31 Pins: Day 25

2.5 years late, but done!

Josh finished the attic a couple of years back.  The only thing he asked of me was to make curtains.  I was busy with babies and working, so that got put on the back burner.  In the winter of this year, we made a trip to Surplus City and found some fabric.  It had just been sitting in my crafting supplies since then.  I did some (actual) pinning (of fabric) about a month ago, but that was it!  I had no idea what style of draperies I wanted to do and did not have a rod or anything.  I Pinned (pinterest) a few ideas on my "Nesting?" board the other night hoping for some inspiration.  Something must have sunk in, because I chose the cheapest rod at Walmart and it all came together.

Original Pin:

As you can see, there is not much room for mounting outside of the window frame.  So, the rod mounted inside the frame was perfect!

It is just a rectangle with hems, nothing exciting.

Drawn.

Now I just need something nifty to set on the sill.  I think I might have a ceramic bull or two lying around........

31 Pins: Day 6

I am cheating on this one a little... there is no original pin.

I am the original pinner!

My Great Aunt Mary Ann (my kids' "Really Great Aunt") informed me of a great clearance sale at the Family Dollar.  They had fun place mats for $0.75 and tons of other cheap stuff.  We racked our brains to try to think of something we could do with them.  And I came up with a tool belt for kids. :)

The results:

I folded the placemat lengthwise not quite in half (leaving a couple of inches at the top).  Then, I sewed 4 lines in the bottom part of the fold to make 5 pockets of different sizes.

For the belt, I found an old cloth belt from a pair of pants I was not using and sewed a big zig zag across the top of the tool belt.  It ties in the back.

I grabbed a few art supplies at Walmart and am giving this to my niece for her birthday tomorrow.  Shhhhh, don't tell!

Elli tried it on to make sure it works.  Definitely some growing room!

Expense rating: CHEAP

Difficulty rating: EASY (if you remember to make sure the sewing machine is threaded correctly. :P )