[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Success Saturday

[ReNae Anderson]

Yolanda… Those sound amazing! Do you want to come make some for me? ;-)

K. ReNae Anderson
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> On Aug 30, 2020, at 4:12 PM, Yolanda Thompson via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> So, these are blackout curtains. I was working with blackout material
> and designer material which faces the room. We had already mounted the
> rods to the door, which sit really close to the actual door. This
> meant I could not use the Dritz Curtains gromets, and needed the
> curtain to open during the day and blackout completely at night.
> 
> I took the designer material and made it 1-1/2 half times the width of
> the window. I made it 2 inches longer than the length between the two
> door rods.
> I then turned in the sides 1/4 of an inch. I cut the blackout material
> just inside that 1/4 inch raw edge on the side. I then folded the 1/4
> inch over the blackout material to give it finished sides.
> 
> I then folded the top and bottom edges of both materials on inch, and
> pinned them in place.
> 
> Since i could not use curtain gromets, and the double material
> bunching up on the rod would not allow full window exposure, I took
> bias tape and ran it along the raw edges of the top and bottom. Then I
> cut one inch pieces of bias tape and spaced it evenly along the top
> and bottom so that the folded loop part would be facing the top for
> the top rod and the bottom for the bottom rod. I sewed along the edge
> of the bias tape holding everything in place, and ran the two door
> rods through the bias created loops. Now it opens all the way past the
> window and closes all the way to block out light at night.
> 
> 
>> On 8/30/20, Ramona via NFB-Krafters-Korner
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Yolanda, how did you make them? Good project for us to know about.
>> RamonaOn Aug 29, 2020 4:23 PM, Yolanda Thompson via NFB-Krafters-Korner
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I finished curtains for my back door! Been on my to do list for a while!
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Tammy Freitag via NFB-Krafters-Korner
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2020 1:09 PM
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>>> Cc: ms.sunflower61 at gmail.com
>>> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Success Saturday
>>> 
>>> Lol!  A bunch of us have had had fun and a success we want to share.
>>> Whoo!
>>> Who!  Go for it girls!  Hahaha!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Smile!
>>> 
>>> Tammy
>>> 
>>> 
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