I am in the middle of a creative frenzy — I don’t know why. I have a million projects that I want to do and just not enough time in the day to get everything done! One of my bigger projects is a kitchen re-do. I am slowly working on this one, and one of the elements of it is new curtains.
I have been seeing so much around blogging land using burlap. I thought it would be a really fun addition to the black and tan theme that I am creating for my kitchen. So last week I went down to the craft store and bought 5 yards of burlap and some coordinating black and tan material. Then I spent some time trying to figure out what kinds of curtains I wanted to make.
I knew I didn’t want panels right next to my kitchen table — I have messy little children. So I experimented and this is what I came up with:
{this was the before…}
And you know that I don’t sew, so this project was done using this trusty friend:
**The entire project cost me $20.00!!!**
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If you want to make this project, here is the tutorial:
Supplies:
- Burlap fabric (determine how long and wide you want your curtains to be)
- Two types of fabric – one for the top panel and another for the bottom ruffle
- glue gun and plenty of glue sticks
- iron and ironing board
Instructions:
- Cut your burlap to approximately the size you want the panel to be — add about 1 inch to each of the ends.
- Iron a 1 inch seam to each of the 4 sides of the burlp panel.
- Glue each of the seam ends down.
- Now cut a six inch wide length of your fabric which will make up the top panel of the curtains.
- Glue the sides under of the fabric.
- To make the curtain over the sink — you need a panel of fabric wide enough to go across the top and then you need two panels of fabric that run from the tio of the first panel at the top down and under the curtain and then around the other side — meeting the back top of the curtain. Measure this total and then cut your other panel so they are the same. This will make the curtain hang evenly.
- To make the cafe curtain that runs across the eating nook: you need a panel of fabric that is as long as the length of your fabric. Then you need a coordinating fabric that is 1/3 longer than the length of your burlap because it is gathered.
- The top panel of the fabric is glued at the top of the burlap and its ends meet the ends of the burlap.
- Now you need to iron the coordinating fabric’s seam under. Once this is done, glue the seam down.
- Turn the entire panel of burlap over and attach the coordinating fabric panel to the seam – face down. Gather the fabric approximately every 4-6 inches to make a ruffle. Make sure the seam that you just glued down is facing you.
- Both curtains are hung using cafe curtain rings.
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Have a great weekend!
XOXO
I would like to attempt these! They would be perfect in my kitchen! How did you determine how long to make them? Did you use the standard curtain formula of the width of the window plus 1 1/2 to 2 times? Thanks!
I recently used this tutorial for my kitchen. It turned out great! Thanks for the post! You can see my results at: http://arookieswife.blogspot.com/2012/11/rookie-wife.html
can you tell me how you got your curtain rods to fit perfectly in your bay window? Did you make them custom? I hve the biggest problem!
I love your ideas. I've just made burlap covers for some really ugly open cabinets that I have. Now I'm looking for curtain valence ideas. I think I struck gold with your blog. Thanks!
Long time blog lurker here and may I say thank you so much???? I would love to sew but it's not in my life style, tried just doesn't work for me so this is "Perfect", I'm looking to redo our kitchen also.
Thank you again, Lori m
I know this is an old post, but I was paging through your burlap projects looking for something for my kitchen and not only do I love your curtains–but I love that sink faucet!
Very nice. I like your hooks too. The funny thing is, I can picture myself studying fabric at Lowes… I know what you mean about different products in the same packaging.
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Hi – I used this tutorial for my dining room. SO easy and creative. Thanks so much! Here is how they turned out: http://craftinginthecloset.blogspot.com/2010/08/no-sew-window-valance.html