This is actually my third mistreatment. I haven't actually finished my second one because I'm trying to figure out exactly how I want to finish it off. I love the Nestor's suggestions of just pinning it up to give it a little flare, but one must actually have pins to be able to do that. Looks like a run to the Hobby Lobby is in order. (Love that place!)
I tried to make this one have the "roman shade" look by simply hot gluing the fabric so that it had pleats. I got the fabric on clearance and then glued the cording at the bottom. The only tricky part to this one was when I put it against the window, you could see the dark areas that were made from the pleats, which of course, weren't done evenly on the back side. I only made them look even on the front. That bothered me a bit, so I had an old cream sheet that I cut to use as a lining on the back. Yep, just hot glued it right to the back. Got a cheap rod at another place I love...Target and hung that baby up. I love this fabric and I think my hubby was even a bit impressed with this one. That is huge, because, like me, he's a major perfectionist. I just reminded him "It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful." Thanks, Nestor for that great quote. Seriously, if you have no idea what I'm talking about when I refer to the Nestor...you MUST check out her blog. Her ideas are great. It pretty much puts this blog to shame, but I've had fun starting this one, so I don't mind.
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