Thursday, March 29, 2007

Good Morning




Good morning everyone. Hope your day is going well. I've included some more pictures from the hike we took a week ago. It was so beautiful that day!

Do you ever start a project and then realize that maybe you should have just 'left well enough alone'? That is the way my curtains are going. At first, I had decided to make them out of some material that I had. I changed my mind because the cordwood walls are a type of 'pattern' in themselves and I felt that patterned material clashed with the walls. Sooooo. . .I went to Wal Mart and bought two sets of "Five Piece Complete Window Set" curtains. I bought them extra long since it was the same price no matter the length and I can use the extra material for another project. So, all I would have to do was cut off the bottom and hem them, right? It says on the package that it includes--two panels, two tie backs and one valance. Sounded simple enough to me. Of course, when I got home and opened the package, I discovered that the two panels and the valence were really one piece all sewn together!

So, now I am in the process of taking them apart as I don't really want the valance sewn on them. Hope any projects you are working on are going a little better!

Have a great day.

RMary

"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

12 comments:

  1. ROSEMARY,
    Maybe making curtains out of some pretty sheets would have been the easier way to go, My goodness this has turned into a project. How is it going now? I think it was on NIKI'S site, she made some curtains out of a couple of lace table cloths. Well I still want to see pictures when they are done.
    I bet everything will turn out real pretty.
    NANCY JO

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  2. Thanks Nancy Jo! I made my bedroom curtains out of damask tablecloths and they turned out great. I honestly thought that these curtains were seperate and all I would have to do is cut and hem them. Live and learn! BTW--don't expect too much--they are just creamy white damask type material! I'm also going to do some painting in my kitchen/dining area, so I may wait until all the the work is done before I post any pictures.

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  3. YES!! I've started projects many times and wished we would left well enough alone, but like you said, it's all a learning experience. Hope your curtains turn out the way you want, will you show us the end result? :)

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  4. what a nice hiking area you have!
    :-D
    I'm not one to sew or redo anything, I just admire people that do!!
    :-D

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  5. How exciting your hike must have been.

    Such amazingly detailed photo's and the weather looks glorious too.

    I much prefer outdoors and when the weather permits - it is my favourite abode - one might say.

    Thanks for sharing.

    ps I'll leave the curtains issue to those more experienced than I - who still retains his "Learner" plates in such matters.

    Blessings to you all

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  6. ROSEMARY,
    The author of the book"THE CHRISTMAS QUILT"is Thomas J Davis.
    NANCY JO

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  7. I'm sure they will look great. I'm sorry you had so much trouble. Sending you hugs... I hope everything just falls in to place from here on out. Stop by my blog and be sure and get your name entered for a drawing, and tell your friends!

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  8. You have your work cut out for you. Nice picture, glad to see that Spring is in your neck of the woods.

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  9. Well- Ms. Martha Stewart- :) you are talking to someone who cannot sew. But I know whatever you do-it will turn out perfect. You have shown some of your work and I am jealous-cause I can't do it.

    You take beautiful pictures. I loved them.

    Take care,
    Love,
    Terri

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  10. Seems to me that they should have called them a 3 piece set! Good luck.

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  11. I would love a hike in the woods right now, but...I must go study! Have a great day and I hopw you get yoru curtains worked out. Hope we get to see them.

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  12. Rosemary, my life is FULL of started projects. And unfinished ones, too!

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