Patio Pleasure part II :)

You remember when I showed you my patio here,

and asked you what you thought it needed?

One of the things I wanted to add was curtains,

to soften the corners of the gazebo.

WELL...

My mom went to a yard sale and they had an entire bag FULL (I'm talking 18~)

of these sheer tablecloths.

Someone had purchased them for their wedding and when they came in, the

color didn't exactly match their wedding, so they just got different ones.

I love the coppery/pinky brown color!

She got the whole bag for $2 bucks!!! (can you say steal of the century!)

Anyway, she shared and I decided to make curtain panels for my patio corners with them.

:)

See the seam on the tablecloth in the picture above?

Well I folded it down on that seam to make a "valance" for the top of the panel.

It looked like this when I was done.

I found spools of sheer ribbon the exact same color as the panels for $1.00 a spool and cut 12" lengths.

I doubled the ribbon and sewed on down on the top

of the valance like this....

I spaced them out equally, with 8 in total on each panel.

(oh and yes, that is my foot with the pink toenails!)

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I found these cute little buttons for a $1.00 a card

at JoAnn Fabrics..

LOVE that store! :)

I bought the buttons as a decorative touch, they won't be functional...

details are important people! :)

I HAND SEWED each button on....

and yes it took a long time,

but I think it was worth it for the touch of pink it added!

I used one panel for each corner (they were WIDE tablecloths).

The nice thing about the ties is that you can adjust the length (to a degree) to make sure

it doesn't drag the ground.

Here's what they look like all hung up and in place!

OH, did you notice I put a round table under

my birthday chandelier?!

You remember when I won the giveaway from a fistful of weeds?

The shower curtain in the giveaway is what I made the tablecloth from..

Thank you Rhonda!!
You can see it better in the photo above, but I just love it..

it brings all the browns and pinks together!

:-)

I think they turned out just lovely

and the whole project cost

about $10.00!

WOO HOO!

I wanted to add more touches of

pink and also more flowers, but the summer

has gotten away from me.

Oh well, there's always next year!!

I started my fall decorating today, so I'll have

pics of that to show you soon!

:)

blessings and hugs
Missy

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