I bought these 100% cotton curtains with this particular project in mind.
The shop assistant wanted to charge me £5.99 each curtain so I just bought one, there was sufficient fabric as they were fairly large.
I was making a dungarees / pinafore dress with a commercial pattern and the first job was to seam rip the lining and curtain tape away, but I actually enjoy this part of the process it feels like I am producing fabric.
The label on the curtains said dry clean only so they had been in my washing machine on a normal cycle and suffered no ill effects.
Once removed from the lining and washed, the fabric was much more floppy than I had anticipated and this pattern requires a fairly stiff fabric. After some thinking I decided to fully interface the main pieces, and fully line the dress using the curtain lining.
I was slightly concerned that this would make the dress too hot and stiff but it worked out OK although I have had the comment that it looks like an apron.
There are more details and photos here
1 comment:
Wow, those are really cute! I don't think they look like an apron at all.
Chickie
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