For the treehouse curtains, we started with two of the old insulated curtains from the Yosemite Hotel… the original fabric from the original hotel. Suzy had them stashed away.
Our guess is that this cotton was block-printed by hand. There was plenty of height and no width, so I turned under the top and bottom edges with a 2-inch hem
and cut the insulation and lining to be exactly the width of the curtain. Then I pinned the three layers together, ironed the edges again, and sewed the top and bottom hem. See how I’m letting the top and bottom edges float when I pin the three layers together?
There isn’t enough width, so I sew tape on the two vertical sides to be able to hem them
and then I iron the tape over, and sew it down. It comes out looking fine, and is done except for the loops.
Here are the raw silk curtains that I lined with an old blanket. I have plenty of this fabric, so I iron in nice 3 inch hems all the way around. This is the last curtain and there isn’t enough blanket left, so I sew two pieces of blanket together and call it good. This is just a treehouse, after all.
This is ready for a lining, so I cut a piece using the curtain as a pattern.
and then I tuck it under all four hems
and pin the three layers together, leaving the hems free. Another ironing,
and I sew each end and take out those pins.
Then I sew the ends. And I’m done, aside from sewing on two loops.
It took a lot more effort to tell you about it than it did to make the curtains. But such is life. And finally, here’s a few of them up.
Nice!
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