Make do March Day 19 Curtain fix and a Link UP!

Living in Alaska winters can be trying what with all the snow and the short days but summer makes up for that with hours of wonderful sunlight! However all that light does pose a problem when trying to sleep so room darkening shades are a must. You can buy them ready made or buy darkening fabric and add it to your existing curtains which is what I did for the curtains my mom made for Aria's room, almost 2 yrs ago.  And this is what I did with the fabric for a 1.5yr...pathetic I know.  My excuse was that the only time I had to do it was when Aria was napping and then I needed the curtains up. While that's true it's not that sewing isn't possible with Aria awake, it just takes longer as Aria loves to "help", mostly by sitting on the fabric ;)!

After getting up with Aria at the crack of dawn this morning I decided it was time to remedy my curtain embarrassment.  More embarrassing was how little time it took to fix them, sigh...I can't believe how lazy I can be!! Well that's not true, I can but here's hoping I can continue finishing off my projects once Make do March is done!   

So much better!!

Happy Sewing

Nathania

and....

Link Up TIME!!!!

1. Please link up posts that go along with the theme of Make Do March

~ Using whatcha got....little or no trips to the store

~ Checking things off your project list

~ finishing those abandoned projects

~ you get the picture:)
It doesn't have to be from today...we always like oldies but goodies!

2. Comment on the other posts that are linked up!

3. Link back to us so others can join in the fun...either with a link or button!

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Make Do March Day 14: striped door

We have a very large basement...it's a big room, kinda like a rec room. However, it has become the dumping ground of the house....just because:) We've decided to make it into more of a guest room, with the possibility of renting it out, or just having lots of friends come and visit! (That's a hint to my friends to come visit)

The problem, however, is that it didn't have a door. And really we weren't sure we wanted to have a complete door....framing and all, so I came up with this loverly curtain door.

I had the stripes in my stash for a while. I had found it at Value Village a while back and there it sat. It's a nice heavy cotton/canvasy type fabric. The only problem was that it was not in any respects long enough. Wah wah wah....

But that in no way stops me. I had this other pink canvasy/cotton fabric in my stash that I used. Now, it doesn't actually match the stripes. There is no pink, but can you tell? I think not:)

I put it up on a curtain rod that I found brand new in the packaging for $5 bucks at Value Village...so we have a door for roughly $7, and I used stuff in my stash. That's a killer deal in my opinion:)

 It's already day 14...almost halfway through March...and my list is dwindling and I'm crossing stuff off my list. How about you?

(this by the way is only one of my lists!)

Happy Make Doing!

Sarah

psst!!! The Linky is still up! Come and join us!

Make Do March Day 8: curtain call

Early last summer, we bought some curtains at Value Village...we bought them mostly for our basement so nobody could see in when we were gone. The curtains we bought were too long and so Andy had a brilliant idea of cutting them in half and using the bottom portion in our upstairs office. The sun can be uber bright and it likes to hit us directly in the eyes, so it seemed we had found a solution.

But...we didn't cut them straight, and for some reason Andy thinks that the decorated side of the curtains should be facing out...hence the color being faced out in the first two pictures. I was super lazy and didn't do anything about it until now.

See the raw edges? Not attractive!

Blurry pictures cause I had to use our old camera...Andy had the other one out skiing and I didn't want to wait! You get the idea though.

 I had this really nice upholstery fabric that I got at a garage sale last year...I used some of it to cover a foot rest. It was a perfect color match and added some weight to the bottom of the curtains. I just straight stitched it on and...voila!

  Much better yes? It also helps that I turned the curtains around to the right way....he didn't even notice until I pointed it out! But he does like it!

What do you think?

I got the sewing bug last night and I also made this strap for my friend Chelsea. Chels is expecting her first baby...a little girl! I saw this strap on this blog. And I thought it was such a great idea! What it does is turn any blanket a mother has on hand into a nursing cover.

She simply has to clip the strap to a blanket...put it around her neck....instant nursing cover!

I ended up putting a bow on the end of hers...it was super simple and I hope she'll get lots of use out of it!

All the materials I used today I had in my craft room...

Happy Make Doing!

Sarah