Thursday, September 27, 2012

Shower curtain finished

A while ago Rachel from Stitched in Color made a shower curtain.  I thought it was a cool idea, but had no good reason to make one.  But then we moved into a new house with a missing shower curtain.  (But the tub does have a lot of baby toys that I wanted to hide!)

I really like how it turned out, although it wasn't quite what I was expecting.  I had a small fiasco getting enough of the light brown fabric and not dying it while prewashing, so I ended up with two stripes on the bottom instead of one or zero.  (I was going back and forth on how many I wanted.)  The colors are also a little bit darker than what I was hoping for.  They still go very well with the room, but not quite as well with the towels.

The top is a disappearing nine patch.  It was my first time making button holes and they were easier than I expected.  On another note, I was disappointed in the selection of shower curtain hangers at the store.  I wanted some that clasped together so they wouldn't fall off, and it was the ones that I ended up with or the "ugly" clear ones.  All the fun designs were in the non-clasping style.

This is from inside.  I think it looks pretty cool.

Linking up with TNT Thursday, LAFF, TGIFF, Whoop-whoop Friday, and Crazy Mom Quilts.

11 comments:

  1. Isn't it fun having your very own design in your bathroom! I did that recently on a shower curtain valance. I had my ups and downs on that project too, but it's still hanging and it's my very own! It's frustrating trying to find things for the bathroom--because I just don't want all the trending colors that are found in the store! Your shower curtain looks great, and I like the view looking out too!

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  2. So cute!!! The first button holes I made were for a shower curtain as well :) cool!

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  3. Everyone will come over and ask u where you bought your shower curtain and you can say I MADE IT!!! Best reward ever! I love the colors:)

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  4. Lovely! It goes beautifully with your bathroom. Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

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  5. It looks great! I really like the colors in your bathroom, and the shower curtain pulls everything together so well. :o)

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  6. Great shower curtain! It goes really well with the bathroom!

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  7. Nice finish on your custom shower curtain! I tried button holes not to long ago, and they are really fun to make!

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  8. I have made a few shower curtains over the years and it is always nice the personal touch they give the room. If you make another you might add either some innerfacing or an extra layer of fabric to the top where you make the button holes. That area can get a lot of stress being pulled open and shut. Ask me how I know this. :-\

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  9. Wow! I saw that shower curtain tutorial too! I still think I'll never do it either. Maybe I will be wrong!

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  10. The shower curtains shown here are beautiful. You can get to know more about it

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