While Ian was away I decided it was time to make the new curtains for the cottage. I have been putting this off for at least four months, maybe six. First of all I couldn't find any material I liked at a price I could afford so that was a fine excuse. Then I read a recommendation for Textile Express on Annie's blog. Textile Express has a fab website but when I realised it was only forty minutes away in Oswestry I had to visit. Wonderful choice, great prices; material purchased. Then I carried on putting the job off because I was a bit daunted by the fact that two of the curtains are full length ones for doors but there is nothing like knowing you have a few days to yourself to make you feel you can get your teeth into a project. And amazingly, now it is done. As I have been thinking of nothing else for about a week I thought I would share with you my own advice on how to make lined curtains. I am not a supremely talented sewer but ...
I think you share the same feelings with a lot of people, elizabethm, it will be just lovely to get down to just some decent bloging for its own sake - I look forward to it!
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ReplyDeleteWell I keep going round and round circles but I have posted a blog on my site and hopefully someone will read it nice to have you on board where ever the boat may be sailing. blossom
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