Curtains in your sewing room
 

I'm trying to decide what curtains to put in my quilting room when the painting is done. Do most of you just hang regular curtains or do you make them something quilt or sewing related? I'd love to see pics too

Becky

I have no curtains in my sewing room. Think of all the lint and dust they would collect from all the fabrics that are cut and sewn in that room!

I have Sunbonnet Sue appliqued curtains in my sewing room and I bought a readymade shower curtain on the closet (doesn't have a door) that I also used the Sues' to tie it all together.

I do not have curtains, I have blinds. I need all the light I can get, I have such a hard time seeing without good light.
Old age I guess!

I have blinds as well, but I do like a curtain so, I have plain white muslin curtains with a gathered (pocket rod) valance. Looks neat and clean.

I have sheers. I need all the natural light I can get.

I have a curtain rod in my sewing room that has clips on it and I hang different quilts on it. It doesn't get direct light, so it doesn't damage the quilts. It has mini blinds behind the quilts anyway. I like the look. My window will fit a lap size quilt. I like the look of a quilt instead of curtains.

I have blinds only.

No curtains, have mini-blinds ... thought about it, but decided I needed all the light I could get !

I have mini blinds and brown sheer curtains at the sides. I also have a window A/C. I bought the curtains when our oldest DGD lived here. She didn't want me to change the sheers she had. They were new and thought I should use them. Amazing how dusty everything gets in there. Just since I started sewing in there.

I have 3 big windows in my sewing room. I have mini blinds and sheer white curtains tied back on the sides. I get good light in my room. White doesn't show dust as much as dark colored curtains do. I take them down a couple times a year and wash them.

Odd this should come up right now as I am in the process of putting up only valances. I have three floor to ceiling windows (sunroom redone to quilting room) and I look out the middle one as I am sewing. I do get the morning sun, which I love, even though I am rarely in there in the morning. I have just finished using 4" squares to piece the three valances. I can't finish them until I get some fabric for lining, will probably use muslin. I am also going to put a small bottom border of muslin, and the header will be muslin. They will probably be about 12" long, and I will hang them on small tension rods when they are finished. I didn't want them to be long, just something cute and quilty as an accent. I can hardly wait to get them done. Good luck to you making your decision!

I don't have curtains, but have blinds and a cornice I made with styrofoam. It's so cute and I smile every time I look at it. Not a great pic. Sorry. I used these free instructions from Styrofoam: http://www.styrofoamcrafts.com/proje...4#.Uhuuwsu9KSM

I have both window shades (roller type, affixed at the top of the window) and cutwork cafe curtains. I need to control the incoming HEAT during certain times of the day and the summer season. It's simply the angle of light over my neighbor's fence that comes into my room. The cutwork cafe curtains make it look a lot crisper and have a peek-a-boo of color.

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I may just go with a valance and that's all. I like the look of blinds..just hate cleaning them! LOL

I have vertical blinds and love them because they are so easy to clean.

My curtains are what I call Lima Bean green:D w/white polka dots! I only close them during the sunny hours of the day to keep my fabric safe from sunburn.
peace

I have shades, no curtains.

Blinds and a valance only.

Jan in VA

Clean blinds in the bathtub, rinse with the shower, dry with a towel, rehang. Takes about 1/2 hour. :-)

I have wide plantation blinds and a valance. I keep them closed in the morning to block out the morning sun and then it is perfect in there the rest of the day.

Tried that once, broke a bunch of blades off LOL Just call me uncoordinated!

I have Plantation shutters in my sewing room. I love folding them back so that I have an unobstructive view of the out doors. They do attract lots of lint though. I am always having to dust them.

White blinds and a valance on two windows...one faces east and the other faces south, so there's good light all day. :-)

I have blinds and cream colored lace curtains. I don't have alot of dust, but I vacuum in there every week.

I have blinds in my whole house - no curtains.

Because we don't have any neighbors close and we are so far back off the road curtains aren't a necessity at my house. What I do have is valences that I make from vintage embroidered pillowcases or table clothes. Love the look, they iron crisp and don't block the natural light from the windows.

I have two windows but both are different sizes. In the larger window I have a white shade. On the higher up. longer width window I have a cute curtain of applique dresses on dress forms that originally started out as a wall hanging. I like it so much I use it as a curtain. You can take a peek of it in my profile under "my quilts" on the second row last picture of that row. :o

I don't know how to pot pictures but I only have a valance and it is a print patchwork I bought at Hobby Lobby (I think). Then I have a shade behind it to keep out the heat from the sun.

I have a valance & side panels that match the bed comforter as well as off white sheers. With the sheers, I don't need blinds & it makes the front of my house look nice from the street view. I vacumn my drapes & sheers on a regular basis.

I have blinds, plus lace swags. I love looking at my sewing windows from the outside - Good commercial for Singer. You can see my machine with the red Singer imprint. But, I am going to do my bedroom curtains in a quilted pattern with an off white crocheted valance. I haven't figured out what pattern I am going to use, but it will be in teals and rose. So now I hunt through my stuff to find fabric that will work for four panels (two windows). Oh, yes, I am going to make a bath mat quilted also. I have a nice bathmat that I am going to cover with my own pattern and stitch in the ditch.
Sounds like a plan to me. With all this hot weather, it is quite easy to stay in the house and sew away. I mentioned to my sister - "Do you realize in four months we can be flirting with temperatures 100 degrees lower than we are in right now?" Kinda awe-some, isn't it. We had 98 yesterday, broke a record and everything. Ain't Minnesota Great? I love it here! Edie

I have blinds with sheer curtains that are tied back with sage green ties., I also have sage green valances that match the ties. I made them and they dip down in the middle to fancy things up a little.

i made some curtains out of sheets over 25 years ago for my bedroom. They now hang in my sewing room, and I still like them. Just white panels with a small rosebud print scattered on them. My space has a northern exposure,so get plenty of light, but no direct sun glare. No blinds - hate 'em

Just a lacy "heart" ruffle across the top and mini blinds. I need the natural light because I have macular degeneration and it helps me to decide if fabrics are brown, purple, navy, etc. Sometimes I get "interesting" color combinations until I get near a window so I can actually see what I have. LOL The ruffle is easy to launder when it needs it and easy to hang up again.

What a fantastic idea! I have a collection of old pillow cases and dresser scarves I could use for that.

No curtains. I use window film. It lets in the light but I still have privacy. The design on mine is reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright but this will give you the idea.
http://www.amazon.com/Etched-Leaf-Wi...ds=window+film

For the two windows in my sewing area, I made Roman shades with weatherproof lining. For each front, I put together a quilted top and used it like fabric (no quilting).

I have sewing themed curtains. I'd bet some (or most of you out there) would remember the fabric. It has a pattern that is of sewing pattern pieces, a body dress form, scissors, buttons, fabric that is solid black, solid red, and even a black and white check that I purchased years ago from Sew Fro. I did a muslin backing as the sun come in through that window. I had some of that material left over to make a machine cover. It turned out cute. I made it this past year (even though I had the material for years!!) and it is so highly printed that I'm hoping to just wash, dry, and hang and bypass the ironing part!!!! The curtain (I made it with two 42" panels sewn together) can open on either side as the curtain rod is placed about 3" past the window frame so the whole window is open to the light. I'm keeping my eye open for another sewing theme as I would like to change it out from time to time.

I took my eldest daughters cast offs and folded them in half (bottom to the top) and hung them up. The were from IKEA. Reuse, reduce, recycle :)

Just had new blinds installed and will put up valences.