Ribbon, Meet Curtain, Part 2

Charlotte@Living Well on the Cheap  —  October 3, 2011 — 8 Comments

A few weeks ago, I got a little crazy with my sewing machine and some yellow ribbon, then decided to try using it to decorate my plain white shower curtain (read all about how I made it out of a king size flat sheet. I love the way it goes all the way to the ceiling and ruffles at the top). I just attached the ribbon with straight pins to see if I liked the way it looked.

Total bummer, the ribbon didn’t reach quite all the way to the end of the curtain.

After living with the ribbon for a few weeks I’m still totally loving it, so I broke out my sewing machine yesterday to make things a little more permanent. First, I made another length of pleated ribbon (about 18″ long).

I really didn’t feel like taking the shower curtain down. It’s kind of a pain, seeing as it’s about nine feet tall. I used the same trick I figured out when attaching the ribbon the first time and brought a small folding table into the bathroom.

Then I just started sewing down the length of each ribbon to attach it permanently to the curtain.

For some reason it seemed like it was taking forever to get each stripe sewn down, when in reality it probably only took about thirty minutes total. Maybe it’s because Pistachio was all up in my business and I had to keep stopping to get her untangled from the curtain.

I tried to keep my stitches lined up with the original line of stitching I used to pleat the ribbon, but I didn’t stress too much if things veered off course.

When I got to the end of each ribbon, I just layered the edge of my new ribbon underneath and kept sewing, then trimmed the ribbon at the edge of the curtain. So simple I forgot to take a picture.

It pretty much looks exactly the same as before, only now I don’t have to worry about my pets destroying it. Juliet got her head stuck in the ribbon once when it was only pinned on, silly dog. Don’t worry, I was right there when it happened so she wasn’t stuck in pleated ribbon prison for hours or anything.

I really cannot wait to add some more color to this room, but I ‘m fresh out of ideas for free or very cheap projects and I’m trying to save my dollars for some big-ticket items on my wishlist. I’m still dreaming of these hand towels from Anthropologie, and maybe even bringing in some more colorful accessories and whatnots, but only time will tell which direction things will take when I’m ready to start spending again. Of course, I say that, but we’ll see how long it lasts. I’ll probably be off the savings bandwagon by next week and back to buying pretty things.

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8 responses to Ribbon, Meet Curtain, Part 2

  1. I love the idea of a pop of yellow! Hence my yellow fabric flowers of course :)
    Is there anywhere else you can add yellow for cheap? Some (fake) flowers or some other item? I love the Anthropologie hand towels, find a way to recreate them on the cheap!

  2. Your bathroom is too cute!You are my kinda girl hanging anything is a pain…work smart not hard.

  3. Looks great! I love the ribbon!

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