Make Shower Curtain Into Window Curtain

Lay out your shower curtain.

Make shower curtain into window curtain.

Before inserting the ball style shower hooks into the newly cut hole first put on the shower curtain liner. Once you ve evenly spaced the shower hooks using a scissor cut a 1 2 3 4 slit at each of the shower hook positions only cut through the one layer of fabric not both the outside layer should look clean and uncut. No sew tape could also be used for hemming though depending on the size of your windows you might need to sew two curtains together for length. Shower curtain to window curtain step one.

So i decided to make my own using a window curtain. Today i saw a great post over at make and takes that teaches how to turn a bed sheet into a shower curtain. Turn a shower curtain into window curtains. They re much longer than standard shower curtains and honestly much cuter.

If you re my mom you d have washed and ironed it but if you re like me you re. I wanted her curtain to be hung higher and all the shower curtains i found wouldn t work that way. For a simpler option you could forgo the grommets altogether and use standard curtain clip rings to secure the shower curtains to your drapery rods. An existential crisis began.

I m a huge fan of shower curtains used in unexpected ways and i m no stranger to using very intentional items for different purposes like a diaper bag as my weekend purse or an infant s playmat as a kitchen floor mat. Measure for the holes. Corey purchased shower curtains on sale and then sewed two panels together to make one floor to ceiling panel. The first thing you need to do is measure the length that you need the curtains to be.

Corey was inspired by the alston curtain panels from crate barrel. Cut it in half. Could i use a cotton or linen shower curtain as a window curtain. Begin placing your holes about 1 or 2 inches inside both edges of the curtain and 1 inch from the top of the edge of the curtain.

It just so happens that last week i sewed by myself for the very first time and turned two shower curtains. A standard shower curtain has 12 rings usually over a width of 72 inches. Using your buttonhole attachment make the buttonholes for your rings. Next cut fabric shower curtain to that measured length.

Then iron it in place. This was really easy and didn t even require folding because the wrinkle lines were still. Place stitch witch on the bottom area where you cut on the back side and fold the fabric over it. I am participating in the stories of a to z s tutorial tips tuesday party.

Corey shares exactly she she turned shower curtains in window panels at tiny sidekick.