That's curtains

I was going to post about trying to fix up the curtains in our house on Tuesday, but that post was "overcome by events" (Scott's trip to the ER). And it did seem kind of frivolous in light of those more serious events. But in an attempt to feel a little normal, here is the post about the curtains. Are you excited?!?
I have been meaning to work on some little curtain problems in the house, and I figured I might as well get to it. I bought sheers for a lot of curtains in the house and they all had these little black labels. I was so eager to get them hung in the first place that I didn't take out the tags. But they are pretty conspicuous so they needed to come out. I finally got around to taking them off. I had to pick them out and then resew the seam since they were sewn right into the stitching that makes the rod pocket (curtain terms...bla!)

Dining curtains before

Next I decided to tackle this annoying problem. My sheers hang down below the panels in the dining room. They are both supposed to be the same length, but the panels are hung from a few inches higher. We didn't want to get long curtains for the dining room, so we decided to try and make this work. Even if they are hung at the same level the curtains are still shorter for some reason. I couldn't think of a good solution that I could execute, but my mom recommended folding over the top of the sheers and sewing it up there, taking off a few inches. After measuring, I knew it was going to be close, but I decided to try it.

And after

The two are pretty much the same length now. If you look really closely you might be able to see a bit of sheer sticking out somewhere, but if you look at them from above, as most adults do, it looks pretty good I think. I'm no perfectionist when it comes to things like this. So it was a good solution. Thanks mom!

And my last project: the curtains for the master bath. These hang right above the bath tub and are a bit shorter than standard curtain size. I bought longer curtains and tried to cut and hem them to a good length. The curtains left by the previous owner are on the right and my new ones are on the left. I think mine might be a bit too sheer. I'm trying to figure out what to do. Don't look too close at my hemming job. I am not a sewing expert. Despite the fact that my mom sews very well, I didn't have much interest in sewing when I lived at home, so I just self taught myself when I was older. And the result is often not pretty. :) This was the only curtain Scott could admire, and only because he could see it from the bed. Poor Scott. I hope his leg can get better soon. It's a good thing we are done with most of the heavy lifting for this move, 'cause I can't lift much these days and now neither can he.