your weekends...
wishing you sunshine and butterflies,
roses and cuddles!
 
naturally Carol xox
 
 
 
 


Thursday, January 6, 2011

Happy Daisy (and the Curtain)...

i am so sew happy!

i love this new apron...
'happy daisy'...i love the name of it too!
fresh off the sewing machine..
come and have a look ~


loving the spots and the flowers together...


full view of the front...
loving this delicious shade of blue!


changed 'if' to 'y' for a change...
a bit of a nod to george negus (journalist)
who says ' people don't ask 'why' often enough'...

i agree!
asking...
why...has caused creativity and invention
why...curiosity leading to learning and education.


the back view of 'happy daisy'....

her 'name'...

spots, blue ric rac and flowers...

do you like her?

now i've a curtain to show you...
i did three lengths,
so they can be moved along the track,
as and when they are needed to soften light and subdue the heat
in the middle and late afternoon,
in the dining room...

it was hard to photograph...
'cos the curtain makes the room darker...
and has the light from the window at the back of it!


the header...
little machine sewn eyelets
and hanging on metal shower curtain rings
on a rustic pole that came with the house!


the hem...
shows the butterflies...
same fabric as the header.

my machine has been humming along quite happily...
and things are on the up and up!

hoping you are having a satisfying day too, this happy daisy thursday!
nothing like a few happy daisies to have this girl singing...

naturally Carol  xox

Monday, January 3, 2011

Christmas Take Two...No Thanks!

good afternoon!

my sewing corner is operational...
trouble is i'm still feeling a bit lazy.



as you can see...


the holiday spirit hasn't quite left us,
and mr m is showing us his 'bad santa' face...
just to scare of anyone who mis believes
 that santa may come for a second round!


i have started some curtains though...
to keep the afternoon sunshine at bay
in the dining room!

little by little
stitch by stitch...

just hanging in there
come and hang in there with me...
together we can do it!

naturally Carol xox