When we moved in to this house the room that is now my walk-in pantry was an office and the boxes on the wall were used for filing etc.. The boxes are awfully sweet and really quite useful but as I was going to be using them for ‘food stuffs’ I felt I wanted to add some sort of curtain to the front of them. As we well know the insides of cupboards can sometimes get a little chaotic so covering them up is not always such a bad thing. I made myself busy by making a really basic, and easy, curtain for the front of each cupboard.
As my theme for the pantry is the 1950′s, I decided on some pink and green polka dot fabric and some fun Sundae patterned fabric. All of the fabric designs being just right for the kind of look and feel I want to create.
- Measuring up. As a rule when I make curtains I usually double the size of the fabric for the area I am covering. However, because the fabric I was using for this project was quite thick and the curtains would be quite short I used one and half times the fabric size instead.
- I hemmed and pinned the top and the sides of the fabric piece and then held it up to the cupboard I was covering so I could get a more accurate measurment of the length of curtain I wanted.
- When I was happy with the length, I placed a few pins in a horizontal row which I used as my guide so I knew where I had to hem to.
- I then hemmed and pinned the length of the curtain and set about sewing all my hems in place
- I decided to sew on a pencil pleat curtain tape along the top hem which allowed me to create the gathered look I wanted
- As my cupboards are too small to attach a proper curtain rail I decided that I would attach the curtains using some sticky backed velcro
- I have used this method before on some pelmets I made for my hallway and it really is a great way of attaching any light fabric curtains that do not need to be opened/drawn.
Tip: I used velcro pencil pleat tape which is specially created so that it can be stuck directly onto velcro; most fabric stores will stock this type
(Ooops! I left a bit of curtain tape string hanging out!)
- After all of the curtains had been made and all the velcro was stuck onto the cupboards in the desired position I then stuck the curtains on.,
- Making sure that they were all evenly gathered to create the ruche effect I wanted.
And here they are, a step closer to achieving the 1950′s inspired pantry I wanted. We’re in the process of moving everything back in to the pantry and arranging it all nicely. I’ll be back with a full reveal and a freebie for you guys within the next couple of weeks.
This was meant to be my Autumn project and we’re scariy close to Winter so I had better get a move on. BESIDES, I can tell we’ll be filling it with Christmas foods in the not so distant future and I want to start from a clean, organised and tidy place.
That’s the plan anyway.
Ho hum!
See you tomorrow.
Cx
Click here to see our pantry before the make over
Click here to see our pantry make over inspiration
Click here for a free pantry label download
*************************************************
Join my Facebook page!
Cherry Menlove
Promote your Page too
Feel free to add me to your links list. Here it is ! - http://www.cherrymenlove.com/
Facebook – Please feel free to join my page
Twitter – please feel free to follow me
Related posts:
Hi Cherry – love the website but have a wee comment to make and couldn’t find a contact me link. Am I being thick or are your posts undated? It would be really helpful if you could have the date somewhere on the post. Thanks, Debbie.
Hi Debbie, thanks for your comment.
There is a ‘Where to find Cherry’ button on the bottom right of the Homepage.
Jodie
x