From MCM curtains to 1939 shades
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:05 pm
A while back, I had mentioned finding what I thought was just like a window treatment I'd seen in a 1939 Armstrong ad, and the colors were even right up my ally as to the scheme we had been considering for the kitchen. This is the look that I was going for at the time, although the color scheme was different than in this image:
When we went back to buy them, it turned out they were really MCM straw curtains--the straws went vertical, not horizontal. So instead of buying them, we bought two that were a flat and wider straw and a completely different color scheme, thinking we would use them in the bedroom as a privacy screen for the lower sash area.
Oh silly us. I used the wrong measurements to compare against. So they were too narrow for the two 6/1 windows in our bedroom. However...they fit in the craft room that had three 4/1 windows that were smaller in height and width. PYCA only had two of these, and now I need to make them three. We still haven't even put the tables and shelves together for in there, so I set them aside.
However, of late I've been needing a project that is completely DONE like toast, and not partly finished. Something I can look at and breathe a huge sigh of relief that something I planned to do is 100% complete.
This one came to mind because it seemed pretty straightforward with only a few possible hiccups if a lot of glue was involved. I had also picked up some similar string I found in the craft area of PYCA, just in case they had been in a very sunny window and when I started to dismantle them, it fell apart. So it seemed this was a definitely possible much needed "done in one week or less" sort of project. I finally double checked a few things last week, and today I started in earnest. Here's the deconstruct part below, plus a few patterns I tried to put together. I'm still mulling over the fact that my brain now wants to take what should have been a simple project and go bananas, but I'm not going to do anything further on this today until my Floor Manager comes home and we take a look at the patterns I've already tried, and then discuss what works for both of us.
I hope to have this done at the latest by the end of the week. I may need something to hang them on, but I have to dig through the "long box o' rods" to see if we have three that match and would fit in those windows.
Here we go, click to embiggen with my usual banter:
And here are a few patterns I've been toying with so far. The last four in my head are a lot more complex than they appear. The very last I did try to "piece" the stained glass notion in the one corner for visuals, but because we have not committed to anything yet, I did not want to cut anything up. Embiggen for banter:
So hopefully I'll report back before the end of the week with some good news and "we even hung them up" pictures.
Off to eat late lunch and finish a constructive procrastination sidetrack until Sean gets home.
If you have any questions or thoughts, please let me know.
When we went back to buy them, it turned out they were really MCM straw curtains--the straws went vertical, not horizontal. So instead of buying them, we bought two that were a flat and wider straw and a completely different color scheme, thinking we would use them in the bedroom as a privacy screen for the lower sash area.
Oh silly us. I used the wrong measurements to compare against. So they were too narrow for the two 6/1 windows in our bedroom. However...they fit in the craft room that had three 4/1 windows that were smaller in height and width. PYCA only had two of these, and now I need to make them three. We still haven't even put the tables and shelves together for in there, so I set them aside.
However, of late I've been needing a project that is completely DONE like toast, and not partly finished. Something I can look at and breathe a huge sigh of relief that something I planned to do is 100% complete.
This one came to mind because it seemed pretty straightforward with only a few possible hiccups if a lot of glue was involved. I had also picked up some similar string I found in the craft area of PYCA, just in case they had been in a very sunny window and when I started to dismantle them, it fell apart. So it seemed this was a definitely possible much needed "done in one week or less" sort of project. I finally double checked a few things last week, and today I started in earnest. Here's the deconstruct part below, plus a few patterns I tried to put together. I'm still mulling over the fact that my brain now wants to take what should have been a simple project and go bananas, but I'm not going to do anything further on this today until my Floor Manager comes home and we take a look at the patterns I've already tried, and then discuss what works for both of us.
I hope to have this done at the latest by the end of the week. I may need something to hang them on, but I have to dig through the "long box o' rods" to see if we have three that match and would fit in those windows.
Here we go, click to embiggen with my usual banter:
And here are a few patterns I've been toying with so far. The last four in my head are a lot more complex than they appear. The very last I did try to "piece" the stained glass notion in the one corner for visuals, but because we have not committed to anything yet, I did not want to cut anything up. Embiggen for banter:
So hopefully I'll report back before the end of the week with some good news and "we even hung them up" pictures.
Off to eat late lunch and finish a constructive procrastination sidetrack until Sean gets home.
If you have any questions or thoughts, please let me know.