Creative Happy Tuesdays: Oatmeal Swissdot Kitchen Curtains

I love looking at the garden while washing dishes, but it's been too hot lately so I had to reinstall the kitchen curtains. We did away with it the past few months since it was cooler and it's been nice to look at the garden and sky. Since we remodeled the kitchen I thought it would be nice to have a new set of curtains. 

I like to experiment with the fabric of my curtain projects. I like the fabric to be light and have texture. I used gina/geena fabric when I was learning how to make curtains. When I got the hang of it I started to experiment with the fabric. I've used lace embroider, linen like polyester and katrina fabric. I cam across Swissdot fabric on Lazada and thought it would be cute to try for my kitchen curtains. 

The shop offered 26 different colors. I chose oatmeal since that's what I eat everyday for breakfast. I went for a neutral color for now since I'm still planning to make new covers for my kitchen gadgets. I want to try the other Swissdot fabric colors.

Finished sewing the curtains in 2 nights. It just required straight stitches, nothing fancy since I needed to finish it asap. Making curtains is therapeutic. This set showed me that my sewing skills have improved. Learning to make our own curtains saved us a lot of money. I also get to select and play around with different types of fabric. I giggled last Sunday when I saw a dress made out of Swissdot fabric. Now I have to make sure I don't end up twinning with our curtains, hahaha. 

Tutorial and measurements on: https://www.needleadventures.com/2023/04/how-to-make-kitchen-curtains.html

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Creative Happy Tuesdays: Make Your Own Blackout Curtains

Custom curtains are VERY expensive. We requested for a quote for curtains for our living room and we were shocked! It would cost a whopping 50k+ if I had curtains made. Installing blinds would be cheaper, but it would not look good in our living room. Since I don't have that kind of money, I'll stick to making the curtains myself. 

Last year, I ordered 14 yards of Philipps fabric at PhP99 per yard and 10 yards of lace embroider fabric at PhP95 per yard. The fabric was thick and a bit more difficult to sew. I just took one photo of it (the one below) since I think there's a lot to improve in my handiwork. Anyway, the blackout curtain does a good job at keeping the sun out during summer. 

With amihan gone, I asked Miggy to change the curtain last night. I noticed that it's less hot now. We'll use it until the season changes again. I'm experimenting on different types of fabric for curtains. I've so far used linen like polyester, gina, katrina, and lace embroider. I have swissdot fabric lined up for my next curtain project. 

Zoey linen like polyester fabric (pink) and lace embroider (white)

I was inspired by my MIL to make curtains. Sweetie said she made all their curtains. I know in time I'll get better. I'm just focusing for now on the living room curtains because they need to be custom made. Compared to paying PhP50k+ for customized curtains, I think we can survive with my homemade curtains. I saved PhP47,500+ since I just made the curtains. 

Here's a quick tutorial on how I make curtains. It's the simplest way to do it. 

P.S. Also decluttered curtains last weekend. Gave my excess to my Mom since she has a lot more windows <3

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