sewmom

i would appreciate some suggestions, i want to make a shower curtain for my guest bath in our vacation home. i want to piece it like a quilt- at least a portion of it. my questions are: A. should i line it? (I'm thinking yes) and B. should i quilt it?
i thought that i would use no batting, but line it with a solid and then maybe some very basic SITD just to keep it from billowing or poofing out.(i will have a plastic liner - this is mostly for decorative purposes) am i on the right track? i've made shower curtains before, but never pieced like a quilt-all those little seams to fray.ohh noo!
thanks for your input.

skyle1968

I found this the other day & have been thinking about making one for my shower. I don't know anything else about it though hehe

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/06/...tain.html#more

Cathie_R

A friend of mine used a vintage "cutter quilt" as a shower curtain. It's pulled back and tied at the side with the actual shower curtain hanging loose to pull across. It looked really neat. - Shabby Chic.

MamaBear61

That is very pretty!

knlsmith

I have a friend who made one and then used a store bought liner for it. She just had the one layer or "quilt to" with a hem around the edge and then the store bought liner behind it.

katiebear1

I would think your way would work well. Just line it and then sitd and use a plastic liner.

funnyfarm

I made one for our shower and it works fine. What I did was piece the entire curtain like I would a quilt, then I got some light weight white satin-type fabric for a backing to protect and hide all those little seams. I did not put anything between the two layers, and only stitched them together along the top and both sides, hemming the bottoms of the two layers separately so they hang nicely. It was not "quilted". There is a plastic curtain on the tub side to keep water off the "quilt". I made machine-stitched button holes for the curtain hooks to go in.

jljack

I would think it best to put a backing on it and then quilt through them both to hold together. Then have the vinyl liner separate.

reach for the stars 2

I made one and used a extra heavy store bought vinyl liner. Works well

quiltinghere

Sounds like you're on the right track to me. You want to put a backing on the pieced part so you don't see all the seams. I agree. I wouldn't even think you need to SITD or if you did just a little. It'll look professional that way.